I think I’m mainly just grateful that I found my way to sobriety. This year — like many years before and since I got sober — has been filled with examples of people whose fight with addiction has led to horrible circumstances or even death. They all could have been me.
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I manage to screw enough up in sobriety — I falter at being the person I want to be daily — that I know that the path my life would have taken without getting sober would have been disastrous — or deadly. It’s as simple as that.
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But here I am, blessed to be living a life that was unimaginable to me when I was growing up in Ohio, let alone when my drinking got bad.
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It felt somewhat appropriate that I got to spend half of my day today in Ohio, with family, and then come back here to this city I love.pic.twitter.com/u9sYTaXGWT
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I got to spend this past several days with one of the people who thankfully has never seen me drunk — and who truly makes me want to be the best person that I can be.pic.twitter.com/UDT54p3tUm
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I got to spend time with my mom, who has seen me drunk, and has been through that and so much more — but is always there, and for that I’m forever grateful.pic.twitter.com/1l1p15YsOa
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And, I got to play HQ Trivia with my siblings. (Because, I get to live my best life now — MEANING SOMEDAY I WILL WIN!)pic.twitter.com/hkdr9qw7W2
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And now, I’m back in DC. Back to the gym, back to doing all those things I’ve learned to do in sobriety to keep me sober — but also, honestly, to help me to be a better, healthier, kinder person.pic.twitter.com/j4P2NhYvx8
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For the longest time, I ignored those things — or I did the opposite. But now, I usually at least try to do the next right thing. And if I can’t, I try again the next day.
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And now, I’ll be back at work in the morning, doing a job that I love, covering issues that I think are vitally important, and working with some of the best in the business — at BuzzFeed News and in the Supreme Court press corps.
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