If I don’t go out, I feel like I am really missing out.
I had to accept that when I did drink I was missing out anyway - I was either blacked out or passed out by 9pm...
I had to choose - either I wanted to be sober and that meant a new life...or to stick with the old life and stay drunk.
You can't do both - god knows I tried.
There will be many many more Friday and Saturday nights and invites out...now, I can go anywhere be with anyone or do anything - and I stay sober because I sincerely 100% want to be that way.
But...it takes a good deal of working up to that.
I think it was good for me not to go out and to deal with my FOMO (fear of missing out) - I found out two things...one I didn't die cos I didn't go out on the town; and two, there was a lot to do on a Friday or Saturday night that need not involve alcohol at all
You can mourn your old life or embrace your new one...the choice is entirely up to you
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