It feels good to feel good
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It feels good to feel good
I just wanted to check in and share how happy I’ve been NOT waking up hungover and full of regret for over nine months! It hasn’t always been easy and I know I need to stay diligent, but even when I’ve had a bad day (and there have been plenty this year), it’s been so much better than it could have been. There were a few specific times where I was craving a drink and it was usually around one of those bad days, when I just wanted to shut my brain off and feel better, but playing the tape forward and reminding myself of how it won’t fix anything, quite the opposite, has helped me stay on track.
My life isn’t perfect. Quitting drinking didn’t fix everything, but it’s fixed some things, particularly my physical, mental and emotional health, and that’s made me stronger for all the things quitting drinking DIDN’T fix. I don’t want to rub my current happiness in anyone’s face, I just wanted to share a positive update and hope that you’re all being kind to yourselves, wherever you’re at right now. You deserve that.
My life isn’t perfect. Quitting drinking didn’t fix everything, but it’s fixed some things, particularly my physical, mental and emotional health, and that’s made me stronger for all the things quitting drinking DIDN’T fix. I don’t want to rub my current happiness in anyone’s face, I just wanted to share a positive update and hope that you’re all being kind to yourselves, wherever you’re at right now. You deserve that.
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Congrats. On your sober time. And why not shout out your progress. I do all the time in proud of myself as well and such so should you be as well. We are all in this struggle together. I'm a little behind you but I'm getting there. ✌
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Thanks for an encouraging post, KeepingUp. It's ridiculous that we drink to feel better, calmer, have fun - when alcohol abuse gives us none of those things. At the end of my drinking career I was filled with anxiety & self-doubt. I'm so glad we don't live that way anymore.
Congratulations on your 9+ months of sobriety.
Congratulations on your 9+ months of sobriety.
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KeepingUp, I adore these kind of posts. I am around 3 months so when someone comes on here and tells me that they are doing great at 9 months that is really encouraging to me and bucks me up. Thank you very much for sharing and huge congratulations on your 9 months.
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Originally Posted by thomas11 
What a great post, and you said something I don't think gets said enough "it feels good to feel good". So simple yet so important. A real game changer.
I was so used to waking up feeling horrible, that it took me a while for the reality to sink in, that waking up feeling good was normal. Member
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Originally Posted by KeepingUp
I just wanted to check in and share how happy I’ve been NOT waking up hungover and full of regret for over nine months! It hasn’t always been easy and I know I need to stay diligent, but even when I’ve had a bad day (and there have been plenty this year), it’s been so much better than it could have been. There were a few specific times where I was craving a drink and it was usually around one of those bad days, when I just wanted to shut my brain off and feel better, but playing the tape forward and reminding myself of how it won’t fix anything, quite the opposite, has helped me stay on track.
My life isn’t perfect. Quitting drinking didn’t fix everything, but it’s fixed some things, particularly my physical, mental and emotional health, and that’s made me stronger for all the things quitting drinking DIDN’T fix. I don’t want to rub my current happiness in anyone’s face, I just wanted to share a positive update and hope that you’re all being kind to yourselves, wherever you’re at right now. You deserve that.
My life isn’t perfect. Quitting drinking didn’t fix everything, but it’s fixed some things, particularly my physical, mental and emotional health, and that’s made me stronger for all the things quitting drinking DIDN’T fix. I don’t want to rub my current happiness in anyone’s face, I just wanted to share a positive update and hope that you’re all being kind to yourselves, wherever you’re at right now. You deserve that.
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Originally Posted by KeepingUp
I don’t want to rub my current happiness in anyone’s face
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