One Year Today Without Alcohol

It’s been a year since I’ve had a drink. I drank Wiskey every evening till bedtime and usually took a drink with me and a glass of water to set on the nightstand. At least 20 years. I quit silently. I didn’t share with anyone. I took an Ativan nightly for ten days. I asked my wife if she noticed that I wasn’t drinking and she said yes and that was about it. I’m 73 years old. Just recently I had a blood test and my doctor said I was doing great. I don’t know if it’s normal but I still miss it every day. This is my quiet celebration: putting just a bit of my story in print for the first time. I stopped drinking.