Originally Posted by
Flowing 
I...but I find myself looking at people enjoying a beer or glass of wine and feel like I'm missing out.
I have heard people say that they feel like they have given up absolutely nothing by cutting out alcohol, like alcohol is 100 percent bad and the exclusion of it is nothing but positive.
This is the mind set that I want and I think I need in order to maintain a happy sobriety.... So does anyone have any tips to achieve this?
Thanks
What a great post. Thanks.
As to the title of your post - yeah, grief is appropriate. You had a relationship with alcohol AND drinking. A big one by the looks of it. And now you've nipped those relationships in the bud. It's painful. I get it. I grieved the loss of those things from my life. It doesn't matter if drinking alcohol doesn't work out for us - it's still the loss of a MAJOR relationship in our lives.
And yes - you are missing out. So am I. We can't drink alcohol like normal drinkers drink alcohol. It doesn't work out for us. Sh1t.
Life goes on. Here's the question: What DOES work out for you? Do that.
