A Sober Nation story
Charlotte Garvey
- Age
- 64
- Sober Since
- 04 / 10 / 1997
- Sober For
- 29 Years & 121 Days
01 What it was like
It was like my job and I took it very seriously. I started drinking at 14. My first drunk was a blockout. They were pretty much all blackouts until my very last.
They were pretty much all blackouts until my very last.
02 What happened
What happened was that I no longer wanted to romance the misery. I no longer wanted to die in my sleep. All of a sudden I glimpsed a very dark future. I all of sudden cared about a future. And I picked up the phone and called the AA hotline. I got to a meeting and started my journey into recovery.
03 What it is like now
What it's like now is I no longer see betrayal in the eyes of the woman who looks back at me from the mirror.
