The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: Discovering a happy, healthy, wealthy alcohol-free life

by Catherine Gray

catastrophizing. I’m beginning to understand that when I tell myself something is going to be really hard, it turns out to be really hard. Whereas, if I just shelve it and think ‘I will worry about that when I get there’ I never worry about it, because I get there and everything is fine.

I’m really learning that if you just sit with the discomfort and trust it will pass, it always, always does. And then really great times roll in. It’s as if the universe rewards you.

I know now that my thoughts don’t have to lead to an action.

when we’re drunk, we’re socially anaesthetized. We don’t feel the social disgrace of these things. However, when we’re sober, we feel every awkward silence acutely. And that takes a lot of getting used to.