Before and after - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

OheemJah · 05-20-2012, 10:20 AM

I told myself I was going to take a before and after, after my 90 day period. I thought if I got enough sleep and took vitamins I looked okay while drinking. NOT the case. The pic on the left was last night at an event, the pic on the right is the last day that I was drunk. I can't believe I walked around looking so disheveled and wasted everyday.

hypochondriac · 05-20-2012, 12:48 PM

You look fab in both pics to me OheemJah, but yeah, maybe a bit healthier looking now. I was looking at old pics of me but I wasn't sure that anyone else would be able to notice the difference. But there is a huge difference in my hands now! Far less puffy x

miko67 · 05-20-2012, 01:25 PM

Wow U look great x

DarkDays · 05-20-2012, 01:40 PM

You look great..I presume you are staying sober now your 90 day period is over ?

SASA · 05-20-2012, 01:56 PM

you look great. Especially the facial redness is gone and the puffiness. It is interesting hwo we change. Have you also lost weight?

Recharger · 05-20-2012, 02:29 PM

Congratulations on your 90 days, keep it up the photos prove how well it is working!

Zebra1275 · 05-20-2012, 02:31 PM

Sober looks better on you!

***Hevyn*** · 05-20-2012, 02:33 PM

Very pretty in both cases, but I do notice a more flushed/puffy look in the before pic. I had that, too - and just a general out-of-it foggy look. Glad you are doing well!

cursive · 05-20-2012, 02:52 PM

Such an inspiration for me to look forward to! You look happy and healthy

Jitterbugg · 05-20-2012, 02:55 PM

Gorgeous! (not trying to hit on you haha)

CaiHong · 05-20-2012, 04:38 PM

Your skin looks great. This photo is a keeper?

The redness in my face has disappeared altogether and the puffiness.
One of the many benefits of being sober .

Good of you
CaiHong

OheemJah · 05-20-2012, 05:51 PM

Thanks everyone! I didn't notice while I was boozing but can see a huge difference now. And yes DarkDays, I continue to stay sober. I've lost a little bit of weight SASA, about a pant size just from abstaining from booze. Every time I want to drink I am going to look at that picture. Thank you for taking the time to look

akazia21 · 05-20-2012, 06:36 PM

You look beautiful sober

I definitely notice that I get really red and flushed when I am drinking around my face and chest. I also get bags under my eyes. I hate to look at photos of me drunk but I am making myself do it to remind myself

too.tall · 05-21-2012, 09:00 AM

Very nice job and I thank you for posting this encouraging outcome

05-20-2012, 10:20 AM	#1 (permalink)
OheemJah Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 42	Before and after I told myself I was going to take a before and after, after my 90 day period. I thought if I got enough sleep and took vitamins I looked okay while drinking. NOT the case. The pic on the left was last night at an event, the pic on the right is the last day that I was drunk. I can't believe I walked around looking so disheveled and wasted everyday. __________________ "Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in a low time." (Robert Schuller)

05-20-2012, 12:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
hypochondriac Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: UK Posts: 4,249	You look fab in both pics to me OheemJah, but yeah, maybe a bit healthier looking now. I was looking at old pics of me but I wasn't sure that anyone else would be able to notice the difference. But there is a huge difference in my hands now! Far less puffy x __________________ “The future you have tomorrow, won't be the same future you had yesterday.” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Rant

05-20-2012, 01:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
miko67 Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: far away Posts: 219 Blog Entries: 1	Wow U look great x __________________ he who does not seek,shall not find.

05-20-2012, 01:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
SASA Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 572	you look great. Especially the facial redness is gone and the puffiness. It is interesting hwo we change. Have you also lost weight? __________________ We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets." Marylin Monroe

05-20-2012, 02:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
*Hevyn* Learning to live again Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 11,039	Very pretty in both cases, but I do notice a more flushed/puffy look in the before pic. I had that, too - and just a general out-of-it foggy look. Glad you are doing well! __________________ You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done. - Fr. Gregory Boyle, Homeboy Industries Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - Emerson

05-20-2012, 01:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
DarkDays Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: London Posts: 843	You look great..I presume you are staying sober now your 90 day period is over ?

05-20-2012, 02:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
Recharger Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: London Posts: 15	Congratulations on your 90 days, keep it up the photos prove how well it is working!

05-20-2012, 02:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Zebra1275 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,392	Sober looks better on you!

05-20-2012, 02:52 PM	#9 (permalink)
cursive Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 6	Such an inspiration for me to look forward to! You look happy and healthy

05-20-2012, 02:55 PM	#10 (permalink)
Jitterbugg Professional Drunk Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Toronto Posts: 465	Gorgeous! (not trying to hit on you haha)

05-20-2012, 04:38 PM	#11 (permalink)
CaiHong Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,736	Your skin looks great. This photo is a keeper? The redness in my face has disappeared altogether and the puffiness. One of the many benefits of being sober . Good of you CaiHong

05-20-2012, 05:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
OheemJah Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 42	Thanks everyone! I didn't notice while I was boozing but can see a huge difference now. And yes DarkDays, I continue to stay sober. I've lost a little bit of weight SASA, about a pant size just from abstaining from booze. Every time I want to drink I am going to look at that picture. Thank you for taking the time to look __________________ "Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in a low time." (Robert Schuller)

05-20-2012, 06:36 PM	#13 (permalink)
akazia21 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: boulder, co Posts: 73	You look beautiful sober I definitely notice that I get really red and flushed when I am drinking around my face and chest. I also get bags under my eyes. I hate to look at photos of me drunk but I am making myself do it to remind myself

05-21-2012, 09:00 AM	#14 (permalink)
too.tall Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 55 Blog Entries: 1	Very nice job and I thank you for posting this encouraging outcome

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