The Weight of My Weight

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I’ve been alcohol free for just over a year now.

This is a huge feat. To give up a substance in a society who’s obsessed with it is no easy task. There was much discomfort from the shifting of friend/relationship dynamics, and sitting in all of the feelings I was using alcohol to avoid. I mean, as someone who drank heavily for nearly 15 years, there was a long time I did not believe I even…