11/22/2025
There was a time I thought numbing was easier…
until peace felt better.
Back then, reaching for a drink felt like the quickest way to quiet the noise inside me.
To calm the feelings I didn’t know how to hold.
To escape the parts of myself I didn’t yet feel safe with.
But numbing never actually made anything go away.
It just pushed the emotions deeper into my body —
storing them for another day, another trigger, another moment when I finally had no choice but to feel them.
Sobriety taught me something I didn’t expect:
peace is what I was looking for the whole time.
Not the buzz.
Not the temporary “relief.”
Not the momentary softness.
Peace.
True, steady, grounded peace —
the kind that isn’t bothered by the chaos around you,
the kind that keeps you anchored when life moves,
the kind that makes you feel safe in your own body again.
The kind of peace that brings your clarity back
and makes you realize how loud the noise used to be.
Numbing feels easier in the moment.
But peace feels better in the long run.
Peace lets you breathe again.
✨ Comment “clarity” if this resonates.
With Love,
Laurel 🤍
This is for you if…
✨ You used to numb instead of feel
✨ You’re choosing sobriety or cutting back on drinking
✨ You’re learning to sit with your emotions instead of escaping them
✨ You’re craving deep, steady inner peace
✨ You’re becoming someone your past self wouldn’t recognize
