Bobby

What are some of the things that you don't do anymore ( just for today ) since you;ve stopped drinking or drugging ?

Hollyanne

I don't marvel at the fact that i got changed for bed,got in bed, didn't burn the house down and didn't break anything, all in a blackout!!!!

caribbean

I don't stay at home drinking after work -- I have to get cleaned up and head out to a meeting instead.
I don't wake up wondering what I did or who I called the night before.
I don't forget as many things.
I don't host any pity parties for myself.
I don't stumble into things all the time (just sometimes; I'm still a klutz, but boy is it a lot better without alcohol!).
I don't worry about whether I appear sober to others -- because I automatically am.

BurningChrome

I don't watch my recorded favorite TV shows 3-4 times thinking it's the first time I watched it everytime!

ItsMe23

hahahaha.
Dont look at my phone in the morning to see horrible things written
dont feel gross
feels good to know exactly what has happened the night before

Draciack

I don't go to Waffle House at 4 AM and flirt with the 40-year-old waitresses

ItsMe23

ugh, the waffle house glad we don't have those around.

least

I don't wake up hating myself.

I don't wake up feeling like death warmed over.

I don't run the risk of dui, accident, injury, or death to myself or others.

I don't spend money that is needed for other things.

I don't forget to feed/walk my dogs.

I don't live like a slave, chained to alcohol.

caribbean

Oh yes, least's post reminded me:

I don't spend a stupid amount of money on drinking. Just one night of going out with the girls, I saved at least $35 by staying sober. Not to mention how much I actually spent on wine, beer, rum, and mixers for myself at home.

Bobby

one of the many things i don't do anymore ( just for today ) is kneeling down in front of my toilet bowl in the mornings and throwing my guts up saying .. pleaseee God get me threw this just this more one time and i'm done , but there i was the next morning with my arms wrapped around the toilet bowl again doing the same thing all over .. but not today , not toooodayyy, thank God not today

Eddiebuckle

I don't travel to the next county for vodka since I'd been to the local ABC twice since friday.

I don't wonder when I'm finally going to get a DUI.

I don't worry what my neighbors think on recycle day when I've got a 45 gallon trash can full of wine and vodka bottles with a couple of newspapers on top to hide them.

I don't take fifteen minutes to brush my teeth in the morning because I keep gagging.

I don't wonder how long till my liver gives out from my 24/7 drinking.

I no longer think that I deserve to be alone since I am such a drunken piece of *.

I don't loathe the start of each day, knowing that I can't drink for ten hours.

jamdls

I don't wake up afraid to open my eyes because I'm not sure where I am or who the person next to me is.
I don't lie
I don't hate myself

Snarf

I don't have to worry that my fiancee is going to leave me.

divineangel1012

I don't use money that I shouldn't on my drug
I don't get a total of 5 hours sleep in a week
I don't stare at the clock waiting till I can use again
I don't skip meals

racinstalldev

I don't skip meals anymore in order to get drunk quicker.

Zencat

I no longer mistakenly believe I have no choice in either I drug or not.

Bobby

Oh yea and another thing I don't do anymore is going in different bars and telling people its my birthday( which it really wasn't ) Just to get some free drinks .. boy oh boy talking about being crazyyyy lol

SSIL75

I no longer check my eyes for yellow in the morning.
I no longer wake in the middle of the night, gripped by fear and regret.
I no longer snap at my children for stupid things (well, not very often anyway )
I no longer feel gripped by images of them crying at my funeral.
I no longer wish for my husband to go out so I can drink 'in peace' (some peace )
I no longer justify the cost of ANOTHER box of wine.
I no longer turn down invitations to 'lame' (ie - alcohol free) events.

I am no longer afraid of my future.

Evon

I don't wake up feeling like crap
I don't have to check my phone to see what text or calls I made
I don't wake up with bruises and wonder where I got them from
I don't forget about my dog because I feel like crap and don't want to do anything
I don't play my daily video game thinking I'm the best shooter on the game and talking crap to people while doing it all the while being the worst shot haha
I don't spend money or even my last dollar as it had been sometimes
I don't have to feel I need alcohol to make me "normal"

Stang

I dont feel like 200lb of smashed a$$holes anymore
I don't put off jujitsu practice because I'm hungover
I don't feel ashamed anymore
I dont **** on the floor because I'm too drunk to hit the toilet
Blue lights on the highway don't scare me now

I could go on all day!! I love being sober!