I can read again!!!
sobriety date 5-2-12
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Midwest
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I can read again!!!
I was 4 months clean and sober yesterday. Reading has always been my passion but I have barely read at all in the past year. No motivation plus I would have to keep re-reading pages I read when drunk. I am finally back to 2-3 books a week!!
More sober bonuses: I wake early to work out before work!! I keep the house cleaner. I keep track of what the kids are doing in school.
My husband is still unemployed but I am not so angry anymore. He is around so much more now, and we actually spend time together. Since I'm not drinking and we have no money to go out, we instead take long walks together and actually TALK. what a concept!!
I also seem to have more hours in the day since I'm "here" for all of them which is pretty cool.
More sober bonuses: I wake early to work out before work!! I keep the house cleaner. I keep track of what the kids are doing in school.
My husband is still unemployed but I am not so angry anymore. He is around so much more now, and we actually spend time together. Since I'm not drinking and we have no money to go out, we instead take long walks together and actually TALK. what a concept!!
I also seem to have more hours in the day since I'm "here" for all of them which is pretty cool.
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
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Aeo,
Your positive post was great to read (and remember!). Yeah, I had to laugh because I remember having the same experience with movies - I would watch a movie with friends or family, and then two weeks later suggest that we watch a particular movie that I had been wanting to see, and them saying, "We just watched that two weeks ago!" Man. Trying to look at the bright side (there is actually no bright side, but still...) if I bought a movie I could watch it multiple times while drinking and it was like enjoying it for the first time all over again. and over again. and over again.
Geez. I was a mess. What a waste of time.
Your positive post was great to read (and remember!). Yeah, I had to laugh because I remember having the same experience with movies - I would watch a movie with friends or family, and then two weeks later suggest that we watch a particular movie that I had been wanting to see, and them saying, "We just watched that two weeks ago!" Man. Trying to look at the bright side (there is actually no bright side, but still...) if I bought a movie I could watch it multiple times while drinking and it was like enjoying it for the first time all over again. and over again. and over again.
Geez. I was a mess. What a waste of time.
And yes, it does get better and better.sobriety date 5-2-12
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Midwest
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Originally Posted by sissy07 
Aeo,
Your positive post was great to read (and remember!). Yeah, I had to laugh because I remember having the same experience with movies - I would watch a movie with friends or family, and then two weeks later suggest that we watch a particular movie that I had been wanting to see, and them saying, "We just watched that two weeks ago!" Man. Trying to look at the bright side (there is actually no bright side, but still...) if I bought a movie I could watch it multiple times while drinking and it was like enjoying it for the first time all over again. and over again. and over again.
Geez. I was a mess. What a waste of time.
Your positive post was great to read (and remember!). Yeah, I had to laugh because I remember having the same experience with movies - I would watch a movie with friends or family, and then two weeks later suggest that we watch a particular movie that I had been wanting to see, and them saying, "We just watched that two weeks ago!" Man. Trying to look at the bright side (there is actually no bright side, but still...) if I bought a movie I could watch it multiple times while drinking and it was like enjoying it for the first time all over again. and over again. and over again.
Geez. I was a mess. What a waste of time.
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Kent UK
Posts: 375
Aeo1313
I am four months sober too and I can relate completely with your positive post.
I love reading and I am back emersed in my books
Also for the first time in ages I got my knitting needles out again and am going to set up my sewing machine. Also I have been trying to learn to crochet. I am left handed and always thought I struggled with the right handed instructions. You know what I struggled with instructions because I was drunk or hungover. Read them through today and now I can crochet - allbeit slowly and somewhat haphazardly but I can do it
I am four months sober too and I can relate completely with your positive post.
I love reading and I am back emersed in my books
Also for the first time in ages I got my knitting needles out again and am going to set up my sewing machine. Also I have been trying to learn to crochet. I am left handed and always thought I struggled with the right handed instructions. You know what I struggled with instructions because I was drunk or hungover. Read them through today and now I can crochet - allbeit slowly and somewhat haphazardly but I can do it
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: UK
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Wooooo 
congrats, aeo! So pleased for you it's wonderful to hear you sounding upbeat and positive.
I totally understand - since I've been sober I am back to reading whenever I have a spare moment and absolutely adore my baking! Hobbies didn't exist when I was drunk. It's good to have them back!
congrats, aeo! So pleased for you it's wonderful to hear you sounding upbeat and positive. I totally understand - since I've been sober I am back to reading whenever I have a spare moment and absolutely adore my baking! Hobbies didn't exist when I was drunk. It's good to have them back!
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That's a wonderful post, Aeo, and I'm glad that you're doing well.
Like you, I had stopped reading when I was drinking and was so glad to get back to my enjoyable passtime. And, yay for 'walking and talking'. It works wonders, doesn't it!
Like you, I had stopped reading when I was drinking and was so glad to get back to my enjoyable passtime. And, yay for 'walking and talking'. It works wonders, doesn't it!
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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congrats on 4 months, aeo! i was so happy when i started reading again as well. my husband bought me a Nook for Christmas when i was still drinking (actually, i got it in February, lol) and it was largely unused until i started sobering up. now, i'm back to devouring books as well. it's a great escape and something i too missed a lot.
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I'm happy for you aeo. I missed reading, too. I went for years without reading anything but light magazine articles. Couldn't concentrate - plus a few times I'd pass out reading in bed & a heavy book would almost break my nose. I wouldn't remember anything I read, either. It's good to be back among the living.
I wouldn't remember anything I read, either. It's good to be back among the living.
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Yep, the reading is coming back. And I can remember the story. Also crafting! I love to knit and stitch, but when the drinking started to fully function, not a thing was done!
It's all coming back now!!!
It's all coming back now!!!
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