In the first summer of my transition I had the most appalling MH crash. Spent most of the summer drifting in and out SI. Then I had a bike accident (sober but not in my right mind)
Thank you for sharing your story. It's hard to talk about this topic and I know it required bravery.
I will be ten years sober in December and I have absolutely no urge to go back at this point. I never want to experience another hangover in my life.
If and when you feel ashamed, remember that our culture basically forces young people to consume a highly addictive poison for years and then shames them when some of them inevitably develop alcoholism.
I empathise. I stopped overnight when I came out and read on the insert with the antidepressants "do not drink alcohol".
I wanted something more than the alcohol, I wanted the thing for which I had substituted alcohol.
I still have a ½ bottle of gin and several bottles of whiskey that I will never drink.
And I do not miss it.
In the first summer of my transition I had the most appalling MH crash. Spent most of the summer drifting in and out SI. Then I had a bike accident (sober but not in my right mind)
Stopped immediately
Coming up to 5 years now
Don’t miss it at all x
Thank you for sharing your story. It's hard to talk about this topic and I know it required bravery.
I will be ten years sober in December and I have absolutely no urge to go back at this point. I never want to experience another hangover in my life.
If and when you feel ashamed, remember that our culture basically forces young people to consume a highly addictive poison for years and then shames them when some of them inevitably develop alcoholism.