I Achieved 2 Years Sobriety May 7, 2020.

“You can do this, and you are loved more than you know.” — Steve

Here is part of my story…

On May 6th, 2018, I received a text message from my father asking me “How’s it going?”. I replied, “Not good”. He immediately called me to inquire about what was wrong. I told him I had been drinking again, and that it wasn’t good. I don’t remember the rest of the conversation, but I got a call and text from the treatment center I had attended in 2014 and they told me they were sending someone to come and get me and that it would be ok. I was so intoxicated that I made the driver wait because I had passed out for about 45 minutes! The driver never judged me for this. He helped me pack a bag and get into the car. I simply said, ‘Yes’ and agreed to return to treatment for alcoholism for the fourth time in a decade.

This time it started differently. First, I acknowledged my willingness and courage to come back. I did not shame myself for relapsing again while returning with my hat in hand. I showed up in terrible shape from all the times I had fallen from my drunkenness. The repeated falls broke my nose, cut my face, and I broke my tailbone as well. I inflicted one such cut on my shoulder from crashing into a glass cabinet. I bled so much that it destroyed my shirt, pullover, bed sheets, and some furniture. That cut only required 5 stitches.