Today I am 5 years sober.
That's 60 months.
Aka 260 weeks.
Aka 1,825 days.
While I do have a counter app, I'm not really one who proactively tracks my days. And I don't go to AA.
I say that part out loud on purpose, because somebody out there needs to hear that their road does not have to look like anybody else's road.
I often wonder what it was that finally flipped me. From "I don't want to stop drinking" to "I never want to drink again."
Those are two completely different people, and somewhere in between them is a door I walked through.
I don't know the exact moment. I just know what I believe now: you unlock the keys to the universe when you drop the chains that hold you back.
Being hungover sucks.
Turning into a betch after drinking sucks.
Losing friends because of something you did or said while you were drinking sucks.
The fights. The almost died moments. The nights you don't remember anymore.
Nah, because let’s be real…
Clarity is the new cool.
Which is why, if you know me, you already know I bought sobrietyisalrighty.com on February 23, 2024.
Almost three years ago. The name has just been sitting there, waiting its turn. Because that's what I do. I buy the name first.
I was sketching logos for it in June of 2025. The idea would not leave me alone. Somewhere along the way it lost the "is" and became Sobriety Alrighty.
Shorter, cleaner, and I like that it reads two ways now.
Sobriety is alrighty.
Or sobriety... alrighty. Like, okay, fine, let's give this a shot.
If you're in that second one right now, hi. That's exactly where I started.
So what better day to finally launch it than today?
Here we are, almost three years after I bought the name, and we're seeing how fast we can launch a brand and celebrate 5 years of sobriety at the same time.
It's not 100% done. I'm not going to sit here and pretend it is.
But around here, we're all about quality at speed, and sometimes you just have to launch it, even if it's not perfect.
I wanted the documentation. The receipts. Officially launched, on the day, on purpose.
With that, cheers to 5 years.
Cheers to clarity.
42, orange and blue, i love you
Shawnee