6 Months and 19 days

I was looking through my old reddit posts and saw that i posted on here 2 years ago when i finally admitted to my parents i had a drinking problem, from then it was tons of relapses and 2 rehabs along with the death of my best friend which eventually led to drug addiction as well. Since then though i graduated the hardest treatment centre in the southern hemisphere (Higher Ground) and for the first time since i was 14 years old Im over 6 months clean and sober. Man, it took so much work to get here but im so proud of myself, my furthest milestone was 95 days and 6 months felt unfathomable honestly but im feeling so much stronger and the thought of the withdrawals i used to get genuinely keeps me in check to stay on track. I dont have the craving to drink anymore and i do a meeting everyday and life is good, my mental health is relatively stable and my lows aren’t life threatening anymore. It truly takes a long time to realise how miserable you are but an even longer time to realise it doesn’t have to be that way.