The Mindset Shift That Helped Me Get Sober For Good

For the vast majority of us, sobriety didn’t “work” on the first attempt. Maybe it didn’t work on the second, third, fourth, or fifth either.

So many of us have fallen victim to a cycle of sobriety, relapse, binge, repeat.

And it sucks.

Failing is frustrating. We start to build an identity around our failures. Drinking makes us feel like horrible people, and so does our inability to stop.

I get asked a lot about how I got sober. It’s a big, heavy question. I’ve always struggled to answer it.

Because I, too, went through YEARS when I could not get it right. Not even close. I’d string together a few days here and there. Maybe even an entire week!

But then… WHACK!

That inner addict voice would start whispering sweet nothings in my ear, tormenting me like Poe’s raven. And I caved.

Every single time.

But here I am now, sober for over seven years.

Something changed.

But what?

The Mental Shift That Got Me Sober

As I sit here on Day 1 of my latest venture (tackling emotional eating), I realize I’m mentally back in the same place I was in…