I LOVE being SOBER
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I LOVE being SOBER
I can not wipe the smile off my face.
I wake up during the night (for the bathroom) and I THANK GOD everytime I wake up that I am sober.
I was just thinking about getting up for church tomorrow to take my Dad and it used to really "worry" me cause I was either going to be hungover...or concerned about how I was going to get alcohol.
So many times before church I would drop him there early...run to liquor store for some shots....and come back and then I couldn't wait to drop him off at home and go get more liquor..
Tomorrow..I will be AWAKE...SMILING...DRESSED NICELY....MAKEUP ON...HAIR PRETTY...FRIENDLY vs. QUIET...
There is so much to look forward to SOBER...Nothing to look forward to DRUNK except what time the liquor store opens
I wake up during the night (for the bathroom) and I THANK GOD everytime I wake up that I am sober.
I was just thinking about getting up for church tomorrow to take my Dad and it used to really "worry" me cause I was either going to be hungover...or concerned about how I was going to get alcohol.
So many times before church I would drop him there early...run to liquor store for some shots....and come back and then I couldn't wait to drop him off at home and go get more liquor..
Tomorrow..I will be AWAKE...SMILING...DRESSED NICELY....MAKEUP ON...HAIR PRETTY...FRIENDLY vs. QUIET...
There is so much to look forward to SOBER...Nothing to look forward to DRUNK except what time the liquor store opens
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Originally Posted by ChangingODAAT 
I love your post! Thank you so much for this
Many times over the past 6 years I tried to stop and I never felt JOY in stopping..it was too much of a chore to stop...it was too daunting to think I could not have a drink.
Now...its daunting to think of me drinking again...that would be so AWFUL...
I only have 19 days...but I'm different.
I pray for anyone struggling on this board..for the "relief" of being ok with not having alcohol.
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Originally Posted by SoberRican
Me too love my sober life now
God bless...and if you don't believe in God...bless you anyway......because I do
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Oh yes, 14 months in for me and I never tire of the feeling of immense gratitude I have when I wake in the night to use the bathroom and I am sober and not hungover (or still half drunk), dehydrated, sweating, heart going like a hammer, the feeling of fear, anxiety, dread and shame on me.
It's the little things lol.
It's the little things lol.
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None of the things happening to me now would not be a reality if I were boozing. By the grace of my higher power was I able to do this . he (higher power) knew in my heart that I was ready. Life is good. Keep coming back
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