stayingstraight

Today makes my 32nd day sober. I'm very grateful to be able to say that. Things have been pretty calm in my life since I stopped drinking. I'm still having a hard time dealing with people at work who for some reason rub me the wrong way. I don't think they even realize they do. At least I hope not. It's nothing I can really put my finger on. Just irritating stupid stuff. I brush it off or ignore them or avoid them. Fortunately, I don't have to work with the same people everyday. So we get a break. I say "we" get a break because they could feel the same way about me for all I know. I was thinking my feeling this way might have something to do with quitting drinking. Either I am easily irritated or I just never noticed how annoying some people really are because I was under the influence OR maybe this was one of the reasons I drank the way I did. I must sound antisocial to some of you. I apologize for that. But, my point is, work can be a stressor and it was always one of my favorite excuses to drink. I am slowly learning to be more selective of what I allow to upset me. My sobriety depends on it. It is way too important to me to let anything silly ruin it for me. I have to keep the big picture in mind. Thanks and nice to talk to ya'll. SS.

MTWildflower

32 days is great! Shows people like us Day 6ers that it can be done!

Dee74

congratulations stayingstraught

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TexasNative

Awesome, tomorrow will be 14 days for me.

Horselover

Congrats on 32 days Staingstraight. Work can be a trigger for some, but what isn't a trigger when we want to drink? That's a question I had to and have to ask myself. I would drink because I was irritated, mad, happy, nervous, . . .

When it gets down to it I would drink for any reason whatsoever. Had to reprogram myself on this issue and make a list on what drinking WASN'T doing for me. It wasn't making the celebration happy. It wasn't taking my problems away. It wasn't easing my anxiety. It wasn't doing a darn thing for me.


Oh and people aggravated me to no end in the beginning. I found it all started within me and if I was down about myself then I was down about others. Mirror images. People reflect back what you emit, in my opinion.

stayingstraight

Horselover, That last line of your post was profound. I'll try to keep that in mind the next time I start to feel that way at work. I get along with everyone there. But let's just say, I like some more than others. I guess it's just typical stuff, really. I'm sure that many feel the same, including my coworkers. We all get along pretty good in spite of this I have to say. Thanks for the insightful advice. SS