Hi friends, just an update to share with our community that I eclipsed two years sobriety yesterday.  So much has happened in my life over the last 24 months, but perhaps the most important thing to note, especially for newcomers coming to sobriety, was that healing the root causes of my alcholism was as important as the stopping itself.  In essence, drinking was just a symptom of my illness.  As an infant, I was abandoned by my parents and lived in five different foster homes before being adopted at two-years old by a couple who were poorly equipped to raise me.  Mistrust, control, and anger seemed to always drive my decision making and no wonder I sought solace in drugs and alcohol.  So the last two years of my life have been as much about working my recovery program as breaking ties with alcohol.  Embracing one, letting go of the other.  So happy to be sober today, working my recovery and a part of this community!