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08-27-2007, 09:44 AM
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| Follow Directions!  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Fredericksburg, Va.
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I was talking to some folks after a meeting a week ago Sunday when suddenly I became aware of something that surprised me...... It felt normal to be sober!!! Anyone else ever felt this?
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08-27-2007, 10:48 AM
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Normal? Normal? Hmmm......... When I'm around other alcoholics I guess it's the commonalities that help me feel normal and never too unique. Glad to hear you felt thay way, Taz. Sounds like growth and progress!
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08-27-2007, 11:41 AM
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There are still times that I want to drink, but most of the time I don't. It feels good to be sober and relaxed and I suppose I am getting that more and more often. Thanks for pointing this out. It is a feeling that is worth acknowleding. Ted
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08-27-2007, 12:04 PM
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Totally, Taz! Especially when I'm feeling really happy or I'm having fun, and I'm suddenly like, wow it wasn't always like this! It's so awesome to be sober and have these moments of poor joy - it's really miraculous! Cathy31 x |
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08-27-2007, 01:47 PM
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Normal is overrated PD. 
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08-27-2007, 01:55 PM
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You STOLE my avatar!!
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08-27-2007, 02:44 PM
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I’ve been sober more years than I drank now. It is hard to imagine what it would feel like to be drunk. Don’t get me wrong, I still remember the crappy life I had; it is just hard to imagine that old feeling. And may WE never experience it again!
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08-28-2007, 04:10 AM
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Folks I think some of you misunderstood what I am feeling, I am far from normal!!!! LOL It just struck me as kind of odd that it felt normal to be sober. I had not felt like that in years........ For many years I had lived either drunk, getting drunk, coming off a drunk, drowsy, run down, in a fog......... I just had this sudden realization that I had been sober long enough to where I felt that feeling sober in the morning was normal. I very rarely had a hang over unless I had drank a lot of wine or was mixing hard liquor and beer, a "normal" feeling in the morning for me when I was drinking was kind of a fog...... a slowness..... an unawareness of what was really going on, not a buzz, but damn sure not sober. Quote:
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08-28-2007, 08:10 AM
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I knew what you meant Taz. Remember when it used to feel normal to be drunk. Everyone got that drunk, right? And yes, normal is way over rated. Imagine how boring SR would be if we were all normal. 
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08-28-2007, 08:38 AM
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I have found it is really fun being crazy and sober, I do not get into trouble any more when I am a bit crazy!
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