Aysha

I dont miss freakin out swearing up and down someone is coming over that I dont want there.
I dont miss being on red alert for bugs that are just gonna come out of nowhere and zero in on just me.
I dont miss the nasty dirty hands.
I dont miss the irrational thought process.
I dont miss the immoral acts that go with using.
I dont miss the cops knowing me by name.
I dont miss having to be left out of anyhting my family does because I am high or broke.

I want to add to this a little at a time each day so I dont forget why it is I dont want to go there again.
Great idea for a thread RK!

Emimily

i don't miss waking up not knowing where i am
i don't miss scaring my dog
i don't miss not showing up for friends, family, work, LIFE
i don't miss leaving in the middle of the night to wander off alone
i don't miss puking for five or six hours the next morning
i don't miss the taste of bile
i don't miss eating taco bell at 2 am
i don't miss the weight gain
i don't miss the terror, guilt, shame, and self-pity that took over my life
i don't miss trying to drown my god-sized hole
i don't miss disrespecting my roommates and their friends
i don't miss disrespecting boyfriends at bars and parties
i don't miss calling people in the middle of the night to yell at them
i don't miss falling down stairs, falling up stairs, falling in general
i don't miss going to concerts and not remembering who i saw
i don't miss getting wasted. i don't miss liquor, beer, wine, herb, painkillers, benzos, mushrooms, LSD...

i missed myself, when i was out there. when i found recovery, i got myself back.

least

I won't miss going thru withdrawal

I won't miss going thru withdrawal

I won't miss going thru withdrawal


I'll keep telling myself this until it sinks in and I never touch another drop.

Missymae737

I don't miss that hopeless feeling of wanting to die...

I don't miss the agony and trauma I put my children through...

I don't miss being treated like a criminal by law enforcement.

I don't miss the physical agony my body endured during withdrawal...

It goes on and on...

nogard

I love recovery

nogard

I love life

nogard

I love being alive

Latte

Yep, most of those things, some of them I've never experienced but thank you for posting them because it reminds me that I could have.

My signature says it all for me.

LivinInLV

I want to thank all of you who posted on this thread. I saw this 3 1/2 weeks ago and I was so excited to see that what I was feeling or things I had done were what others had done. So I decided to join.

I don't miss waking up in the middle of the night with my mouth so dry it hurt.

I don't miss hiding the bottles that I drank & then when everyone was gone from the house, gathering them up and put them in the trunk of my car to discard them.

I don't miss hearing the recycling truck come by to empty the bin and listening to all those bottles of beer go into the truck. I sure the neighbors heard too.

I don't miss not remembering what I said that could have been inappropriate.

The list could go on and on but I will stop with these for now.

Dee74

Thanks for the bump LivinginLV

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Buckley3

I don't miss completely undermining every facet of my life. At all.

Primativo

I don't miss having to rotate the shops where I bought my alcohol so that they didn't think I was an alcoholic.

Who was I kidding? They already knew.

I don't miss having every single waking moment of my life thinking about when I can have my next drink.

lessgravity

This.

Free2bme888

I don’t miss-driving to the next town after wine bottle #1 was gone to buy bottle #2 at 12 midnight.

I don’t miss—feeling like **** because I drank after I promised myself I wouldn’t ....again

I don’t miss—not remembering my conversations the night before

I don’t miss—lying to my boyfriend about how good the sex was because in reality I never remembered having it😳

I don’t miss—not taking care of me

I don’t miss—still being drunk in the morning until about 1000.

Amen!!




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PalmerSage

I don't miss the mental obsession of making sure I had enough alcohol to get me through a day, weekend, week, trip, whatever.
I don't miss the hangovers that had become withdrawals.
I don't miss being mistaken for someone older, and having red puffy eyes and a bloated face.
I don't miss the crippling anxiety that prevented me from sleeping.
I don't miss the trapped, hopeless misery of constantly drinking.

Awesome thread! Thank you for posting it.