Feeling isolated has been a thread running through my life. Upon reflection in early sobriety, I believed I was choosing isolation, but I realized this morning that I had felt isolated by the world, as if life had chosen to leave me out. That early victim mindset began thinking patterns that fueled my addiction. I’ve often heard in recovery that alcohol made folks finally feel like they belonged. That wasn’t the case for me. Alcohol made me care less about not belonging.

Decades later, the more I drank, the more distant I became, until I was convinced that isolation was my rightful place in the world. It took years of recovery to understand that what I thought was protection was actually deepening my loneliness. My sense of belonging grew from within. I have a new framework for my thoughts that gives me confidence and connection through self-awareness. My reality has caught up to my dreams. Wherever I go, I belong.

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