2bhappier

I feel like I am really ready to let go of alcohol but I also feel kind of sad about it. Alcohol has been like a friend to me, albeit a really bad friend! It almost feels like a loss. Is that normal?

Sazzle

Perfectly normal! I quit for 9.5 months, but went back mainly because of what you describe. I now know that alcohol is a frenemie and I'm leaving those people behind in 2014. Good luck. S x

mecanix

I think i went through "the 5" stages of loss and grief . I was long overdue in changing though so i came through it pretty fast and furiously .. all i feel now is huge relief , freedom and optimism and mostly a content acceptance abut myself and life . Long may it continue ..

Bestwishes, m

SeaScape

I love this "alcohol is a frenemie" statement. Thank you!

Sazzle

No problem SeaScape. I hope I don't forget that again. I loved my sober life and then it tricked me into thinking it was a friend again.

We can do this!

Thepatman

Yep it's normal, like loosing a friend. But make no mistake on who that friend in disguise really is.

IOAA2

To me alcohol SEEMED like a friend who became a mortal enemy if I continued the relationship.

BE WELL

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I missed it too, for a while, until my head was fully clear of its alcoholic fog. Then there was nothing to miss about it.

Dee74

It was normal for me - alcohol/drugs is still the longest relationship I've had in my life.

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LadyBlue0527

Absolutely normal!

Anna

Have you read "Drinking: A Love Story" by Caroline Knapp?

FreeFall

Great book-helped me a lot!

I think it's completely normal-it was a companion to many of us for so long. Pretend you're moving far away from that friend. You'll miss the friendship, but life moves forward, and you'll make new friends.

EndGameNYC

"May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies." ― Voltaire