Sobriety has made me fall in love with the quiet, the gentleness and the simplicity of routine and ritual, of authenticity and rip raw emotions. I have learned I love laughter, music and silliness but I also love the quiet. The quiet walks in nature, the gentle snap of branches underfoot or the sound of the clock ticking in my kitchen. Bless - the kitchen clock - there is something I never heard while drinking and yet I should have as I sat and drank under it…yet it took sobriety for me to EVEN HEAR the humming of the twisting hands of time….It's a powerful sound to sit in gentle reflection and the only hum is the chime of the clock in tune with life as it spins past me. The upside? As an alcohol-free woman I am aware of the passing of time and appreciate each and every second of hangover-free living. To me that's power. Real power. It's is the living illustration of "You have two lives. The second begins when you realise you only have one." - Confucius. Real power isn't something we always need to shout about, it's often something tangible we feel within, unseen by the naked eye masquerading as that peaceful zen like feeling that we sought so often down the neck of a bottle that is now staring us right in the face through sobriety. Susan Christina-
"Move forward. Good things are up ahead."
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