thisisme

I found and now respect and admire the man in the mirror.

Soberwolf

I was going to say my gf wont show her this later

It was all for her

Jupiters

I can't think of one thing that isn't the BEST.
There isn't one thing that's better with booze involved.
I'm at day 108 now (I was sober once years ago for about 16 months) and feel great.
I enjoy being able to look at myself in the mirror and not cringe, and not just b/c physically the wine had made me look bad but b/c of my actions. I don't know who I am quite yet, but I'm loving the journey on figuring it all out at *almost* 38

andyroo72

For me there is one: when I'm sober there's enough of me to go around. I do hope that makes sense to anyone else :=]

Soberpotamus

Life isn't flying by at breakneck speed. I can remember things. I feel truly alive. I'm more courageous. The shame is going away. The guilt is going away. My self-confidence is there. I feel capable. I feel human again.

SonomaGal

The farther I go, the more I see sobriety as recovering/rediscovering myself. I truly had no idea the extent to which drinking had caused me to go so far off course, and thus feel so full of sadness and confusion. The freedom, clarity and strength (internal and external) are the best things about quitting.

AlexThedude

One of my favorite things about sobriety can be summed up by the signature “The shortest answer is doing the thing.” -Hemingway -SoberJennie
lol

Mountainmanbob

my animals know that they will be fed
and
fed on time

MM

MelindaFlowers

I could write a long list but I'll try to keep it to the very best things:
*No hangovers
*Pains in my side are gone
*I stay hydrated
*I no longer think about the time, place, and circumstances of my death
*I have hope for the future
*No longer have ravenous hangover appetite every single day
*No more acid reflux every single day
*Did I mention no more hangovers?
*Losing weight
*Not feeling like DEATH all day every day

Soberpotamus

That's a good one! My cats are no longer fearful of me. They'd gotten where they were afraid because of my drinking. Guess they had lost trust in me. Sad. My dog is new and has only known me sober, thankfully. I've had my oldest cat for 18 years now and she was hurt the most by my drinking, I'm sure. I wish I could undo the damage done. All I can do now is to love them and take good care of them.

oldsoul1122

No drinking remorse
self-respect
I feel clean
never a DUI
losing weight
more money
good physical and mental health
no more depression, suicide thoughts
spirited

KDBnSLC

Not waking up in the morning and having to check Facebook, email and texts to see if I had written something somewhere, during the blackout the night before.

AlexThedude

I like that my prefrontal cortex is more active, and I'm living more based on my rational mind, as opposed to being basically an animal.

Nocturnal

No more suicidal thoughts.

Waterfalls2014

For me it's living, not just going through the motions. Actually having a true emotion without being a complete mess when something happens. I always say it feels good to feel good. BTW - great work Alex. It's nice to hear you doing so good.

AlexThedude

One of my new favorite things about not drinking, is that my blood brain barrier is healthier...
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...influence.html

Although, talking on a cell phone also disrupts the BBB, it can't hurt to give it a rest from alchohol:

MelindaFlowers

I can go shopping at Target at 10 pm!

I can go anywhere at 10 pm!

I can pick up friends from the movies at 11 pm!

I can go to movies in the evenings and enjoy them rather than feeling like I'm interrupting my drinking time and drive the whole group home at 11 pm!

I can go to the gym in the evening.

Are you sensing a theme here? Our evenings are now a useful part of the day!

ESD907

When I act like an idiot, its not because I'm drunk. No one can say, you're just saying that, acting like that, etc because you're drunk. (more likely I'd say those things to myself).

MelindaFlowers, Its great, no. I never realized how much I missed in the eveings, they were just something to move along, Now I actually have a real bedtime routine, but a passout routine.

MattyBoy

Feeling like I'm a part of something again.

Foolsgold186

I feel free!