One step further in the right direction
One step further in the right direction
So as many of you may have read, I dealt with some anxiety while on a business trip recently. It was hard, those couple days dealing with my last worst trigger the social drink, but the moments came and went.
I am now back and happy to report that something really has changed for the better within me. When I got back, all my new habits came back quickly and my thoughts of beer were gone. With each passing month that I go further into sobriety the stronger I feel about not drinking.
It may be absurd to say too soon but "normal" is starting to be not drinking. For years, all I knew was imbibing. Now, the daily quest for Beer has been replaced, I'm not really sure with what but at least I no longer obsess over it like I used to.
I expect I'll still have moments like my recent trip that will give me a "Thinking Problem" but with each day the idea of drinking gets more and more remote.
It is with relief that I sit here and think how far I've come and how I never want to go back to the daily grind of Alcoholism again.
To all of you out there still struggling, be strong, you are not alone.
I am now back and happy to report that something really has changed for the better within me. When I got back, all my new habits came back quickly and my thoughts of beer were gone. With each passing month that I go further into sobriety the stronger I feel about not drinking.
It may be absurd to say too soon but "normal" is starting to be not drinking. For years, all I knew was imbibing. Now, the daily quest for Beer has been replaced, I'm not really sure with what but at least I no longer obsess over it like I used to.
I expect I'll still have moments like my recent trip that will give me a "Thinking Problem" but with each day the idea of drinking gets more and more remote.
It is with relief that I sit here and think how far I've come and how I never want to go back to the daily grind of Alcoholism again.
To all of you out there still struggling, be strong, you are not alone.
It is with relief that I sit here and think how far I've come and how I never want to go back to the daily grind of Alcoholism again.
I get the same feeling, and a big grin on my face, when I go past the drive thru where I used to get my wine. My mind says "hah! I don't need you any more!!" The feeling of freedom is overwhelming and wonderful.
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