I Quit Alcohol: 30 Days Sober

TW: alcoholism, addiction, substance abuse, and reckless fuckery

Photo by Steven Wright on Unsplash

In the early hours of the morning on the 1st of January 2015, I nearly died.

I woke up on New Years’ Day in an apartment on Peel Street in Montreal, with no knowledge of where I was or how I had come to be there. I was alone, lying under my coat on a stranger’s couch, next to a…