Twist in My Sobriety - Tikaram

Sober for 27 years - What’s it like to have been sober for all that time?

Well it’s a great question to someone that hasn’t had a drop of booze since 1994 - and here I’ll be as honest as I can about the journey that I’ve been on for the past 9,862 days.

  

And of course, it would be easy to say it’s been a piece of cake and in a way it has - however in reality the first few weeks were pretty tough but I’ve forgotten that over time. My Rose-Tinted Glasses see it only as a time of success and those first few weeks as being a euphoric blur as I discovered there was more to life than drinking tins of super-strong lager to help block out my failings and depression.

 

Those early booze-free days out jogging accelerated my detox and started building the framework for a new life of sobriety. Not that I’d marked myself out for a life sentence at that stage - it was just a one day at a time regime that gathered momentum and a value that became too priceless to throw away.

 

So if you are looking for a straight answer, it’s feels normal. Yes totally normal. And in the last twenty-seven years - I’ve packed a lot it. I’ve been to amazing places, achieved many notable feats and been lucky enough to meet many amazing people along the way.

 

Just from one day stopping drinking. Something I’d never have thought of on day one of my sobriety journey.

 

So fast forward and is every day a bed of roses? Is every day a day just perfect? Well of course not - BUT it’s another day in a world where anything is possible if you are sober and prepared live life with a fresh set of rules and ideals. 

 

And inside it feels - BLOODY BRILLIANT and I’m SUPER-PROUD of myself.

 

You can feel that way too if you are out of control and heading into 2021 just as I was back in 1994. Try living life sober one-day-at-a-time and see where life takes you. Then join me as I head on towards 10,000 days and my next celebration of sobriety in May.

 

Go on - be brave as you have nothing to lose.

1074 Marathons - 255 Ultras - 15 Marathon des Sables - 9 Guinness World Records - 27 Years Sober