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So many people ask me how four words helped me get sober.

Let me tell you.

GET TO MIDNIGHT. GO AGAIN.

In the baking dry heat of Sevilla, friendless, euroless, and void of dignity, I worked my fucking arse off every day to climb out of the pit of shit that booze had made of my life.

I refused to give up. I couldn't think too far ahead. So I scorched my way to midnight every day. Breaking it down. Forcing cravings away with brutally positive self-talk.

I refused to be soft, yet I embraced vulnerability.

I considered myself superior to the idea that I couldn't even get to bed without a drink.

I sought community. I owned my shit. I said sorry. Then I fucking well got on with it.

Life, I mean.

And here we are. 12 years later and too many of you to count have cited Get To Midnight. Go Again. as a mantra that stabilises and galvanises you.

And I fucking love it.

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Here's what embracing this mantra can do for you.

THE CRAVING WILL PASS

Urges peak and trough. Getting to midnight sober shows you are learning to surf the wave of discomfort, not sink.

MOMENTUM IS BUILT ONE BLOCK AT A TIME

You're building new habits. Each midnight wires the brain for the next one.

YOU RECLAIM SELF-TRUST

Every day you say — fuck me, I did it. I actually do what I say now.

YOU GET STRONGER IN THE DARK

Nights are tough. Pushing to midnight builds long-term bollocks and grit.

FUCK OVERWHELM

Just 24 hours, mate. Don't think you can do one day? Rubbish. I know you can.

MIDNIGHT OFFERS A FRESH START

New day. New shot. Go the fuck again. Learn. Grow. Shed the shackles.

A POSITIVE APPROACH TO SOBRIETY

Does "One Day At A Time" smack of clinging on? Like, fuck — that means there's another day?

Get To Midnight. Go Again. suggests powering through each chunk with a further promise of opportunity.

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It worked for me.

I'm 12 years and 3 months sober.

Maybe it's your turn now.

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