• Terri Peters has been sober for nearly two years, and last month visited Hawaii for the first time. • Traveling with girlfriends who don't drink made it easy for her to skip Mai Tais. • Visiting Hawaii sober allowed Peters to fully appreciate the beauty of Oahu.

There's a glass jar in my living room that my family has been tossing loose change into for years. "One day," I always say, "it'll be full and we'll use it to pay for a trip to Hawaii."

I've always wanted to visit the Aloha State. Its stunning beaches looked like the perfect escape from everyday life.

Through family deaths, job losses, health scares, and the stresses of raising small kids, Hawaii — and that glass jar — served as a promise of easier times ahead.

I'm glad I waited until I was sober.

Like so many adults, I

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