Three weeks ago
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Join Date: Jul 2018
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Three weeks ago
I'd just gone to bed. I'd woken up hungover and gone to the pub at 12. Had a pint - was sick - had another - sick again. Pushed through, came home drunk, arsed about the house, went to bed dead drunk
My life hasn't improved for the better in the past three weeks but I could NOT have survived what's gone on if I'd been drinking. I'm so gla I haven't drunk so I can face challenges soberly, and my mind and anxiety is better than it was (not very good, but better!).
Thanks to everyone for helping me get this far. I don't see any way I can drink again, I need to do the work to protect myself from falling into it again
My life hasn't improved for the better in the past three weeks but I could NOT have survived what's gone on if I'd been drinking. I'm so gla I haven't drunk so I can face challenges soberly, and my mind and anxiety is better than it was (not very good, but better!).
Thanks to everyone for helping me get this far. I don't see any way I can drink again, I need to do the work to protect myself from falling into it again
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Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 546
Correction: Your life *has* improved because you are 3 weeks sober.
You are facing your challenges (we are facing our challenges) without resorting to the false promise of alcoholic oblivion.
And whatever you've been doing to make it to 21 days, keep it up.
Are you confident the steps you are taking will continue to protect you from relapse or do you need to re-up your game somehow?
Only you can answer that for yourself, Be123, and you (we) need to constantly re-evaluate that for ourselves, but plenty of folks are here to support each other if and when called upon, both with well-deserved kudos and with specific practical observations and suggestions.
Stay sober, safe and
healthy, and sober, healthy
and safe (... and don't drink).
You are facing your challenges (we are facing our challenges) without resorting to the false promise of alcoholic oblivion.
And whatever you've been doing to make it to 21 days, keep it up.
Are you confident the steps you are taking will continue to protect you from relapse or do you need to re-up your game somehow?
Only you can answer that for yourself, Be123, and you (we) need to constantly re-evaluate that for ourselves, but plenty of folks are here to support each other if and when called upon, both with well-deserved kudos and with specific practical observations and suggestions.
Stay sober, safe and
healthy, and sober, healthy
and safe (... and don't drink).
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Soberville, USA
Posts: 4,174
Congrats. Glad you are feeling well at 3 weeks.
At 3 weeks I was still a basket case. I remained in a state of off and on hell for about 3 years.
It was an off and on horror show. Institutional stuff.
Nowadays, I feel as best I can explain, normal.
Since i drank excessively since i was a little kid, i didn't know what a normal adult should feel like.
It feels amazing. I will never give it back.
Dealing with life sober....all of my actions done with the confidence of knowing that what is left of my mind is as stable and unaltered as it can be.
The chemically altered version of me is long gone.
It will never return. I get high on life. I get high all day off and on now.
I posted about a little cry I had this morning. Felt amazing.
When I made it clean 2 weeks, I knew the physical addiction was gone.
It was all mental.
Thanks.
At 3 weeks I was still a basket case. I remained in a state of off and on hell for about 3 years.
It was an off and on horror show. Institutional stuff.
Nowadays, I feel as best I can explain, normal.
Since i drank excessively since i was a little kid, i didn't know what a normal adult should feel like.
It feels amazing. I will never give it back.
Dealing with life sober....all of my actions done with the confidence of knowing that what is left of my mind is as stable and unaltered as it can be.
The chemically altered version of me is long gone.
It will never return. I get high on life. I get high all day off and on now.
I posted about a little cry I had this morning. Felt amazing.
When I made it clean 2 weeks, I knew the physical addiction was gone.
It was all mental.
Thanks.
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Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Poole, Dorset
Posts: 533
Massive congratulations Be!
I've been here since you started posting 3 weeks ago (I think I am 2 days behind) it's been amazing to see you forge ahead with such positive steps despite challenging personal situations and the craziness going on around us, you should be so proud if yourself - I hope you are ❤️🤗 Billy
I've been here since you started posting 3 weeks ago (I think I am 2 days behind) it's been amazing to see you forge ahead with such positive steps despite challenging personal situations and the craziness going on around us, you should be so proud if yourself - I hope you are ❤️🤗 Billy
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