What I like about living sober
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
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What I like about living sober
Waking up feeling good most days.
Not wasting money on something that makes me feel like sh!t.
Not having to lie to myself and those I love.
Taking much better care of my dogs and myself.
Feeling like I'm actually living as opposed to just existing from bottle to bottle.
What are some of your favorite things about being sober?
Not wasting money on something that makes me feel like sh!t.
Not having to lie to myself and those I love.
Taking much better care of my dogs and myself.
Feeling like I'm actually living as opposed to just existing from bottle to bottle.
What are some of your favorite things about being sober?
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 413
Having more money in my bank account that I'd expected.
Having the hope I had a younger man and not being weighed down by the cloud of alcoholic drinking.
Feeling powerful over alcohol by refusing all contact with it.
Spending my time reading, watching new movies and listening to new music instead of listening to the same track over and over again drunk
Running more.
Respect from my peers.
Respect from my self.
Being able to eat more foods without gaining weight!
No more hangovers!
Having that twinkle in my eye.
Having sudden bursts of euphoria knowing I'm free from the trap of alcohol.
Knowing that I have a future that doesn't involve a slow, torturous suicide.
Knowing that the future is mine.
Having the hope I had a younger man and not being weighed down by the cloud of alcoholic drinking.
Feeling powerful over alcohol by refusing all contact with it.
Spending my time reading, watching new movies and listening to new music instead of listening to the same track over and over again drunk
Running more.
Respect from my peers.
Respect from my self.
Being able to eat more foods without gaining weight!
No more hangovers!
Having that twinkle in my eye.
Having sudden bursts of euphoria knowing I'm free from the trap of alcohol.
Knowing that I have a future that doesn't involve a slow, torturous suicide.
Knowing that the future is mine.
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 471
Ditto on the putting kids to bed
Waking up feeling happy and proud
Not saying hurtful things to my husband
Being able to run to the store (even after 5 pm!)
Sleeping better
Not in a constant state of depression anymore
Feel like I'm finally a good example for my son!
Waking up feeling happy and proud
Not saying hurtful things to my husband
Being able to run to the store (even after 5 pm!)
Sleeping better
Not in a constant state of depression anymore
Feel like I'm finally a good example for my son!
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Singapore
Posts: 737
I like waking up and not having to wonder who I hurt the night before, or if I needed to get a gun or a lawyer because some gang or the police were after me. I'd also say it's pretty cool actually remembering the movies I watch, not asking my wife "have I seen this one already?". (where's the 'shakes head in disbelief' smiley when you need it)
I also love holding my head up and looking folks in the eye again and not feeling like a drowned, sickly, ashamed, worthless rat. And it's nice having energy and feeling good, not being sick literally 24 hours a day. Oh, and it kinda rocks having money in the bank again.
I'm still working on getting this next one right 24/7, but occasionally I have strange and wonderful bouts of serenity, this peaceful and un-interruptible focus that I don't remember feeling since I was a child. That absolutely kills (in a good way). Oh, almost forgot, it's real nice enjoying a good, healthy meal and not quickly ordering Macdonalds because I'd forgotten to eat for 3 or 4 days during a binge.
There's so much more but that's a decent overview. Great topic Least!! Gratitude is the great equalizer when our brains start getting noisy.
I also love holding my head up and looking folks in the eye again and not feeling like a drowned, sickly, ashamed, worthless rat. And it's nice having energy and feeling good, not being sick literally 24 hours a day. Oh, and it kinda rocks having money in the bank again.
I'm still working on getting this next one right 24/7, but occasionally I have strange and wonderful bouts of serenity, this peaceful and un-interruptible focus that I don't remember feeling since I was a child. That absolutely kills (in a good way
). Oh, almost forgot, it's real nice enjoying a good, healthy meal and not quickly ordering Macdonalds because I'd forgotten to eat for 3 or 4 days during a binge. There's so much more but that's a decent overview. Great topic Least!! Gratitude is the great equalizer when our brains start getting noisy.
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: New England
Posts: 5,285
I live how normal not drinking is now.
I'm especially happy tonight that sobriety meant I not only prepared for Irene but helped others as well...and I don't have to worry about something bad happening and being too drunk to deal
I'm especially happy tonight that sobriety meant I not only prepared for Irene but helped others as well...and I don't have to worry about something bad happening and being too drunk to deal
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 1,061
Originally Posted by SSIL75 
Ugh I would be totally ********* right now if I hadn't quit. Irene! Panic! More Wine!
What a life.
What a life.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 275
Being able to drive my car as it's meant to be driven. i have a muscle car and used to crawl on down the road like I was in a Pinto because I would allllways have beer on my breath. And gum/mints dont help...I don't care if you eat an entire tin of Altoids, beer breath just overwhelms a sober person from a mile away.
Knowing that I have the whereabouts to do so.
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,089
Originally Posted by ReadyAndAble
I like that "hope" is a happy word for me now, not a desperate one.
I like how...
my digestive system has settled down
my kids actually initiate conversations with me
I want to spend time with family
I realize God's presence in my life again
I don't walk with my head hung in shame
I feel both pride and humility vs. constant denial
My heart doesn't race anymore
My ears don't ring and keep me up at bedtime
I can actually complete significant workouts
My outbursts are increasingly less explosive
Nice thread!
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Europe
Posts: 1,361
- having hardly any anxiety
- having way more energy
- rembering what groceries to buy, phone numbers etc.
- being capable of dealing with life's problems
- enjoying the moment
- buying nice stuff
- intellectual rewards in my career and studies
- having way more energy
- rembering what groceries to buy, phone numbers etc.
- being capable of dealing with life's problems
- enjoying the moment
- buying nice stuff
- intellectual rewards in my career and studies
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