Made it through a Friday night!
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Made it through a Friday night!
I can't remember the last time I didn't drink on a Friday night. I always treated it as some sort of reward to myself for making it through the week.
Last night I went home and helped my wife make dinner and we ate as a family, like we usually do. But afterwards I didn't crack a beer or try to slip out to the bar.
We talked and watched our son play. Then after we put him down for the night we watched a movie together in bed before falling asleep.
Woke up today with no hangover or guilty conscience. It felt amazing.
Last night I went home and helped my wife make dinner and we ate as a family, like we usually do. But afterwards I didn't crack a beer or try to slip out to the bar.
We talked and watched our son play. Then after we put him down for the night we watched a movie together in bed before falling asleep.
Woke up today with no hangover or guilty conscience. It felt amazing.
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That's pretty awesome. Something I've really been enjoying since quitting drinking is to just take a minute and step back and think about how freakin good it feels to not be feeling the effects from the night before.
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Well done! Sober Friday nights and sober weekends are the best. I used to nearly black out from Friday night until Monday morning every week. Now that I'm sober I feel like I gained two extra days in the week that I lost to drinking. 
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Way to go Guy!! Each week, it gets easier. Just passed my 7th Fri nite sober. I didn't have one inkling to drink. The first few were awful.
Just stay strong. You just proved to yourself, that you don't HAVE to drink.
You can unwind, naturally & enjoy it more.
Your family will appreciate having a present husband & father.
You're setting a good example for them.
Just stay strong. You just proved to yourself, that you don't HAVE to drink.
You can unwind, naturally & enjoy it more.
Your family will appreciate having a present husband & father.
You're setting a good example for them.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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i'm three and a half weeks in, and i must say it is awesome to wake up in the middle of the night at 2am and realize...1) i'm not out at some bar spending money that i definitely cannot afford to be spending and 2) that im actually clearheaded and can think logically...3) this is what normal ppl feel like all the time and i must have been at a severe disadvantage all these years.
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I'm having my 3rd weekend sober- haven't gone this long in about 10 years. Enjoying movies and having ice cream (don't even have to feel guilty since I won't be having alcohol calories AND I will work out tomorrow since I won't be hung over!). It feels really, really good not to be hung over in the mornings. Have a good one!
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