Originally Posted by dontlookbacchus

Day 85.
A great, sober Sunday morning with coffee and a super helpful and interesting class thread.

J9, first of all, congratulations. 60 is awesome. The fog will lift, then maybe come down again a bit , and lift again. My guess is it goes completely at some point but I am still in the same boat as you. My big fog/depression around 50/60 day mark was physically gut wrenching and paralysing. Thank God I had SR and just kept on.

I am probably not in a place to give advice on how to handle long trips with alcohol. I have yet to properly socialise in surroundings with lots of boozing. I think if I had to do one night, or a short trip, I would definitely plan ahead. Choose my drinks ahead. Plan my excuses ahead. Maybe even call the venue to see what non-alcoholic drinks they had and plan around that. And set up an exit plan to leave for when it became too much.

I have a history of sober stretches and failing and this one is too precious. There is no going back now.

If you *have* to go, and it was a full vacation, my advice would be to just come clean and tell them you have a problem. If that isn't possible tell them you are "quitting for a year" or something. And plan early nights and super early mornings on your own, taking photo's or something. Have a separate vacation that overlaps with your friends. It could still be really fun.

Personally, it would be too stressful for me to be around booze for that long but other people are stronger than I am. Hope that 2 cents is helpful. just my point of view. And remember I know nothing about maintaining sobriety. This is the best I have ever been. Other SR classmates will be way more informed than I am.

I am off to re-begin my Sunday to-do list. Have a great day fellow Januarians. One more day.