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

by Catherine Gray

‘The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.’

You start to see that you like the reef a heckofalot better. Each time you go back out, you realize it’s a harder, longer swim back to the reef. You begin to realize that next time, you might not make it back. You choose the reef. ‘New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.’ – LAO TZU

I LEFT THE PAST ALONE