things i don't miss about drinking!
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things i don't miss about drinking!
oh no i won't drive home i'll only have a couple (it's never happened)
i won't make an a-- out of myself and do and stay stuff i shouldn't (wronggg)
i'll be home by 10 (yeah 10am)
i'm not drunk, i'm fine give me another (i don't know why i'm wabbling around"
i'm not hungover , just sick (and heart palpitations, and headache and depressed for dayyyyyyyys)
i can have just one or two (dozen)
i remember everything that happened (yeah up until the 5th drink)
ect.. ect.. ect...
GOD I'M SO GLAD I'M SOBER TODAYYYYYYYYYYY
WHAT DON'T YOU MISS?
i won't make an a-- out of myself and do and stay stuff i shouldn't (wronggg)
i'll be home by 10 (yeah 10am)
i'm not drunk, i'm fine give me another (i don't know why i'm wabbling around"
i'm not hungover , just sick (and heart palpitations, and headache and depressed for dayyyyyyyys)
i can have just one or two (dozen)
i remember everything that happened (yeah up until the 5th drink)
ect.. ect.. ect...
GOD I'M SO GLAD I'M SOBER TODAYYYYYYYYYYY
WHAT DON'T YOU MISS?
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Originally Posted by liiise
WHAT DON'T YOU MISS?
My wonderful dancing skills...I miss them. *never had any*
My IQ... I was the smartest person in the room...I miss that. *or so I thought*
Being the one who could get all my friends laughing for days...I miss that. *if my puking and laughing friends are what you like*
Talking in a soft voice but being so in touch with things even people across the room could hear me...I miss that. *me loud? never*
Waking up with a hang over that says...this is the last time ever... I miss that.
Now that is something I truly don't miss. Sober sure feels better.
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Originally Posted by best
What I miss would be a better way of listing things for me.
My wonderful dancing skills...I miss them. *never had any*
My IQ... I was the smartest person in the room...I miss that. *or so I thought*
Being the one who could get all my friends laughing for days...I miss that. *if my puking and laughing friends are what you like*
Talking in a soft voice but being so in touch with things even people across the room could hear me...I miss that. *me loud? never*
Waking up with a hang over that says...this is the last time ever... I miss that.
Now that is something I truly don't miss. Sober sure feels better.
My wonderful dancing skills...I miss them. *never had any*
My IQ... I was the smartest person in the room...I miss that. *or so I thought*
Being the one who could get all my friends laughing for days...I miss that. *if my puking and laughing friends are what you like*
Talking in a soft voice but being so in touch with things even people across the room could hear me...I miss that. *me loud? never*
Waking up with a hang over that says...this is the last time ever... I miss that.
Now that is something I truly don't miss. Sober sure feels better.
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I don't miss:
1) Waking up hungover
2) Not wanting to clean my house because I feel so horrible.
3) Not being able to focus 100% on my children because I feel terrible.
4) Saying "I won't drink tonight", and drinking "tonight".
5) Blacking out every night
6) Daily memory loss
7) Drunk dialing. (Ewww...) lol
8) Having drunk sex with my husband. (Didn't ever remember a thing.)
9) Stained teeth
10) Weight gain (I've lost over 10 pounds since not drinking. Wooohooo!)
That's a good start. I'm SO glad I don't drink anymore. One day at a time. You are all so great!
1) Waking up hungover
2) Not wanting to clean my house because I feel so horrible.
3) Not being able to focus 100% on my children because I feel terrible.
4) Saying "I won't drink tonight", and drinking "tonight".
5) Blacking out every night
6) Daily memory loss
7) Drunk dialing. (Ewww...) lol
8) Having drunk sex with my husband. (Didn't ever remember a thing.)
9) Stained teeth
10) Weight gain (I've lost over 10 pounds since not drinking. Wooohooo!)
That's a good start. I'm SO glad I don't drink anymore. One day at a time. You are all so great!
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1) I don't miss being worried about smelling like alcohol the morning after, (turns out I did).
2) I don't miss feeling horrible all day.
3) I don't miss having to drink 1/3 of a pint before i started to feel "normal"
4) I don't miss feeling my stomach growl and wretch when I walked in the door because the beast knew it was feeding time.
5) I don't miss being 3 days into a binge, walking into the store telling myself I can do this shaking when I bought 5ths.
6) I don't miss throwing up for two days when I got over my lost week-ends
7) I don't miss having conversations I don't remember
8) I don't miss beer goggles and all those wonderfully charming things I said and did to women I was not attracted to.
9) I don't miss spilling my guts to the wrong people.
10) I don't miss going to work with my eyes bleeding from being hung-over. Who was I fooling anyway?
2) I don't miss feeling horrible all day.
3) I don't miss having to drink 1/3 of a pint before i started to feel "normal"
4) I don't miss feeling my stomach growl and wretch when I walked in the door because the beast knew it was feeding time.
5) I don't miss being 3 days into a binge, walking into the store telling myself I can do this shaking when I bought 5ths.
6) I don't miss throwing up for two days when I got over my lost week-ends
7) I don't miss having conversations I don't remember
8) I don't miss beer goggles and all those wonderfully charming things I said and did to women I was not attracted to.
9) I don't miss spilling my guts to the wrong people.
10) I don't miss going to work with my eyes bleeding from being hung-over. Who was I fooling anyway?
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Wow.. Great threat. It serves as a friendly reminder.
I don't miss waking up beside someone I don't know and wanting to run.
I don't miss trying to wrack my brain the morning after trying to remember last nights event but only remembering horrible little glimpses.
I don't miss that paranoid and anxious feeling of waking up and knowing I did something wrong but not remembering what.
I don't miss shamefully calling my friends to apologize and to ask how horribly I behaved.
I don't miss but husbands look of disapprovement and anger the morning after.
I don't miss my skin hurting while hungover.
I don't miss kissing the toilet bowl the following day and not being able to have a conversation without throwing up.
I don't miss those feelings of extreme shame and embarrasement.
Joanne
I don't miss waking up beside someone I don't know and wanting to run.
I don't miss trying to wrack my brain the morning after trying to remember last nights event but only remembering horrible little glimpses.
I don't miss that paranoid and anxious feeling of waking up and knowing I did something wrong but not remembering what.
I don't miss shamefully calling my friends to apologize and to ask how horribly I behaved.
I don't miss but husbands look of disapprovement and anger the morning after.
I don't miss my skin hurting while hungover.
I don't miss kissing the toilet bowl the following day and not being able to have a conversation without throwing up.
I don't miss those feelings of extreme shame and embarrasement.
Joanne
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i don't miss feeling ashamed all the time
i don't miss not being able to look people in the eyes....when i was drinking,i felt so ashamed,so guilty,felt like a fraud....living a secret life.....today,i am not ashamed of myself,because i am doing what i need to do to get healthy again.
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(for a start...)
waking up in strange places, covered in bodily fluids of whatever kind
losing things
lying
paranoia
the pained expressions of those close to me
the embarrassed/scornful/patronizing looks of acquaintances
self-hatred
...can happily do without any of that for the rest of time.
waking up in strange places, covered in bodily fluids of whatever kind
losing things
lying
paranoia
the pained expressions of those close to me
the embarrassed/scornful/patronizing looks of acquaintances
self-hatred
...can happily do without any of that for the rest of time.
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Awsome thread. Let me see, things I don't miss:
-Stopping by one of the many gas stations to buy beer after dropping my kids off at school.
-Drinking and driving
-Drinking 10 beers in the morning, then heading to work at 1pm to run dangerous equipment.
-Fighting with my wife and having to apologize the next morning, but not remembering what I was apologizing for :uzi2:
-Yeah, I hate hangovers too....
-Mixing stimulants with alcohol so I could drink more (as if I needed more)
-Not exercising, having a body that looks like a thumb (I joined the health club- this is embarrassing.)
-Not getting a hair cut for 3 months because I didn't care what I looked like
-Lying ('nuff said)
-Missing out on life. I always wanted to be a pilot, and I may persue it when I get straightened out.
-Being a softie. Getting my feelings hurt, when I was the obnoxious one.
There are soooooooo many more, but I don't wanna bore...
...and don't call me Shirley!
-Stopping by one of the many gas stations to buy beer after dropping my kids off at school.
-Drinking and driving
-Drinking 10 beers in the morning, then heading to work at 1pm to run dangerous equipment.
-Fighting with my wife and having to apologize the next morning, but not remembering what I was apologizing for :uzi2:
-Yeah, I hate hangovers too....
-Mixing stimulants with alcohol so I could drink more (as if I needed more)
-Not exercising, having a body that looks like a thumb (I joined the health club- this is embarrassing.)
-Not getting a hair cut for 3 months because I didn't care what I looked like
-Lying ('nuff said)
-Missing out on life. I always wanted to be a pilot, and I may persue it when I get straightened out.
-Being a softie. Getting my feelings hurt, when I was the obnoxious one.
There are soooooooo many more, but I don't wanna bore...
...and don't call me Shirley!
Make The Most of 2nd Chances
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Cleveland, TN
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Like another poster said, when drinking, I always thought I was the funniest one in the crowd. I was just a sh*t. Smart mouth who had no idea he needed to shut up. I still push the boundaries sometimes even while sober, but I now can say I intend no harm or foul. I can take in the responses of others and STOP if need be. So, I guess I don't miss P*ss!ng others off anymore on a regular basis. 
"10 years of college wasted......"
"10 years of college wasted......"
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Hope I'm not overstepping my bounds, but can I suggest we maybe sticky this post? It helps me out, I've read it over several times today already!
This thread has some Sweet stuff to read about. It's got like Mythological powers. Awsome, GOSH!!!!!!
This thread has some Sweet stuff to read about. It's got like Mythological powers. Awsome, GOSH!!!!!!
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This really is a great thread
It just hits home and serves as such a reminder of why I chose to be sober today. Jooser you are right that now we can still say stuff or do stuff that are not acceptable however we are completely accountable for our actions sober.
Joanne
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