It is rather strange that the idea of creating this category — and the articles I would write and publish in it — came to me only two months after launching the site. I kept feeling that something very important was missing, but I could not work out what it was.

Then it finally dawned on me: the most important thing was missing — my own path, my own experience, my own route. That is why I gave this essential category its name. Without it, the site was simply another blog. A blog written by an alcoholic in recovery, perhaps, but still — just a blog.

Here I will share:

• my own experience;
• the steps I took — those that led to success and those that led to failure — so that every “colleague” and fellow sufferer might avoid some of the landmines and traps on the road to freedom;
• how my attitude and outlook changed, both towards life as a whole and towards its individual aspects.

I have tried to organise my experience and use it to create a kind of framework — or route — that helped me climb out of that swamp, out of the hell I entered after becoming addicted to the bottle.

Every stop, every point along this route will include a detailed explanation of:

• why it matters;
• why these particular actions gave me the result I needed: freedom.

The first articles will appear very soon. I have only just created this page. 16 May 2026.

English translation and adaptation by AI. The author’s instruction was to preserve his meaning, tone, and voice as faithfully as possible. He cannot independently verify the English text or write this version himself. If anything sounds wrong, unnatural, or misleading, please point it out in the comments.