Mountainmanbob

No booze today for we have made a (firm decision) to keep the plug in the jug.

Keeping sobriety a priority for we never wish to repeat our drunken past.

Staying grateful -- seems to be one of the main keys to a fulfilled sober life.

Please share your first sober thoughts of the day.

M-Bob

phlowing

Great to see this, as I woke up today grateful for a lazy cup of coffee, thinking about what I can get done with my Saturday, instead of scrambling for an eye opener and the logistics of my intake for the day.

FBL

The first thing I tell myself every morning when I wake up is "I will not drink today." I've never once regretted it.

Flawed

I always make a cup of coffee, walk outside to the bird feeder to watch the birds and say good morning to my higher power.

Loekken

The other day I had a very early morning dream about wining back my family and even having a newborn son again. I was sober in the dream so it was a really nice one. Just some friends and family were standing around sending me curtly and somewhat disapproving looks as I remember the dream.

So when waking up, I was wondering about that dream and whether it meant something.

Elle126

Oh bless you starlight. Having the courage to change is the first step on the ladder of recovery and as you progress up that ladder, the people you have lost will start to come back into your life. Trust in yourself, believe in yourself and good things will come to pass. You can do it! Elle

Soberwolf

To quote Least I always wake up not regretting I didn't drink last night it's a amazing feeling taking the sleep out my eyes & seeing what the day holds could do none of this if I were drinking

Normally my first sober thought is SR

Mountainmanbob

4:37 AM -- just woke up and my first sober thought of the day is to check in at soberrecovery.com

Sobriety first thing on my mind

Now for a cup of coffee

M-Bob

waynetheking

I wake up thanking my higher power for a another day of sobriety and life in general. Before his intervention my days were numbered. I thank God for this miracle called sobriety first thing every day.

JesseJe

My first thought is how good it feels to wake up sober!!

Then I reminisce on the desperate horrible pains of waking up hungover... Everything from dreading what I said, the anxiety, to worrying how much money I spent, to my poor poor body...

Then I think about running, working on art, and coffee

Mountainmanbob

This morning they were.
I should go to my home group AA meeting.
Wasn't into it but, went anyway.

Never hurts a recovered drunk.

A nice sober evening wished for all,
M-Bob

gaffo

I love waking up without a hangover and I think about it every morning when I get up. I used to be hung every day, even when it was mild, it was still a hangover. Sometimes they would evaporate with coffee, sometimes with the first beer or two, almost always well before noon ("It's afternoon somewhere, right?" or "You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning ha ha").

I love waking up in the morning or in the middle of the night (rarely these days) and not having that horrible dread feeling, like I lost my phone or my wallet.

I love not waking up with big holes in my memory. I can tell you the score of the game or the name of the person that I met yesterday. I know that I wasn't fighting with my spouse. I can't believe how much I used to tolerate blackouts.

I think about what I might eat for breakfast. I used to hate breakfast. Now I love it. I've always been a coffee drinker but I never get that freaky wired feeling that I used to get from drinking too much coffee with a hangover and no breakfast.

I think about what I want to accomplish. I used to sometimes know that all I really wanted to accomplish was making it through the day so I could go to sleep and wake up not feeling so hungover. Then all I had to do was not drink enough to reset the hangover--the dreaded "day two special".

Mountainmanbob

My first sober thought of the day

Sure glad that I'm not drinking today because I have a big day ahead of me.
Back in my drinking days those big days mixed with booze
at most times made for a hard long day.
Thought I was having fun but, as I look back
it was no way in which to live and I was deceiving myself.

Morals were out the door
and when it came to getting down and dirty I always wanted more.

A nice sober day wished for all,
M-Bob

Dave42001

Great post Bob!!

I love spending my mornings doing my daily readings, prayers, coffee and reading positive posts like these! Wishing you a great day, fill those bird feeders up!!

Fly N Buy

Pray.......

zjw

i woke up yest day off of work happy as a clam totally different person.

I woke up today had to work before iw as even out of bed i felt like the life was drained out of me as i cursed and groaned and moaned FML etc... this job F IT GRRO*(*(@!!@#

hour or so later I got to thinking about what makes me happy and what does not and realized perhaps I need to get back to focusing on what makes me happy and what i'm thankful for instead of hwat makes me miserable and drains the life out of me AKA my job.

Then i read this thread.

So yeah I guess i'm sober and i have a happy healthy family etc... life could be worse. still hate this job tho GRR

Mountainmanbob

If it pays the bills and feeds our family, we could be grateful for that?

When I'm looking at all of my chores that need to be done and losing all of my serenity, I turn it around by being grateful that He has given me the skills to do many things.

M-Bob

zjw

yes and no I have not gotten a raise in years everythings gone up but my pay etc.... Does it pay the bills most of them but i'm pay check to paycheck struggling etc... it is what it is.

As for chores and such I feel you. I have chickens and gladly shovel there poo before i smile about writing code. Go figure lol. I dunno I find some joy in it and also get thank ful i'm even able to shovel it and haul it away.

That being said your right tho. this job might stink but i got a roof over my head and 3 square meals a day thats a pretty good sign lots of folks in this world dont have that much etc...

Mountainmanbob

My first sober thought of the day this morning at around 2AM was.

I'm jumping on the computer to see what's going on at soberrecovery.com

Keeps me straight and for (the most part) out of trouble.

Remember
A happy queen makes for a happy king.
Only happens when I'm sober.

M-Bob

City

Don't be depressed and live in the past. Don't be anxious and live in the future. Be here, grateful, right now. You are exactly where you need to be. Ahimsa. Don't batter yourself in your mind today and don't be quick to judge others. Be more mindful of your words. Ahimsa is my intent and focus for the day.

Namaste! Huggles!