waking up sober..

[24hrsAday]

my neighbors were up late drinking last night.. hooting and hollering.. i bet that they are gonna feel it this morning! i woke up sober again this morning and it feels great! coming up on two and a half years.. what a great gift it is to be alive and sober!

[Music]

I agree 24. How many days did I wake up feeling like death warmed over? It just blows my mind that I actually lived like that for so many years. Maybe not many compared to some, but enough for me. I definately know what's meant when I hear "my worst day sober is better than my best day drinking." Sobriety really is a gift.

[CarolD]

Well...
Most of my home group will be at our annual picnic.
Celebrating both our freedom from alcohol and the 4th.

I'm on my way to chair a noon meeting.
I celebrate by opening our hall to those who can't attend.

Forward we go..side by side

[shaun00]

thoses temperate drinkers a a strange bunch.......my wife is one off them.

she will forget her glass of wine on the table!!....she may even forget to get wine from the supermarket!!

And then most strange of all.......she might have one drink and stop.
i mean....whats the point if you aint gonna get blasted.

i too see my neighbours having a good time with booze....and then in the morning they get up for work and get on with life..

then i see myself in the doctors opinion.......

reading that for the first time.......i realized i wasnt alone....others have drank like me and found a solution.

there it was...someone had put it into words on a page.

i dont drink like my neighbours...or my wife....or most others come to that.

but i have found a solution to be happy without it.

your right 24.......it is great to be sober.

[Tommyh]

it sure is great to be sober when I wake up in the mornings...every day I do not need a drink to face the day or a drink because of what I may have done yesterday- is God and AA working in my life

[MycoolFitz]

I agree, to wake up instead of come to. To not only remember the night before, but to not have done anything to regret or make amends for. To me this is truely Independance from Dependance Day.

The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change so that every new moment is spent not in regret, guilt, fear or anger but in wisdom, understanding and love.-- Jennifer Edwards

[findingout]

No doubt about it! And this coming Monday morning after my three day weekend, I will feel rested and ready. Unlike all of those three day holiday weekends back in the day when I would feel far worse than when I started.

Course, next weekend is also a three day vacation for me. I'll be off celebrating recovery with 200 other sober gentlemen at a spiritual retreat. And the difference between that and any three days prior to my sobriety is simply night and day.

[mikefreak]

Originally Posted by 24hrsAday

my neighbors were up late drinking last night.. hooting and hollering.. i bet that they are gonna feel it this morning! i woke up sober again this morning and it feels great! coming up on two and a half years.. what a great gift it is to be alive and sober!

It sure is! A couple of weeks ago I was housesitting, & we had a terrific lighting storm. The twenty-something neighbors were drinking beer & smoking weed (I could smell it), & they oohed & ahhed every time the lighting struck. I thought about the "good ole days" when me & my "friends" would do the same thing 20-30 years ago. Glanced over the fence the next morning. There were beer bottles ALL OVER the backyard, & some kid was passed out in one of the lawn chairs. He had been "trolled" (everyone had drawn cartoonish things on him), & I just HAD to feel a little smug about it.:beerchug:

[gravity]

We went camping this past weekend and there were a couple of groups in our area drinking & yelling until about 2 AM. They were a bit of a pain in the ass but whatever...they were all younger people & we used to do the same. We just sat around our fire listening to music, talking, & laughing until they passed out. No big deal.

In the morning the drinkers sure looked sick...like they were about to puke (probably did). Dirty, pale, miserable.

By the way, my kids were up playing at 7 AM and I did NOT tell them to keep quiet. (Gotta love screaming kids + a hangover! )

Yep, my mornings are just fine .