Things will never be the same
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Things will never be the same
Driving around this afternoon and thinking about drinking and why it's so hard to give up. It's funny, all the things I used to enjoy while drinking, I don't even do anymore because of the drinking! Was in my own thoughts when I recognized a song on the radio. Minus a lot of MAJOR differences, these lyrics felt like they kind of related to where I'm at! Do you know the song? ;-)
Day three here friends. Not much, but a start! :-)
Come on come on
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
aww yeah
We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
That's just the way it is
Things'll never be the same
That's just the way it is
aww yeah
We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
Day three here friends. Not much, but a start! :-)
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Congrats on day 3 Pinot! The "new" way of doing things is much better. It doesn't seem that way at first but after a while you will find that you have more opportunities sober. Don't be a stranger here on SR, the first week can be rough.
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The life we had was not fun or if it ever was, it was so long ago we don't even remember it. Friends that aren't friends, good times that aren't good, being isolated in a room full of people. The only time we are happy is when we are as drunk as we want to be then we sober up and it starts all over again.
It takes awhile but we find that what we thought was good was actually a nightmare call alcoholism
It takes awhile but we find that what we thought was good was actually a nightmare call alcoholism
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I can relate. I used to love cooking over a bottle or 2 of wine- spending hours in the kitchen. When I stopped drinking I lost interest beyond cooking being a functional necessary thing to do.
I've never got my interest back but it doesn't matter. I do other things now and it's still worth being sober
Congrats on day 3
I've never got my interest back but it doesn't matter. I do other things now and it's still worth being sober
Congrats on day 3
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Join Date: Apr 2013
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Yeah, I'm one who does not miss the "good 'Ol days" of drinking 2 bottles of cab on just a "normal" night. Add Baileys & Vodka for my dessert. Oh yeah the fun times.
Thankfully life on the other side of alcoholic drinking is pretty damn wonderful. The longer I'm in recovery the better I feel emotionally, physically and most importantly spiritually.
It most certainly gets better... 3 Days!! Yeah!!
Bobbi
Thankfully life on the other side of alcoholic drinking is pretty damn wonderful. The longer I'm in recovery the better I feel emotionally, physically and most importantly spiritually.
It most certainly gets better... 3 Days!! Yeah!!
Bobbi
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Thank you for all your responses! I didn't mean to post and disappear, I just find my time to myself slim to none these days and I don't usually log on here when around others. Finishing up 8 days sober! I think this is the longest consecutive string I've had since July or August maybe. I had a VERYYYYYY long argument with myself last night. lol Not about whether I would drink that evening, but whether I would ever drink again. I do miss it already. Sad I know, but that's the truth. The only way I silenced my mind was to focus back in on the present and acknowledge that I would not drink today. I feel good though. Tired and the occasional headache, but I think that is from being a mom of two wild kids. I'll try and check in more. No set plan yet, which I know is dangerous, but right now I'm just doing one day at a time and so far it seems to be working. 
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congrats on 8 days Pinot
I think everyone misses it in the beginning - it was my way of life for twenty years or more. I knew no other way.
It was a little bit like an abusive relationship. Sometimes we miss our tormentor until we get healthy again.
There is a great sober life waiting for though - all you need to do is believe that, and keep the faith in this transition period
D
I think everyone misses it in the beginning - it was my way of life for twenty years or more. I knew no other way.
It was a little bit like an abusive relationship. Sometimes we miss our tormentor until we get healthy again.
There is a great sober life waiting for though - all you need to do is believe that, and keep the faith in this transition period
D
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Join Date: Dec 2013
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8 days is great Pinot!! for me, when the thought that drinking would be a good idea or that I'm missing out on something, I really have to review my history to be reminded that, no, it's not a good idea your doing great!!
your doing great!!
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: California
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Things were never the same for me when I stopped drinking.
I never woke up hung over anymore.
I never woke up shaking.
I never woke up dreading the day anymore.
I never waste $300 a month anymore on alcohol.
If I said I never had good times with alcohol I would be lying. Alcoholics wouldn't start drinking alcohol neither feel like crap from the beginning. But can I tell you something? That joy and drinking was gone about four years before he stopped. During this for years I was hung over every day and alcohol made me very sick all the time.
Maybe I was lucky that I took it to such a low level. I wasn't missing out on anything when I stopped.
I never woke up hung over anymore.
I never woke up shaking.
I never woke up dreading the day anymore.
I never waste $300 a month anymore on alcohol.
If I said I never had good times with alcohol I would be lying. Alcoholics wouldn't start drinking alcohol neither feel like crap from the beginning. But can I tell you something? That joy and drinking was gone about four years before he stopped. During this for years I was hung over every day and alcohol made me very sick all the time.
Maybe I was lucky that I took it to such a low level. I wasn't missing out on anything when I stopped.
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