official sober thread
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- curiouscat21
1.5 years sober over here and don't miss the booze in the slightest.
- congrats!utopian
- Thanks!curiouscat
- Grats!! 4 1/2 years here. Miss the flavors, don't miss the apologizing and lost money.Akagiyama
- 11 months and beautifulmoogchild
- Good for you catcanoe
- I know many people who are facing struggles with substance abuse and addiction. Wishing everyone the best on their journey.utopian
- ill drink on that!milfhunter
- congratulations!Nutter
- Congrats cat.sea_sea
- refunktion17
433 days. I never thought I could stop drinking, but it feels awesome.
- wagshaft6
Attempting a dry January. Wish me luck you sots.
- i_monk23
^ 4 years as of yesterday.
- YEAH BOIII!!!ideaist
- Awesome!! :)Akagiyama
- congrats.zaq
- cheers!utopian
- Proud of ya!thenohero
- Great work. What made you finally choose sobriety? And sober from drink or EVERYTHING?Ianbolton
- Only in death can one be sober of EVERYTHING.palimpsest
- Not me, lol. I was pointing up at my last post about my husbandi_monk
- "Love &/in Sobriety" ~ The story of @i_monk.
; )ideaist - drunk or sober, death finds us allIanbolton
- Much like taxes.palimpsest
- _niko4
What do you guys do in situations when you get together with old or current mates that still drink?
Do you still go to pubs, or watch a game but drink something else?
- curious about family get-togethers too, holidays etc. I've always enjoyed casual. drinking with friends and family but alcohol no longer agrees with me, even 1_niko
- ...drink messes with me, so I've stopped for the past month. But I don't really want to have to explain myself every time people want to grab a drink_niko
- A quick explanation (if even needed) where you simply state 'it doesn't agree w/me lately' is more than adequate. If you need to say more... fuck 'em. <3PonyBoy
- 'fuck 'em' is harsh... but honestly you shouldn't have to explain yourself outside of 'it doesn't set well w/me lately'PonyBoy
- yeah for sure, I wouldn't have an issue telling them, but I think it's not the same, everyone having a pint and you're having what sparkling water? lol ugh._niko
- with lemon :)PonyBoy
- I say something to the effect of "that shit will kill you, smoke weed"YakuZoku
- Avoid situations where drinking is the focus. In other situations, usually there are some people not drinking for various reasons.mort_
- Eg driving, pregnant, on antibiotics, or sober.mort_
- I found it normalised pretty fast for me, now my mates get me kombucha when they invite me over for hangs, which they know I like.slappy
- I was once at a get together and a friends kid got into a situation. I hopped in a car and went and picked him up. If anything people are happy to have a sober.slappy
- I'm a year in with NA and there's a lot of
"near beer "choices available. Guiness 0 is great! especially accompanied by a micro bump of k.moogchild - micro bump of k Haha. I bet you leave that bit out at sharing time ;)mort_
- i went out with someone i was dating and they were all drinking, quite a lot, and I was having zero beers. she told me I was boring. that was the last timeephix
- I saw her.ephix
- Damn ephix I hope you were 18 at the time_niko
- ideaist2
Less drinkin', more thinkin'!
- DaveO2
While I love drinking, the product, the wines and liquids, something I'll never leave, BUT I love periods of no booze, its so nice to feel clean and clear.
The Athletic Brews for me are an AMAZING counterpoint and do a great job of quenching that feeling we all love from a beer.
- BonSeff36
3 years. 3 years ago I was so bad I couldn't go more that 4 hours without needing alcohol to ward off shakes and sweats. Decided it was no way to live and stopped cold turkey. 4 days in I went to the ER with the DTs, really fucked up audible and visual hallucinations. A god damn symphony was playing out of my bedside fan that I could control the band, then basically the most demonic singers joined in. Shadows falling off the walls. The next 8 weeks were the hardest I have endured. It feels so fucking good being sober.
- wow that's scary as fuck and amazing that you pulled through._niko
- Talk about battling your demons!
Good to have you back.palimpsest - The covid lockdown and job burnout is what led me to really crank up the drinking.BonSeff
- Those demonic singers, male baritone... They were singing in a language I never heard before. It was fucking wild.BonSeff
- I had that shit coming out of the fan, and at the same time, what sounded like someone flipping through stations on an AM radio coming out of the ceiling vent.BonSeff
- For a very long time, I thought I would die an alcoholic, and that there was no hope for sobriety. It is possible to put down the bottle.BonSeff
- If anyone out there is struggling, get help. It is hard and you have to want it, and it sucks. But there is a way out.BonSeff
- damn man!YakuZoku
- awesome, good work!IRNlun6
- Good for you man.mort_
- This is inspiring in so many ways.palimpsest
- Amazing life change @BonSeff!
Did it myself AND holy f**k you nailed the feeling(s); mentally, emotionally, etc. Like a dash through hell to get back to Earth!ideaist - congrats!renderedred
- Thanks, everyone!
@ideaist congrats to you, it is hell and I am proud of you. Breaking free is no joke, but so rewarding.BonSeff - Congrats, good for you <3OBBTKN
- Covid lockdown is what got me to start drinking over the edge and also to quit as well. grats!!Akagiyama
- Bizarre how brains work. I was very drunk once, when I was 18. I told myself then: I don't want to experience this again. It's poison. Never drank after that.stewart
- You got dealt a good hand.palimpsest
- Congrats on continually defeating one of the hardest battles in life. To the next 3.thenohero
- What are the next 3?
Don't leave us hanging.palimpsest - this was a good post!necromation
- My dependence was mild compared to you. never got to the shakes but it was fucking up my life. I had mild hallucinatory shit happening and my IQ was prob at 75%epigraph
- Body was in pain constantly. I was scared I had fucked myself forever. I'm off the booze and weed 3+weeks with daily walks and feeling normal and amazing again.epigraph
- Health IS wealth brothers (& @shellie!).
: )ideaist - huge respect for turning it around.Fax_Benson
- xNairn
- i_monk2
Husband is on the phone with a friend/coworker who's relapsed after (another) breakup.
- maquito16
Hitting the 50 days mark today.
Started out as a “why not?” Turned into one of the most solid, lasting shifts I’ve made in years.
Didn’t expect to feel this clear, this different.
- https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
- congrats!WallaWalla
- You go boy; health is wealth!ideaist
- grats!!!Akagiyama
- Happy b-day, maqui!Continuity
- Jesus ... I misread that.
Uh ... congrats!Continuity - alles gute !neverscared
- Lolz @Cont, tks peepsmaquito
- flol @ maqi, I nearly texted you happy b-day, too, afterwards, until I realised what was going on.Continuity
- flol!maquito
- do I look like 50 already??maquito
- Nope you look a sprightly 40, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise! :DContinuity
- fooler1
I haven't drank alcohol in 4 months. I had been drinking beers almost everyday for the past 3 decades. I justified my drinking because it was mostly beer, some wine and rarely hard liquor. It really snowballed during covid isolation/work from home and a failing marriage. I was drinking at least 6 IPAs a day at the end.
I quit cold turkey and had some troubles sleeping and with depression and anxiety so I went to my doctor and he said I was having alcohol withdrawal symptoms and I shouldn't have tried to quit cold turkey. I was confused because I said I was only drinking 4-6 beers a day and he then asked "for how long?" Its really ads up if you're still drinking like a 21 year old college student into your 50's.
I'm not sure how long this is going to last but I want to keep it going. I've made it through a Celebration of Life and a wedding both with open bars. The real test was signing my divorce papers. I really wanted to stop at a bar or pick up a 6 pack and drink my feelings but I didn't.
I took this on St Patricks day this year. Felt good not to be hungover on the 18th for the first time decades.
