Putting Life Back Together
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Putting Life Back Together
Just finishing up a vicious episode of withdrawal. Been feeling like crap for 3 straight days, and woke up today moping about how much my life sucks now compared to just a few years ago. Before the drinking got real heavy.
My counselor says when you're drinking, you get a case of the "fits", or the "**** it's". There were a ton of things I would just put off doing 'till another day.
It was all the little things that are really killing me....
Exercising: Who wants to when you're drunk, and who can when you're hungover?
Paying bills on time: Not getting my electric turned off or anything, but late fees, etc pile up.
Bank Account management: Just bounced a check for the first time in my life. And not even because I didn't have the money, I just hadn't bothered checking whether or not I had enough the one account to write it. Oops... $35 fee from my landlord, $35 fee from my bank. Money well spent.
Fixing my computer: Has a bunch of problems, but it still works... kind of. Not like I don't know to fix it, just haven't "felt like it".
Reading books: stopped for a while, started again, stopped. Time to start again.
My counselor says when you're drinking, you get a case of the "fits", or the "**** it's". There were a ton of things I would just put off doing 'till another day.
It was all the little things that are really killing me....
Exercising: Who wants to when you're drunk, and who can when you're hungover?
Paying bills on time: Not getting my electric turned off or anything, but late fees, etc pile up.
Bank Account management: Just bounced a check for the first time in my life. And not even because I didn't have the money, I just hadn't bothered checking whether or not I had enough the one account to write it. Oops... $35 fee from my landlord, $35 fee from my bank. Money well spent.
Fixing my computer: Has a bunch of problems, but it still works... kind of. Not like I don't know to fix it, just haven't "felt like it".
Reading books: stopped for a while, started again, stopped. Time to start again.
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Washington
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I never had the energy to be father. That sucks!
I realized about 15 years ago that sitting at the bar drinking was absolutely the laziest thing a person could do. You can't even multitask. Yet I did it for another 14 years.
Today I AM a dad.
Good luck to you.
I realized about 15 years ago that sitting at the bar drinking was absolutely the laziest thing a person could do. You can't even multitask. Yet I did it for another 14 years.
Today I AM a dad.
Good luck to you.
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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So true Seared...I would be 3 days late on a credit card because I was too busy "partying" on the weekend and BOOM...$15 late fees..I feel so much more organized now that I am sober. Much more time to get everything done
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I feel like I have a lot more time to do things now. It's nice. But with that comes boredom, a primary ingredient for relapse.
I have plenty to do and keep me busy. Mostly "chores" that I've neglected for up to a year or so, but hey, it's something.
I have plenty to do and keep me busy. Mostly "chores" that I've neglected for up to a year or so, but hey, it's something.
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