A list of observations I documented over my first sober year:

  • Alcohol was, apparently, not the reason I did not look like a supermodel
  • Relationships definitely do change – some for better, some not – but they absolutely do change
  • If you think you are entertaining when you are drunk, I am here to tell you: you are – just not for the reasons you think
  • Apparently, my loud, obnoxious, and impulsive behavior has not changed so it was clearly not caused by alcohol – or at least that is what has been reported to me
  • People struggle a great deal with your decision and, for reasons unbeknownst to me, they think it is your job to make them feel better about it
  • How late I sleep in on weekends has absolutely no correlation to my alcohol intake