My very first inklings of a new freedom were upon awakening, knowing it was 6 am and not 6 pm. Opening my eyes without my head pounding and my mouth parched. Feelings of happiness and not of shame and guilt of what took place in the previous hours. At days end, lying my head on the pillow with a smile and a full heart with one more day of sobriety.
Today I am free from the obsessive drinking and obsessive thinking of drinking.
Acceptance and surrender signal the beginning of freedom and happiness. Once I arrived at this place, my healing began.