Living a normal life
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Living a normal life
Hey everyone! It has been a while since I started a thread on here. Just going to update with what is going on in my life. Today is day 75 for me and life has been "normal". I visited my aunt today and she knows of my alcoholism. In fact, she is a little more connected than other family members because she is in Al-anon for her husband. Anyways, we had lunch and i'm currently training for a aquathlon and I was telling her that I was open water swimming this morning for 2 miles. I dont think she really cared but she told me that she was just happy to see me living life. By the way, during my swim, a group of dolphins starting swimming next to me and the group. It was amazing but it freaked me out at first cause i thought it was a shark.
Like the title of this thread, currently i'm living a normal life. Every day, I wake up when i'm supposed to wake up and I go to class. I train, study, go to aa meetings and do errands. I actually get the feeling of not having enough hours in a day and I cant wait until Saturday arrives. Saturdays are where I get to just unwind, sober of course. As each sober day passes, I find myself doing what i'm supposed to be doing. I am progressing in life and feeling good about it. None of this would have been possible if I was still drinking. I was actually one of those NON functioning drunks and the last time I drank, I knew my binge wouldnt have lasted another 2 more days. How horrible is it that even though you want to keep drinking, your body wont let you? I guess maybe it is just my higher power intervening.
Like the title of this thread, currently i'm living a normal life. Every day, I wake up when i'm supposed to wake up and I go to class. I train, study, go to aa meetings and do errands. I actually get the feeling of not having enough hours in a day and I cant wait until Saturday arrives. Saturdays are where I get to just unwind, sober of course. As each sober day passes, I find myself doing what i'm supposed to be doing. I am progressing in life and feeling good about it. None of this would have been possible if I was still drinking. I was actually one of those NON functioning drunks and the last time I drank, I knew my binge wouldnt have lasted another 2 more days. How horrible is it that even though you want to keep drinking, your body wont let you? I guess maybe it is just my higher power intervening.
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Hey man. Gald you are doing well. I was a NON functioning drunk too. If I was drinking then I was drinking. I couldn't do anything else. I didn't want to do anything else. I would have drank myself to death and been OK with that as long as the booze never wore off.
I have managed to totally rebuild my life too. All thanks to staying sober 'one day at a time'. Without my sobriety then I have absolutely nothing but alcoholism and drug addiction.
Nice one dude.
Increase The Peace
I have managed to totally rebuild my life too. All thanks to staying sober 'one day at a time'. Without my sobriety then I have absolutely nothing but alcoholism and drug addiction.
Nice one dude.
Increase The Peace
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Non functioning alcoholic here too. I was always so jealous of those damned functioning alcoholics, how did they do it??
heh
For me it was either booze or life. And in my still early days of sobriety my life has been absolutely amazing. Like someone else here said, I've never woken up in the morning and wished I had been drinking the night before.
Excellent post mate.
heh
For me it was either booze or life. And in my still early days of sobriety my life has been absolutely amazing. Like someone else here said, I've never woken up in the morning and wished I had been drinking the night before.
Excellent post mate.
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Congrads on day 75!! and to a normal life!!! isn't it just a wonderful feeling!! I just love waking up on Sunday without being hungover!! and just the freedom to do things that alcohol would have taken over..... My life before was always about the next drink...when could I have it...it was the center of the universe....Love that you were swimming with the dolphins!! beautiful!! could see how you would think they were sharks at first!!!
Thanks for your post!! and happy to see you doing so well!!
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Originally Posted by Recovery1983 
Hey everyone! It has been a while since I started a thread on here. Just going to update with what is going on in my life. Today is day 75 for me and life has been "normal". I visited my aunt today and she knows of my alcoholism. In fact, she is a little more connected than other family members because she is in Al-anon for her husband. Anyways, we had lunch and i'm currently training for a aquathlon and I was telling her that I was open water swimming this morning for 2 miles. I dont think she really cared but she told me that she was just happy to see me living life. By the way, during my swim, a group of dolphins starting swimming next to me and the group. It was amazing but it freaked me out at first cause i thought it was a shark.
Like the title of this thread, currently i'm living a normal life. Every day, I wake up when i'm supposed to wake up and I go to class. I train, study, go to aa meetings and do errands. I actually get the feeling of not having enough hours in a day and I cant wait until Saturday arrives. Saturdays are where I get to just unwind, sober of course. As each sober day passes, I find myself doing what i'm supposed to be doing. I am progressing in life and feeling good about it. None of this would have been possible if I was still drinking. I was actually one of those NON functioning drunks and the last time I drank, I knew my binge wouldnt have lasted another 2 more days. How horrible is it that even though you want to keep drinking, your body wont let you? I guess maybe it is just my higher power intervening.
Like the title of this thread, currently i'm living a normal life. Every day, I wake up when i'm supposed to wake up and I go to class. I train, study, go to aa meetings and do errands. I actually get the feeling of not having enough hours in a day and I cant wait until Saturday arrives. Saturdays are where I get to just unwind, sober of course. As each sober day passes, I find myself doing what i'm supposed to be doing. I am progressing in life and feeling good about it. None of this would have been possible if I was still drinking. I was actually one of those NON functioning drunks and the last time I drank, I knew my binge wouldnt have lasted another 2 more days. How horrible is it that even though you want to keep drinking, your body wont let you? I guess maybe it is just my higher power intervening.
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