Originally Posted by
Doug39 
It is all a matter of getting into a better routine.
for the last 27 years my life was:
Get up
go to work hungover and miserable
drink after work and get drunk
repeat daily
I structured my life around alcohol and now that I am sober (30 days today) I often feel lost and out of place. But I am trying to find new things in life to live for. It is tough for me not to be able to shut off my mind with alcohol everyday like I used to; I have to deal with my thoughts and emotions 24/7 now.
Doug
I was also on that merry go round...i couldn't wait to get home and start drinking it had a maddening hold on me.
Now nothing feels better than being sober.
21 days sober I never want to go back to day 1.