Living Without Alcohol: A Dream Come True

Can you live without alcohol? All the sober people out there might smirk and say, “what’s the big deal? Alcohol’s no necessity.” However, ask an alcoholic this question and he/she would stare at you with eyes wide open. You just asked them to give up their life! 

But hey, in life, everything is possible. 

Changing beliefs

At present, you cannot live without consuming alcohol. Well, that’s your belief. And beliefs change. So does lifestyle, thinking pattern, and, eventually, life. 

Attending just one AA meeting in Nebraska can shake your belief that you cannot live without alcohol. 

Millions of alcoholics like you have become sober. Sounds impossible. Sounds like something that others can do but not you. “They might possess a willpower of steel,” you may say. 

Well, you may be right; but how does one create such willpower? 

Creating strong willpower

First, you must have a will. 

Then comes the power. 

If you have no will to change your life, nobody in the world can help you. In fact, the prerequisite of attending AA meetings is the will to become sober. 

Once you have the will, you gain power. 

Your mind shifts its focus towards quitting alcohol. When you make up your mind you feel a surge of determination creep on you. 

This is the beginning of a new chapter in your life. 

Now what you need is proper guidance and an atmosphere where you can share your feelings, catch some motivation, and find strong support to enter this new chapter of your life. Remember, simply attaining sobriety is not enough; you must maintain it lifelong. 

Accepting your powerlessness makes you powerful 

Before you can quit alcohol, you must empower yourselves. Don’t think you have been drinking of your own will till now. You had to drink. Alcohol had its power and control over you. 

That’s the reason the first step in the 12-step program of Alcoholic Anonymous meetings is accepting your powerlessness over alcohol. 

Acceptance brings humility. 

Humility brings the willingness to change. 

As you change, you regain your own power. 

Anybody can quit drinking 

It seems impossible but is not. 

Do you know Alcoholics Anonymous was started by alcoholics themselves? 

They came together, fed up with their drinking habit, and helped each other quit. That’s how the meetings began. 

Alcoholics (and non-alcoholic) gather at a fixed place. They share their stories, exchange ideas to induce sobriety, tell their experience of quitting drinking and motivate each other. Local AA meetings are almost everywhere in the US and outside. 

Attending the meetings regularly can do wonders for you, provided you are determined to kick off the alcohol from your life. 

Tools like Sobriety Calculator help you keep a track of your sober days. Just enter the date when you stopped drinking and the calculator will give you an accurate number of days till the present day. 

So, ladies and gentlemen, the next time somebody asks you “can you live without alcohol,” look them in the eye and say “YES!”