It probably seems like I spend a lot of my time obsessing about not drinking- I mean, I (try to) write a daily blog about it for goodness sake! But I really do not think about it much. It has gotten to the point where it's my new normal and as such, it's just part of my routine. I love that!! It's something I feared would never happen when I was earlier on in the sobersphere.
Sometimes my blog is the only notable time I think about alcohol at all, which I think is a great thing because stuff is always bubbling around there in the nether-regions of my brain, as evidenced by the many words that flow out about not drinking. So it's great to get it out.
The town we moved to is small and it is so different from where we used to live. Before, booze was a definite part of the local environment. Liquor stores all over the place, people doing their thing, drugging, bars all around. There was this one spot I used to get my wine/beer at- sometimes it would have a full parking lot before 11am. No joke, a full lot. Where we are now, it is so much sleepier. There is even a college nearby and you would seriously never know it. It's not a drinking town at all. There's like..2 bars? No liquor stores I can think of in the downtown area. I'm sure they exist but they are super low key, so low key I haven't even noticed them. I absolutely love that we are now in a place that just doesn't seem to care about alcohol, or at least hasn't bought into pushing it down the community's throat, as it were. I get really excited thinking about my son growing up in a culture that isn't permeated by booze, both inside and outside of our house.
Having a good day and wanted to share. The mads have been kept at bay for some reason, so I'm stoked about that. Much love and peace to all those in need or in pain, whether physical, emotional, or all of the above.
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