387 \\ Eight Years Alcohol-Free… But It’s Not Really About the Alcohol.

It’s been 8 years… but it’s not really about alcohol

A couple of weeks ago, I hit 8 years alcohol-free.

And I almost let the milestone pass without talking about it.

Not because it isn't meaningful.

It absolutely is.

But because when I think about these eight years, I don't think about a number.

I think about who I've become.

I thought I was giving up alcohol.

What I didn't realize was how much I was making room for:

→ Healing
→ Self-trust
→ Emotional health
→ Better relationships
→ Being a more present mom
→ Understanding myself
→ Growing in my faith
→ Becoming the woman God created me to be

Eight years later, I'm less interested in talking about what I don't drink and much more interested in talking about the life I get to live because I stopped using alcohol to escape it.

And that's what this week's podcast episode is about.

It's an honest conversation about what has happened over these eight years—and why I don't see this as simply a sobriety milestone.

It's a becoming milestone.

With love,
Michelle

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