One Minute Sober Message 004 > Passenger

Sometimes, when you’re trying to quit drinking, the voice in your head can get really loud. So I send out free one minute audio messages of encouragement (and ass-kicking) to anyone who wants them. This is a transcript of One Minute Message #004.

Do you remember when you were learning to drive,
you had somebody sitting in the car with you.

You were driving,
and there was someone else sitting in the passenger seat,
right beside you.

What was their job?
It was to point out things that you didn’t see yet —
you were just learning.
Pointing out landmarks like:
“Watch out for the stop sign, slow down here, switch lanes here.”

Do you need to have someone sitting
in the passenger seat with you forever? No.

Do you need somebody sitting with you for the first few weeks
until you figure out how to be sober? Yes.

Were you born knowing how to drive a car? No.
Were you teachable? Yes.

Are you walking around in the dark trying to do it yourself?
Not anymore.

~

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Belle Robertson, 4.75 year sober, blogs and writes and records daily sober audios. She’s been sober penpals with 2,618 people, and works as a text designer, baker & caterer, and sober coach. She lives in France. She makes her graham crackers from scratch.