How to stay committed to sobriety
When you first quit drinking, the most important thing to do is to recognize your triggers and learn how to deal with them. By the time I quit drinking, everything was a trigger—anger, failures, victories, stress, anxiety, sadness. I didn’t need an excuse to drink, I needed one not to. Dealing with anxiety and depression alongside my alcoholism also meant there were deep psychological processes going on that worsened my addiction. It was a self-fulfilling cycle—depression led to drinking which led to more depression.