Leb - just checking in
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Leb - just checking in
Hi everyone,
Just checking in to say I'm 6 weeks sober tomorrow. Feeling really good. I'm really starting to feel the positive changes. Anxiety has cleared up. I feel much more confidant and HEALTHY.
I've been a big drinker since I was 16 (40 years) so I don't really know what my full potential might be. YAY exciting. People are noticing I look better and I am slowly loosing weight. All those useless calories I have consumed for years and blamed food for being overweight!
Loving the exercise for the first time in my life. Actually starting to miss it if I don't do it - amazing. I'm regaining my interest in life and people. I feel like I'm coming out of a little box that I locked myself into and enjoying the world again.
I am so grateful for this site. I have never reacted well to being told what to do or ask for help. On this site you can get as much as you need whenever you need it. I also feel like I'm talking to a friend when I post on here.
Thanks to you all. Stay strong. Together we can do it
Remember - Just breathe it out
Just checking in to say I'm 6 weeks sober tomorrow. Feeling really good. I'm really starting to feel the positive changes. Anxiety has cleared up. I feel much more confidant and HEALTHY.
I've been a big drinker since I was 16 (40 years) so I don't really know what my full potential might be. YAY exciting. People are noticing I look better and I am slowly loosing weight. All those useless calories I have consumed for years and blamed food for being overweight!
Loving the exercise for the first time in my life. Actually starting to miss it if I don't do it - amazing. I'm regaining my interest in life and people. I feel like I'm coming out of a little box that I locked myself into and enjoying the world again.
I am so grateful for this site. I have never reacted well to being told what to do or ask for help. On this site you can get as much as you need whenever you need it. I also feel like I'm talking to a friend when I post on here.
Thanks to you all. Stay strong. Together we can do it
Remember - Just breathe it out
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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Congrats so much leb! I keep noticing that common theme here...feeling better. Most of us drinkers have a desire to "feel better" and used to get that from booze...once we discover how healthy habits can have just as intoxicating effect (a good one) we will begin to be satisfied by those things just as much and more than we were the drinks. Now I get "drunk" on anti-oxidant rich tea, juices, and a plant based diet. I use the word "drunk" because I really do feel those same pleasure/reward centers of my brain firing off as I make myself feel better through healthy living.
Congrats again! Keep us posted!
Congrats again! Keep us posted!
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