I wrote these words to myself in the first couple weeks after I first stopped drinking, more than four years ago. I was scared to death. I wasn’t at all sure I was ready, or had courage, but I knew change was required and “refuse to self-destruct” became my early mantra. These words saved me then… and all these years later, I can’t quite believe how spot-on they were. Pretty sure that’s proof that I wasn’t actually the voice of these words; I was just taking dictation from somebody a whole helluva lot smarter than me. #thisiswhywelisten
