Like many other nights, I had started drinking in the late afternoon and was not exactly sure which way was up by nightfall.
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I had a birthday party to get to, and I made it there, although (I was later told) there was concern I would fall into the pond in the yard.
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I went elsewhere after the party that night, and I kept drinking. I drank, I suppose, until friends cut me off, the bar did, or it closed.
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In the years since, I've heard so many people talk about their last drink. I don't know what my last drink was. I just have no clue.
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But, the next morning, when I woke up, I knew it was enough. Too much. ... I'd had another bad night two days earlier, just like that.
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I'd had countless other bad, and many worse, nights before that. For years before that. But, for some reason, that morning was different.
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I decided to do something. I realized I didn't have the answers. I started asking for help. I made changes. And, I stopped drinking.
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That morning was June 27, 2010. Every day since, one day at a time, has been a gift.pic.twitter.com/oBCINC3qBF
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My life is unimaginable to me. I have a family I love and who I love to be around. I have amazing friends in DC — and all over the country.
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I have a job that is so much more than just a job to me. It is a career, of course, but I also get to do what I love, with support.
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I have ridiculously talented co-workers, amazing editors — and I work somewhere that wants me to be honest about who I am on my terms.
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I still falter every day. I still fuck up, I'm still impatient, & I still forget, at moments, that's it's OK not to know & to ask for help.
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But, I've learned so much about myself sober. I know there's another day ahead of me, and that I needn't beat myself up.
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Today, I got to end another term covering the US Supreme Court. I got to wish a colleague and mentor off to retirement. I live my best life.pic.twitter.com/UKWnP4GWnI
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And, tonight, I watched the sun set.pic.twitter.com/ydqGILV00f
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These past 7 years weren't of my doing. I've received help at every turn, long before June 27, 2010, from many, many people. Thanks to them.pic.twitter.com/xQPLTbofe9
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If you are unhappy with your drinking or drug use, talk to someone you trust, find someone in recovery, or google around. Help is all over.pic.twitter.com/AE1oEXZyqY
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For me, today is a day for thanks and gratitude — but also for living the life that my sobriety has made possible. And I had an amazing day.pic.twitter.com/mRP37GNAIS
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It's nighttime now. I am grateful. Another day I'm ending without a drink. That's all I need. The rest is a gift.pic.twitter.com/d6XL2Xbbb5
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Thanks for reading, sharing, and responding to this. Y'all are great.
... Night, all, and let us be good to one another — and ourselves. 
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