HereIAm321

I am a rather pretty girl once the alcohol-induced face puffiness subsides!

WOW! Hubba Hubba!

ReadyAtLast

That's great,how many days are you? I'm 28 days and looked in the mirror today,seeing a bit of what I used to look like

DelBoy

I remember my first time going sober I lost a load of weight. Was a great confidence boost

MIRecovery

You will have to get a stick to beat off all of your male suitors.

Xune

Most people on SR can certainly relate.

Nice change isn't it!

Natom

When I first got rid of the gaunt paleness that accompanied my drug use the first thing I thought when I looked in the mirror is that I looked 'weathered'. Well weathered for a 23 year old. But apparently that it a good look *confused* congratulations on noticing your true beauty. You'll notice a lot more if you carry on.

Natom.

FamilyMan2153

Yeah, people thought I lost weight but I really did not lose too much just all that puffiness. Nice when the kidneys are working right again!!

avocado

Yeah, about 2 weeks for me now and I'm losing some of my facial roundness and I'm breaking out less. I've noticed this before though. It's kind of ridiculous that I kept going back to a substance that takes such an obviously negative toll on my appearance.

HereIAm321

Technically, I guess I'm only on day 2. (Yesterday I slipped and had half a beer). But before that, I was 3 days sober. And before THAT, I'd been tapering off, and the last time I had 1 or more beers was....12/28/2012, I believe. After that I had half a beer, next day, 4 sips of beer, NYE one sip of beer. Sooo, the lessening has been gradual.

HereIAm321

Natom, I friggin' LOVE your avatar.

ReadyAtLast

Think how fantastic you'll look at 3 months-keep at it

Natom

Ahh yes that would be 'cereal guy'. A meme that is popular on the interwebs.

Natom.

junk33

I just look less ugly ,from fugly-ugly :>

SIPD

Im shocked at the color in my face instead of that pale faced red eyed mess that I was use to seeing....Happy for you HereIAm321! :ghug3

Notmyrealname

I think I might have picked a different choice of words there

LadyinBC

Me too and I got way too skinny. My face looked gaunt.

soberlicious

^^^^ hahaaa Notmyrealname...

HereIam321, yeah I got way prettier too. I wasn't bloated, but I was gaunt and yellowish. Initially, the most noticable thing was my eyes. The brightness returned. It was like the light inside me was shining through. When I was always drunk they were vacant. Yuk.