One Month Sober!

I can barely believe it but my sober month is ending on MONDAY! By the way, Monday is also my 20th birthday. Now is the time to reflect on this whole experience.

I think that out of the three of us who did this (two of my girlfriends did it as well), I actually gained the most out of it. Not to say that I had some sort of magical breakthrough and they didn't. I feel like alcohol impacted my life negatively the most, and living without it for a month really showed me that.

People always thought of me as the girl who just loves partying. That was my whole life. And I was proud of it! Of course everyone knew I loved it - all my Facebook pictures were me going out and getting wasted, every morning at work I'd talk about how hungover I was, and most importantly, I partied ALL THE TIME! Every single weekend. Literally, I wouldn't even stay home if I was sick. Partying was really the only joy I had, and I don't mean that in the depressing way it sounds. I hate sports and I never used to work out, I wasn't in school for a little while, and I hung out with people who shared my love of alcohol. Well, what person my age doesn't share that love? Anyway, I'm not at all saying this is all horrible and I'm a saint now. I had some great times and BELIEVE ME, I will have many more drunken nights!

This sounds as cheesy as can be but this month showed me that I can honestly have a great time being sober. I thought you could have a good time being sober, maybe. Actually I thought it'd be boring as fuck. But I learned to enjoy the little things in life - a good conversation with a friend, the satisfaction of a great workout, and the joy of a yummy dinner at a fancy restaurant. I feel like I can be interesting now and say I actually have hobbies outside of partying.

This all being said, alcohol is amazing at the right time and in the right dose. My 20th will be a night full of shots, cake and surely singing and dancing which won't be remembered but hopefully will be videotaped. And I'll blog all about it. :)

Nighty night for now!