I Will Not Drink/Use Today Part 3
Will not and shall not drink of use today.
Way to go Tomls.
Good morning from sunny Florida. Traveled yesterday after spending Christmas Eve with family in PA. So nice to wake up in my own bed. I'm home!
So excited to see my gym rat then home group peeps today...after 9 weeks of being gone.
On to a clean and sober last week of 2016.
Carlos
Way to go Tomls.
Good morning from sunny Florida. Traveled yesterday after spending Christmas Eve with family in PA. So nice to wake up in my own bed. I'm home!
So excited to see my gym rat then home group peeps today...after 9 weeks of being gone.
On to a clean and sober last week of 2016.
Carlos
Good morning. We made it through another one.
Courage, I hope you made it safely to the warm. Carlos, glad you did.
I'll be over here freezing my toes off.
Well done tomls, hayden and badger.
No drinking for me. I kind of feel that goes without saying at this point. If you're newly sober, just know that the thoughts of drinking don't really leave. It's the reaction to them that is important. Thoughts can't make you drink. Just tell those thoughts, "No."
It gets easier.
Courage, I hope you made it safely to the warm. Carlos, glad you did.
I'll be over here freezing my toes off.
Well done tomls, hayden and badger.
No drinking for me. I kind of feel that goes without saying at this point. If you're newly sober, just know that the thoughts of drinking don't really leave. It's the reaction to them that is important. Thoughts can't make you drink. Just tell those thoughts, "No."
It gets easier.
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It gets better. It gets to the point where it's rare that it even enters your mind at all--plus, your entire manner of conducting your life is happier and more productive.
You will learn to live as a free agent with confidence.
You will learn to live as a free agent with confidence.
Heck yes it will get better! So much better.
I really felt pretty good at 60 days, "Pink Cloud" is the term that I heard which was pretty accurate. In that third month I had a few days where I felt like I was flying. My sleep normalized, too.
Six months I hit a roadblock and had quite a few really bad days. It passed.
At about a year, my serious bouts with anxiety disappeared. I had been exercising and eating well.
Amazingly at two years my morning edginess was gone. THAT was worth waiting for, I've had morning anxiety for years and just thought it was something I had to deal with. I'm coming up on three years here in a couple months. I feel stable and able.
Just read back a bit...oh my, Gilmer...hope you are having a better day!
Bim, a cookie hangover sure beats the alternative.
Hey, sober bestie, Glee....
Congrats on the 40, badg.
Hi, pj.
I can only speak on my experience, toml...overall, still with ups and downs, life is sooooo much better. Just to not have that train running between my ears all the time...I am so grateful! Yes, recovery has offered peace, serenity and freedom from obsession....far beyond just not picking up.
Bim, a cookie hangover sure beats the alternative.
Hey, sober bestie, Glee....
Congrats on the 40, badg.
Hi, pj.
I can only speak on my experience, toml...overall, still with ups and downs, life is sooooo much better. Just to not have that train running between my ears all the time...I am so grateful! Yes, recovery has offered peace, serenity and freedom from obsession....far beyond just not picking up.
Hooray for you, tomls!
My flight went well & my son & I are in Tucson w/my husband now. The sun is shining.
I'm a little bummed because I forgot to bring something important. There's nothing I can do about it. Powerlessness, things I can't control. What's done is done.
Full acceptance doesn't just mean "okay, I admit it." It means, "I admit it, and I admit that it's over, and I can let it go and move on."
My flight went well & my son & I are in Tucson w/my husband now. The sun is shining.
I'm a little bummed because I forgot to bring something important. There's nothing I can do about it. Powerlessness, things I can't control. What's done is done.
Full acceptance doesn't just mean "okay, I admit it." It means, "I admit it, and I admit that it's over, and I can let it go and move on."
I'm a little bummed because I forgot to bring something important. There's nothing I can do about it. Powerlessness, things I can't control. What's done is done.
Full acceptance doesn't just mean "okay, I admit it." It means, "I admit it, and I admit that it's over, and I can let it go and move on."
Full acceptance doesn't just mean "okay, I admit it." It means, "I admit it, and I admit that it's over, and I can let it go and move on."
I hate thinking I may be posting too much but it beats dwelling on stuff that I shouldn't be thinking about.
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Read and post here and all over the board. There's always somebody here somewhere!
It's good to read so many healthy posts from all my great sober comrades. You help me get out of my head. Sometimes I just stop and think, "so-and-so from the threads is out there, and they want the best for me."
Gregknight, the early time will seem bad, that's sure -- 't was for me, anyway. As Gilmer said, post post post -- I've lived by that advice more than 10,000 times. It's been a constant in my sobriety -- that and not drinking, of course!
Also, 2 tablespoons of *really good* ice cream nips cravings right in the bud. As many times a day as needed, doctor's orders.*
*not a licensed physician
Gregknight, the early time will seem bad, that's sure -- 't was for me, anyway. As Gilmer said, post post post -- I've lived by that advice more than 10,000 times. It's been a constant in my sobriety -- that and not drinking, of course!
Also, 2 tablespoons of *really good* ice cream nips cravings right in the bud. As many times a day as needed, doctor's orders.*
*not a licensed physician
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Here's an attitude typical of alcoholics that still rears its ugly head with me sometimes: it's called the "extraordinary worm" syndrome.
We feel that our failures are the most horrible and grotesque failures ever, so surely all eyes are upon us. On the flip side, we are extraordinary worms: we believe as we grow that we should be capable of perfection--and when we are found to be lacking, we go into a tailspin of horror, panic, and drama.
Truth be told, we are all just simple flawed people who want to get better.
If we discover that we have failed in some way, we should not leap off a cliff; rather, we should just take note, pick ourselves up, and resolve to do better in the future.
No horror--no recrimination. Just a lesson learned.
We feel that our failures are the most horrible and grotesque failures ever, so surely all eyes are upon us. On the flip side, we are extraordinary worms: we believe as we grow that we should be capable of perfection--and when we are found to be lacking, we go into a tailspin of horror, panic, and drama.
Truth be told, we are all just simple flawed people who want to get better.
If we discover that we have failed in some way, we should not leap off a cliff; rather, we should just take note, pick ourselves up, and resolve to do better in the future.
No horror--no recrimination. Just a lesson learned.
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