tootsl1

Well done on the sobriety and the win NYMets, enjoy tomorrow soberly.

Gnik congratulations on 1/2 a year dude that is brilliant! Keep up the good work x

Gilmer

Hope you were able to sleep amidst the racket, Mets!

Saskia

Gnik, huge congrats on 6 months!

Mets, way to go :-). You are sounding stronger each time you make it through one of these challenge weekends!

nymets86

Thanks all. My friends last night were all drunk, but very reasonable when they got back. I got back very late with one of them and the other came back 30 minutes later. I'd say both had strong buzzes. Had I been drinking, my guess is I'd have been on the edge of blackout or totally blackout and made a fool of myself. I clearly don't have the off switch that they posses. As such, it really was totally fine sharing a room with them. They're still both asleep, but when we got back, they drank water and we watched some sports center and chatted before bed.

I'm off for an early AM jog. Have sober plans leading up to the wedding and then have my plan/two exit strategies ready for the wedding and reception itself.

Have a nice Saturday everyone.

Gilmer

I was just rereading some of my very old posts on Undies from early 2013. Holy Toledo!

Can you say, "Blabbermouth?"

Gilmer

Something just dawned on me.

Up till recently, I always figured that it did always feel really great to be buzzed. That was a superb feeling--but to be sober, I just had to get tough and come to terms with the fact that I'd never feel that way again.

A sober life was better than all the trappings of being drunk. I could readily acknowledge that--but I always figured that I was giving up a sublime feeling.

Suck in your gut--that's just how it had to be.

Now I look back on getting buzzed--I fully and completely remember the "wonderful feeling" (the feeling has not faded out of my memory)--but I just think "Meh!"

I recognize the feeling--but it truly seems like just "meh" for me these days.

I don't wish things were different. I don't want that "great buzz" anymore. No longing whatsoever. Something has truly changed in me.

Just trying to give hope to people who might be "missing it." It gets better. Just persevere!

amp123

Thanks Glimer!

gleefan

Well said, Gilmer.

Mets - Great job muscling through your alcohol-infused weddings and bachelor parties. I kept stringing sober days together for the promise of a better life, while living among my drinking friends, til I came to identify as a nondrinker. I no longer feel like a drinker posing as a nondrinker. Like Gilmer, I no longer feel like I'm missing out on something.

BoozeFree - It's so good to see you enjoying your sober life. I still have to be a good sport among drinkers from time to time, but finding fun things to do sober has made me comfortable and satisfied in my life as a nondrinker.

Amp - The January 6th quote that Carlos shared is a great one. There are lots more where that came from!

Carlos - I love the January 6th quote - as well as the serendipity that introduced you to your granddaughter on that day.

Putting recovery first allows me to live a good, productive, happy, comfortable life. I found there was a great deal of inspiration in AA and the Big Book once I opened my mind to it. In the past, I never saw myself as an "AA person." My uncle has been in the program since I was a kid. I was mandated to attend a meeting a few years ago as part of an accelerated rehabilitation program for a DUI. I hated it. No one there had anything I wanted. After a few more years of drinking, blackouts, frustration, and pain, and a particularly terrible night of drinking that upset my two young children, I became WILLING to go to meetings and listen. I liked what I heard. I no longer saw the difference between myself and the people in the room. Instead I saw what was the same. Now, after 15+ months of sobriety, recovery, attending meetings, and listening to what people are saying, I'm incredibly grateful to say that I've become WILLING to embrace the program.

The same person will drink. WILLINGNESS to change my body mind and spirit keeps me sober.

Angie247

Hi everyone!

I'm on day 40 and feeling better than I have in years. Also, I'm feeling my energy level gradually go back up. I had almost no energy the first several weeks. The urge to drink has been there but I've gotten those moments sober. I'm loving this life without alcohol and I feel so much better about myself. . I'm so grateful to have found this website and the incredible support that I've received. Thank you and hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

Saskia

Welcome, Angie! Many congrats on 40 days! You sound good :-). It's a little quiet here this weekend. Sometimes it really hops around here, other times quiet. In any case, I find it to be a very genial and supportive group.

Dee74

welcome from me too Angie

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DrakeCKC

Welcome Angie!

nymets86

Great job on 40 days Angie.

Just checking in, 100% sober as the wedding is wrapping up. I'm not going to go to the after party. Going to just go back to the casino and then back to my room sober. Looking forward to a nice jog tomorrow morning and a flight home tomorrow where I'm not horrifically hungover and trying in vain to remember what happened the night before and if I'd offended anyone or done something stupid.

Saskia

Mets, great going! Whenever I plan ahead things go so much more smoothly. My riskiest times occur when I haven't planned ahead.

Gilmer

Welcome, Angie!

Mets, I'm very pleased for you! I hope you won a little something in the casino as a reward!

Have a good flight. Well done!

Gilmer

It was my daughter's birthday dinner last night. My son-in-law grilled salmon on planks. He brought over a couple bottles of wine to soak the planks in.

He had bought a corkscrew to open the bottles. I saw it this morning, and I thought it was funny looking. I tried to compare it mentally with mine--then I found I COULDN'T EVEN REMEMBER what my old corkscrew looked like!

Dee74

great outcome mets

how funny Gilmer

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amp123

Hi Angie! Good to see you on this thread!

Mets! Amazing mate! You've had a real baptism of fire with so much social stuff going on. You must feel full of confidence now! Good to see you also sticking close to SR and great to hear how you're getting on!

Saskia

Gilmer, that's funny :-). It sounds like ou have a very nice family!

Gilmer

Thanks. They are a good bunch!