10 Years Sober - Bonnie Gillespie

This is gonna be a vulnerable post. I’ll thank you now for reading. AND, I’ll let you know that this post has nothing to do with you. I’m not telling you to try sobriety; I’m not telling anyone HOW to do sobriety; this is to help ME along my sober journey.

Because even *thisclose* to the decade benchmark, I’m still managing a sober journey.

I’m always managing a sober journey.

BTW, it’s a journey I was certain couldn’t last 10 hours, at first. Then I was sure I’d slip before the 10 day mark. Coming up on 10 months? At that point, I was pretty optimistic that I was gonna make it to a year (and I did, obvi). And what has become incredibly clear is that STAYING sober is a whole heck of a lot easier than GETTING sober.

I never want to go through THAT again.

(And that’s a big part of why/how I stay sober, TBH.)

So, I’m going to be talking about this during Friday’s livestream at 11am PDT.

Here’s why: I need to remember that I don’t ever want to GET sober again. Talking/writing about it helps with that goal. Also, during the struggle that was GETTING sober, I spent a lot of time looking for anything out there that would help me.

I consumed a lot of content, hoping it would be THE magic wand I needed to change my relationship with booze forever. That it would be easy. That maybe it would say, “Psst! Bon! You can actually change your relationship with booze AND keep drinking!” 🙄

Derp. NO. That’s not a thing (for me). But, boy… I sure did LOOK.

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In addition to this decade-in-review being a way to help ME maintain my commitment, I know there’s a chance that it may also be some little lighthouse for someone trying to navigate their way to shore, even years from now. (Replay will be at the same link as the livestream.)

No two people’s sober journeys are the same. I know that for sure. But in sharing 10 Lessons from 10 Years Sober, maybe one or two of MY lessons will land some kind of way with someone who is searching… right on time.

If you could see my rough list of lessons, as I’m planning out the livestream, you would laugh at me trying to get it down to ONLY 10 lessons. 🤣 But I’ll find a way! We’ll get there. And if it would be meaningful to you, I hope you’ll get there with me, too. ✨ 🪅 🎉 Celebrating benchmarks is such an important part of staying sober another day!

THANK YOU for being in my sober life! Truly, I treasure you.

So much love flowing your way,