Congrats!
Congratulations. I completely understand that it can be hard to imagine dating and finding love without alcohol having to be involved.
You’ve done a great thing for yourself and for your confidence and for your chances, at a happy and healthy life and a partner who is drinking activity or lifestyle, doesn’t put you or your sobriety at risk.
It’s so hard to hold oneself accountable for drinking, when everybody else around you, including 99% of the people in your dating pool (many of which are likely not problem drinkers and could be nice people). The important thing is the whether that person will aid and support you in your recovery, or who will either be apathetic or harmful to it.
I have 4 years last week. but I also questioned during the pandemic, whether I would ever meet somebody who either didn’t drink for health reasons, or somebody who rarely drinks and prioritizes their health over their recreational and domestic activities involving alcohol consumption. 
However, almost like it was some type of karma, my first dating experience and sobriety involved a person whom I came to realize was a dangerous alcoholic and rage-a-holic. It might sound ridiculous coming from a grown man that I was afraid I would be hurt but I heard later on that her next boyfriend, while seeming to be fun, only related through drinking. Domestic violence resulted within a couple of months.
Congrats and don’t let loneliness make you settle for someone who is a risk to your sobriety or your RECOVERY in general. A year is HUGE. !!!!
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What a beautiful ending
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