04/04/2026
I didnβt see myself as an alcoholicβ¦ but God had a plan to set me free anyway.
Today April 4th, makes 2 Years Alcohol Free ππΎβ¨
Along the way, I have been reluctant to share thisβ¦
Even at 6 months⦠1 year⦠and now at 2 years.
Itβs not that I felt like my story wasnβt big enoughβ¦
Itβs that I didnβt really see myself the way others might describe it.
I didnβt see myself as an βalcoholicβ.
I hadnβt lost everything and I wasnβt living under a bridge.
So I didnβt question if the story was big enoughβ¦
I questioned if I was worthy of sharing it.
Because I hadnβt reached the level of alcoholism Iβve heard others speak about,
I wondered if my journey even counted.
But God has been dealing with me⦠and showing me this:
Just because it looked different doesnβt mean it wasnβt deliverance.
There was a time in my life where drinking was just βwhat I did.β
I started young. I was the life of the party!
If I was outside⦠I was drinking.
If I was at home⦠I was drinking.
And when life got heavyβ¦ when I went through real lossβ¦
that βcasualβ drinking became my coping.
Weekly turned into a few times a week.
A few times turned into daily.
A glass turned into multiple glasses⦠then a bottle⦠then more.
Then I started managing and justifying it.
I went from drinking hard liquor and wineβ¦ to just wineβ¦
and thatβs when the justifying really began.
βIβm not drinking liquor, just wineβ¦β
But it was still a cycle.
And God, in His love, came and got me. π₯Ίππ½
Not because I had hit rock bottomβ¦
but because He loved me too much to let me stay there.
All He needed was my YES.
It wasnβt easyβ¦
but it started with 30 days.
Then 60.
Then 90.
And by the grace of God⦠today makes 2 years alcohol free.
Let me be clear, this is ONLY by the grace of God!
Because in my own strength? I wouldnβt have made it.
And Iβm so glad I gave God that YESβ¦
Because even though I didnβt realize it at the time,
alcohol was hindering me.
It was hindering the woman God was calling me to beβ¦
the woman I am nowβ¦
and the woman I know Heβs still calling me into.
There is no way I could be here today if I didnβt let it go.
So I share this to say:
If God is nudging youβ¦ calling you out of somethingβ¦
just give Him your yes.
One day can turn into 30.
30 can turn into 60.
60 can turn into freedom.
And it will be one of the best decisions you ever make.
God, thank You for loving me enough to meet me in my darkest places.
Thank You for calling me daughter.
Thank You for reminding me who I am.
So when you see me going hard for Jesusβ¦
just know God has brought me out of some dark places,
and I will serve Him until the day I die.
Glory to God. ππΎβ¨
