Children Know Better
When a child tries a sip of alcohol, it will immediately spit it out, shake the head in disgust and continue with more important stuff like play and explore. A child would never say: “Just three sips today, because it is weekend.”
When we grow up, it gets a little more complex. There are so many layers of alcohol consumption. There is a layer of social acceptance, the parties, the weddings, trying to be an adult.
All the fancy advertisements, the colorful bottles, the industry. As we get older, we put layer by layer around our true inner core, around our inner child. This continues till we convince ourselves that it is good and rewarding to drink, or that it is at least acceptable. As time passes by, we might all of a sudden realize, we are hooked. We are addicted for a long time by now. It took me 20 years to realize a simple fact: Alcohol is bad, alcohol is always bad!
As my journey with sobriety continues, I feel that these layers are fallen of me one by one. It takes time, it also took time to wrap myself in all of this madness. Month after month I am discovering a new insight. It is as if I can see the world with the eyes of a child again, not through glasses made of beer bottles.
If you have the feeling alcohol is causing you problems, give sobriety a try. See the lies disappear little by little.
More of my stories:
- How I Quit Alcohol / The Point I Decided To Quit (My first story)
- 6 Month Of Sobriety
- Beer Got Me Again
- I Will Never Drink Again
- Replacing Alcohol
