As the sun sets and the moon rises, a story (or two). Seven years and one day ago, I was blacked out before sunset. I missed it completely.pic.twitter.com/SfxOtjeqic
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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.
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.
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.
I'd had countless other bad, and many worse, nights before that. For years before that. But, for some reason, that morning was different.
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.
That morning was June 27, 2010. Every day since, one day at a time, has been a gift.pic.twitter.com/oBCINC3qBF
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
And, tonight, I watched the sun set.pic.twitter.com/ydqGILV00f
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
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
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
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
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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