donnyboy13

First time i've posted
I haven't drank now for 9 days. gone back to the gym and starting to feel normal again
All the puffiness is disappearing and i'm looking like a human.
Been a really bad year for me. Still trying to convince myself that one day i can socialize with a drink again...

ImperfectlyMe

Welcome Donny . Congrats on 9 days. Just live in the now and worry about forever another day!

SunriseSky

Congrats on your 9 days!

donnyboy13

thanks

NoJimmy

Good for you. Stay the course, that's a decision you'll never regret. I can relate to your struggle in thinking you can drink socially, I'm past that thought now, but it frustrates me at times to know I can't.

hayley86

Welcome donnyboy13, congrats on 9 days.

Pipping

Congrats on your 9 days. It helps to think back to how you feel when your hungover and bloated if you start to crave a drink. I wish you all the best

ZeldaFan

Welcome and congratulations on 9 days! I remember when the bloating in my face subsided and I looked in the mirror at a new version of myself. Felt good! Stay at it and don't think about socially drinking down the road. Give yourself a good long time sober and you will probably find you prefer it over any kind of drinking. Glad you are here!

FozzyBear

Hello, fellow member of the Empire! (I'm Canadian) East ender? The approach my cousellers started with was to avoid saying "U have to stop completely". Unfortunately one year and loss of my new car, nearly killing myself a few times, I know - you kind of do have to stop completely. Maybe not you but my brain is perma-screwed - one drink and I lose control now. I miss social drinking too, but as one SMART recovery leader said, its like you have only so many drink tickets (at a dance,) and you have used yours up for life... Better than drowning in a ditch or dying of hypothermia in a snow bank. Take it a day at a time, keep taking action to recover 3 things on the to-do list a day, and have fun.

least

and congrats on your first nine days sober. That's a good start to a better life.

donnyboy13

Im trying to focus on the terrible withdrawal symptoms I had after my last vodka binge.
I really dont want to go through that again !!

HeadLump

Welcome, donnyboy and congrats on 9 days I'm sorry you've had a bad year so far, but you've made a great decision in quitting now - time enough to ensure 2013 has a much better end