Johnnie Wraith

I drank alcohol heavily for thirty years, almost every day and at every opportunity. I know its appeal and its danger. I stopped drinking five years ago before it either killed me or destroyed my life. So grateful I escaped before it was too late #RecoveryPosse #BackOnDryLand

When I was in alcohol’s deceitful grip, I was convinced it made the good things in life better and the bad things manageable. The truth is it ruins the former by killing enjoyment early, and makes the latter far worse because hiding from your pain never helps. Set yourself free.

If your past inflicted unresolved damage, alcohol will seem the answer but prove your downfall. For a while a few drinks will ease your pain but your tolerance will build and you will become dependent. Your health will suffer, your problems will grow. Seek the courage to quit.

If you wish you could have been one of those people who can take or leave it, remember they can do this because they are unfussed about alcohol. If you loved drinking so much it nearly killed you, you’ll never stop at one, so don’t ever take the risk. Stay strong. #RecoveryPosse

Since I stopped drinking, my sleep has been transformed from a few restless hours punctuated by anxious and paranoid thoughts of the harm I was causing myself and my loved ones to a peaceful and deep 7-8 hours. Utterly and wonderfully transformative. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

It is only when you totally free yourself from alcohol for good that you discover how wonderful life truly is; you will be released not just from being drunk or hungover, but also from craving, sadness, shame and guilt. Best decision ever. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

If alcohol is like a massive dark cloud in your life, know that each day you go without a drink takes you a step further away from it, until eventually it recedes so far it disappears completely and for ever. You can be totally free. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

When I was drinking, I put so much faith in alcohol and had so little faith in myself. Ever since I stopped, its toxic power has slowly faded and at the same time my self belief and confidence have blossomed. If you’re struggling, put down the glass. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

If you know in your heart you need to give up alcohol, don’t think of yourself. Focus on those you love the most and the impact on them of your addiction. That will give you far more determination to stick to the tough route out of your pain. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

Feels like I spent years failing to fit any pieces in the jigsaw of life when I was drinking, but as soon as the habit was fully broken and the craving stopped every single piece just fitted together. At last I see how beautiful life really can be. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

The hardest part of giving up alcohol is the urge to drink that initially hits regularly and hard. Remember it is driven not by alcohol (an inert substance) but by your own lower brain. If you resist, you will weaken and kill it in time. Stay strong. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

One of the main benefits of giving up alcohol if you have reached the point where the conscious and subconscious parts of your brain are in entrenched opposition is the end of the ceaseless dissonance and internal anxiety this mental conflict causes. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

If you’re a dependent drinker and have lost all control, you need to know you’re in a fight that will have only one total and decisive victor. Find the strength and courage to stop drinking for good, and make sure that victor is you. You’ve got this. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

If someone had told me when I was drinking that one day I’d be able to get through Christmas without any desire for alcohol, and would enjoy it dramatically more, I would never have believed them. Thank God I stopped and discovered how true that is. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

On a break with my lovely wife in Vienna. In my alcoholic days I would have spent the whole trip finding any excuse to drink and barely have noticed anything else. What a waste. Such a beautiful, Christmassy place and way, way better sober 😃 #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

If you are a dependent drinker and manage to stop, not only will you escape the turmoil alcohol creates in your life but you will sleep better, look better, feel better, be proud to finally love those you care about most as they deserve. Do it now. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

Once your drinking becomes such a problem that you reach full cognitive dissonance, with the lower brain demanding more alcohol and the higher brain desperately trying to resist, there is only one way out. You have to find the strength to stop. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

The human brain instinctively shies away from conflict as it seeks to conserve energy. That is why anyone who drinks too much is so unwilling to listen to the warnings of those who have escaped alcohol’s grasp. Speak your truth quietly and patiently #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

If you’re trying to stop drinking and haven’t yet managed to break free, know it is NOT you who is the problem, it is alcohol. You are not failing because you are weak, but because alcohol is so strong. Learn about your enemy and you will overcome it #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse

The conviction that alcohol enhances enjoyment is the biggest con trick ever. It is the people, the setting, the occasion that generate joy; alcohol can enhance it briefly but soon starts to dull and then destroy it. Ditch it and live your best life. #BackOnDryLand #RecoveryPosse