Day 7 :)
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Day 7 :)
One week.
It's been months and months and months and months since I was able to say this.
I think I had four days off this summer.
I know I went a month sober in January.
I think I took a month sober in March.
I stopped for four days at a time here and there. Maybe..well, let's see, once this summer; then I would take a couple days off here and there mostly because of a whanging, hideous hangover.
It's been at least four months. Since I've gone a WEEK without a drink.
And you know what it feels like? It doesn't feel like a struggle not to drink exactly. At this point it feels like a reward. Like alcohol has been giving me such a hard workout, demanding its attention from me, forcing me to go get it at the store and insisting on wrecking my concentration and my sleep and making me lose any focus I could possibly have on my future that I am SO GLAD TO TAKE A BREAK FROM IT.
Thanks, alcohol, for leaving me alone this week. I think I need some more time away from you. Just give me at least until I can get eight straight hours of sleep without you. At least that long.
It's been months and months and months and months since I was able to say this.
I think I had four days off this summer.
I know I went a month sober in January.
I think I took a month sober in March.
I stopped for four days at a time here and there. Maybe..well, let's see, once this summer; then I would take a couple days off here and there mostly because of a whanging, hideous hangover.
It's been at least four months. Since I've gone a WEEK without a drink.
And you know what it feels like? It doesn't feel like a struggle not to drink exactly. At this point it feels like a reward. Like alcohol has been giving me such a hard workout, demanding its attention from me, forcing me to go get it at the store and insisting on wrecking my concentration and my sleep and making me lose any focus I could possibly have on my future that I am SO GLAD TO TAKE A BREAK FROM IT.
Thanks, alcohol, for leaving me alone this week. I think I need some more time away from you. Just give me at least until I can get eight straight hours of sleep without you. At least that long.
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Well done!
I am so happy to hear you feel better. My first week was tough, I had a lot of cravings. It got better the second week, and better the third week. Wow, I sound like an old timer, like I have a lot of experience with being sober, LOL. In reality, I only have 21 days sober. This is the first time I have been sober for more than two days since I started drinking a few years ago. It does feel good.
Congratulations on your new life!
I am so happy to hear you feel better. My first week was tough, I had a lot of cravings. It got better the second week, and better the third week. Wow, I sound like an old timer, like I have a lot of experience with being sober, LOL. In reality, I only have 21 days sober. This is the first time I have been sober for more than two days since I started drinking a few years ago. It does feel good.
Congratulations on your new life!
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Congrats medicatrix!
Drinking was way to much effort for me as well. My life revolved around making sure I had plenty of beer to get me through the day then do it again the next. Nothing else mattered in life but to keep drinking.
I'm so thankful that's over.
Drinking was way to much effort for me as well. My life revolved around making sure I had plenty of beer to get me through the day then do it again the next. Nothing else mattered in life but to keep drinking.
I'm so thankful that's over.
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