first friday sober in over eight years...SCARED!
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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first friday sober in over eight years...SCARED!
It's friday, and it's been a very long time since I've been sober during the weekend. kinda scary....but i'm trying to hang in there.
perpetual optimist
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Montana
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Keep busy! Do something different.....break the normal cycle.......go to a movie......the mall, whatever.........try not to sit around dwelling on it! Do you go to a gym? Post away here!!!!!!! Hang tough, you can do this!
SoberOutlook
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,089
Vicious is right, PF. I'm with you. I am on day 16, but today is the hardest one yet. I've been posting nearly all day on this site. Finally, had to get out of the house. I don't know why I want to drink. Went back through my posts from this week and today, and I feel schizophrenic because I want to drink so bad, but was so on board even this morning.
So...distract yourself. I have been using food to replace the loss of booze calories. And, I've gained 8 lbs., but I still feel healthier.
Keep this site open and run to it during cravings. It works on smart phones as well.
So...distract yourself. I have been using food to replace the loss of booze calories. And, I've gained 8 lbs., but I still feel healthier.
Keep this site open and run to it during cravings. It works on smart phones as well.
A work in progress
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 16,633
The only way to do it... is to do it.
"Scared" is just fear of the unknown. Expect it to feel weird, expect to feel at loose ends and like you don't know what to do with yourself. It's all temporary. It takes quite awhile to feel "normal" not drinking, but it does happen.
"Scared" is just fear of the unknown. Expect it to feel weird, expect to feel at loose ends and like you don't know what to do with yourself. It's all temporary. It takes quite awhile to feel "normal" not drinking, but it does happen.
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
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The first sober Friday. Uncharted territory. I remember it well and, like you, wondered how I'd get through it. You do it without drinking, that's how. Then next Friday, and the one after that. For me, after 30 sober Fridays, it seems normal not to associate Fridays and weekends with drinking.
But you have to get through this one first. Good luck.
But you have to get through this one first. Good luck.
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Best of luck, Perfectly! I too am having my first sober weekend (on purpose and not because we had unexpected out of town company or anything, lol) in about 8 years too so I know it's a BIG deal...I love that SR is here to support us online and in spirit!!! 
Onward and upward...!
Onward and upward...!
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Ohio, USA
Posts: 316
Hang in there! My first Friday was difficult and scary too. I drove around town for awhile and ate a lot of fast food trying to fill that emptiness. It wasn't a good time, but at least I was out of the house and sober.
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