SIPD

First off Happy New Year all....I was in bed by 10 last night, I had to be at work this morning at 8....last night was just a blah sort of night, had no feelings one way or another about all the festivities last night that I was not attending....however when waking up this morning and having my coffee I was totally overwhelmed with the thought of just saying F*** IT and going out tonight after work....at this point I know its just my addict talking to me but on the other hand the day is young and who knows where my head will be after work.....hate this sh**.....

Sazzle

'Being sober is hard. Being a drunk is hard. Pick your hard.'

Sorry to hear you are struggling a little with the AV. My moods are all over the place, but I'm focusing on the future as I'm only 2 months in.

It does suck that you are working on New Year's Day though. That's a toughie. Plan something nice for after work and treat yourself for having a sober NYE. I also went to be before the bongs!

S x

Xune

Sober is the only way I want to live my life and I personally feel that it is wonderful.

By not partying last night, I missed absolutely nothing. I did however assure that I feel good, not only physically, but emotionally as well.

Parties and drinking, all kind of blur into one another. Before you **** away your sobriety on a night of drinking, think it through to the next day...

How great will you feel and how have you benefited your future by getting wasted?

I wish you well in the choices you make.

Sasha4

Google the daily mail or the sun - British newspapers.
Have a look at the pictures of the drunk people on the front.
I think I missed nothing.
If I can work out how to do a link I will.

Sazzle

I'm off to google that now. All I could hear last night were fireworks and sirens.

S x

Edit http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/

Sasha4

The Sun | The Best for News, Sport, Showbiz, Celebrities | The Sun


I am not sure if this will work but maybe take a look before you go out to work?

xx

Sasha4

Thanks Sazzle you beat me to it!

Grim pictures?!!!
Cannot imagine the size of their headaches today!

xx

mecanix

I often think F*** IT why should i give into that voice , it's never done me any favours in the past .
Bestwishes, M

Sazzle

Terrible. I've been in terrible states in public and that was one of the drivers for my new life. My head feels good today!

avocado

If you keep telling yourself being sober sucks, being sober is going to suck.

stepping

The girl in the red dress...yeah that was me THEN! DISCUSTING!!!!!!!!! Looks like she will be ringing in the new year in that gosh awful drunk tank. Ugh makes me cringe thinking about it.

SIPD - What kind of recovery program are you working? Make sure you are not just white knuckling it friend. Don't drink tonight. There is nothing a drink is worth. If you think you feel sad right now just think that drink through til tomorrow and all the desperation that will follow. Best of luck to you!

Sasha4

I know...and how awful being on the front page of two of the UK's trashiest papers on the first day of a brand new year. Makes me sad!

Xune

...a lot of those people will see it as a badge of honour.

That's what's sad.

Ohio1

Hey I feel you SI- I'm newly sober and last night was not easy. It's 9:30 am where I am right now and I feel great though. I think at this point sobriety is a reasonable tradeoff- we are giving up some moments of drinking and drugs sure but even short term there are some really nice positives.

There is light at the end of the tunnel though- the people I've met at AA showed me this. I'm not really getting sober so I won't feel like hell every morning, I'm doing it because there is a much longer term reward that I don't understand yet lol. Even when I want to say F it and get plowed I know that isn't really what I want out of life in the long run- not to say it solves the cravings but hey no one said this was easy.

MyTimeNow

Looks like the fake tan was slapped on after a few as well!

Sasha4

Very true Xune.
Who can drink the most.
Who can have the biggest fight.
Who can spend the most cash.
Who can take the most drugs.

Absolutely nothing to brag about or be proud of.

Pondlady

Man - those pictures are a clear reminder of why I'm glad I'm sober!!!! Thanks for posting

Sasha4

Should imagine most of it is very patchy after skidding along those wet pavements!

Ohio1

Did anyone else notice in that article that Subway sells "giant hot dogs" in the UK????

This almost seems like a bigger problem than all the drinking.....

Joe Nerv

How would you be feeling right now if you got trashed last night? I think that's the mos important questions you should be asking yourself.

I sacrificed a lot of things in early sobriety, but it was only a temporary sacrifice. I gained back anything and everything I thought I sacrificed, exponentially. Found out I could have just as much and even more fun sober, found genuine friends as opposed to drinking buddies... when I was drinking New Years Eve meant pretty much just getting trashed like any other night. Sober, I had a lot of great parties to go to, good friends to share it with, and I never woke up the next day feeling like crap. Last night was a quiet night in the house for me with my wife, eating pizza, playing games, watching the ball drop on TV, and calling the rest of my family to wish them all a happy new year. I had a handful of other things I could have done, but chose to do what I did because that's what I really wanted to do this year. I enjoyed it and don't feel as though I missed anything.