What changes are you seeing?
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: London
Posts: 15
Originally Posted by duane1 
Starting to remember small things that I haven't thought about in many years.
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: clearwater, fl
Posts: 51
Good Morning, I'm finding that I'm not watching the clock at work to get out, get home and have drinks (one track mind) - I'm also stopping places after work to get errands done instead of running home to the drink and cramming everything into Sat. (errands, shopping) then drinking the rest of the weekend away.....
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Washington DC
Posts: 138
Eating a healthier diet
Feeling hope for the future
Completed a project at work without needing alcohol for 'creative thinking'
Less bloated
Beginning to reconnect spiritually
Tomorrow will be one month and one week sober for me!
Feeling hope for the future
Completed a project at work without needing alcohol for 'creative thinking'
Less bloated
Beginning to reconnect spiritually
Tomorrow will be one month and one week sober for me!
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Canada
Posts: 23
Originally Posted by cmc133
Wow, this is really encouraging. I love hearing about the changes in people's lives.
I'd say another positive change is that I feel less isolated, more open. I've always been introverted, a little shy, and told myself that's just the way I am. It's amazing what a little social interaction can do to lift the mood and distract you from cravings.
I'd say another positive change is that I feel less isolated, more open. I've always been introverted, a little shy, and told myself that's just the way I am. It's amazing what a little social interaction can do to lift the mood and distract you from cravings.
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Midwest USA
Posts: 28
Originally Posted by Inca
I pick up the phone at work and call people instead of hiding behind email
What is it about alcohol that makes us feel so solitary? The more I drank, the more I wanted to be left alone, even when I wasn't drinking.
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Originally Posted by cmc133
I've noticed this change in myself too.
What is it about alcohol that makes us feel so solitary? The more I drank, the more I wanted to be left alone, even when I wasn't drinking.
What is it about alcohol that makes us feel so solitary? The more I drank, the more I wanted to be left alone, even when I wasn't drinking.
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Midwest USA
Posts: 28
Just stopped to get some sushi takeout for lunch. The restaurant is in the same area as the store where I used to purchase wine. I had a sudden feeling that buying a bottle of wine was inevitable, I was going to do it. I was going to get drunk this afternoon.
I felt a little sad and a little excited at the same time. Then I started thinking through this thread, all the positives people are seeing, all the positive changes I've seen in the last ten days, and the urge slowly went away.
Thanks for this site, thanks for everything.
I felt a little sad and a little excited at the same time. Then I started thinking through this thread, all the positives people are seeing, all the positive changes I've seen in the last ten days, and the urge slowly went away.
Thanks for this site, thanks for everything.
That bell or bike person
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: london
Posts: 4,978
I don't have night sweats,
I'm not worried about DUI's the morning after,
My knowledge and experience in quitting might prove useful to someone with the same problem .
I'm far more relaxed and calm than i used to be,
Spontaneous happiness is now more likely than a low mood,
My finances are under control,
My decision making is far better,
I understand and feel more in control of my responces to external influence and the internal parts of my life .
I'm a nicer and better Son, friend and colleauge .
I'm not worried about DUI's the morning after,
My knowledge and experience in quitting might prove useful to someone with the same problem .
I'm far more relaxed and calm than i used to be,
Spontaneous happiness is now more likely than a low mood,
My finances are under control,
My decision making is far better,
I understand and feel more in control of my responces to external influence and the internal parts of my life .
I'm a nicer and better Son, friend and colleauge .
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 67
I'm a few weeks in after 20ish years of constant drinking.
Relaxed 24/7
Wake up early feeling great and can do whatever I feel like at any time
The waking up with a pounding 120-130 heartrate is gone, now I have to feel for it
No more counting beers at 1AM before a late night beer run, drunk driving.
Lower back pain is completely gone
Dreams came back and sleep problems are history (no caffeine too)
I've noticed younger women actually looking at me or smiling at me again
(Not to be crude but) not having to wonder if it's really a fart
No more planning to get everything done on the same day so I can drink every other day
Actually cooking food and want to eat all the time instead of buying it and watching it all go bad while living off chips and fast food.
Don't have to crush dozens of cans to hide how much I drink when taking out the trash
No more pile of 12 pack boxes sitting all over the house, no more can pyramids to fall over stinking up the place either.
I no longer rotate which store I go to so that the cashiers don't notice that I'm buying so much beer.
Also, I don't buy all the other random crap at the store to hide the fact that I'm just there for the alcohol. This really saves a lot of cash lol.
I can actually talk to people during the day now and not just the Hi-Bye deal.
I've been doing the repairs on my car, RV, and motorcycle, and washing them, instead of just watching them fall apart.
I don't argue on the internet anymore HAHA.
Relaxed 24/7
Wake up early feeling great and can do whatever I feel like at any time
The waking up with a pounding 120-130 heartrate is gone, now I have to feel for it
No more counting beers at 1AM before a late night beer run, drunk driving.
Lower back pain is completely gone
Dreams came back and sleep problems are history (no caffeine too)
I've noticed younger women actually looking at me or smiling at me again
(Not to be crude but) not having to wonder if it's really a fart
No more planning to get everything done on the same day so I can drink every other day
Actually cooking food and want to eat all the time instead of buying it and watching it all go bad while living off chips and fast food.
Don't have to crush dozens of cans to hide how much I drink when taking out the trash
No more pile of 12 pack boxes sitting all over the house, no more can pyramids to fall over stinking up the place either.
I no longer rotate which store I go to so that the cashiers don't notice that I'm buying so much beer.
Also, I don't buy all the other random crap at the store to hide the fact that I'm just there for the alcohol. This really saves a lot of cash lol.
I can actually talk to people during the day now and not just the Hi-Bye deal.
I've been doing the repairs on my car, RV, and motorcycle, and washing them, instead of just watching them fall apart.
I don't argue on the internet anymore HAHA.
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 18
*I am spending more time making proactive plans for the future
*I am doing things I have been putting off for ages
*I don't have the feelings of shame I had when I was using
*I can see more up ahead
*I don't have nearly as many suicidal thoughts as I used to
*I am doing things I have been putting off for ages
*I don't have the feelings of shame I had when I was using
*I can see more up ahead
*I don't have nearly as many suicidal thoughts as I used to
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 3,089
Originally Posted by cmc133
Just stopped to get some sushi takeout for lunch. The restaurant is in the same area as the store where I used to purchase wine. I had a sudden feeling that buying a bottle of wine was inevitable, I was going to do it. I was going to get drunk this afternoon.
I felt a little sad and a little excited at the same time. Then I started thinking through this thread, all the positives people are seeing, all the positive changes I've seen in the last ten days, and the urge slowly went away.
Thanks for this site, thanks for everything.
I felt a little sad and a little excited at the same time. Then I started thinking through this thread, all the positives people are seeing, all the positive changes I've seen in the last ten days, and the urge slowly went away.
Thanks for this site, thanks for everything.
Thriving sober since 12/18/08
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 3,115
After 3 and a half years sober;
I have a beautiful baby boy, and I'm a wonderful mommy (ok he's 2, not a baby lol)
I live in my little dream house
My marriage is solid
My work performance skyrocketed
My health/bloodwork is perfectly normal
My fitness and weight have improved drastically
My sleep is deep and refreshing
I love myself, and I'm content in my life
I have learned how to live life, using tools I have learned in recovery to get through celebrations, sadness, boredom, and anger.
The inner peace that I feel most of the time is priceless
I have a beautiful baby boy, and I'm a wonderful mommy (ok he's 2, not a baby lol)
I live in my little dream house
My marriage is solid
My work performance skyrocketed
My health/bloodwork is perfectly normal
My fitness and weight have improved drastically
My sleep is deep and refreshing
I love myself, and I'm content in my life
I have learned how to live life, using tools I have learned in recovery to get through celebrations, sadness, boredom, and anger.
The inner peace that I feel most of the time is priceless
Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Lincoln, NE
Posts: 21
Being able to do things at night...I can get in the car and go get my kids a ice cream or make a afternoon appointment..whatever
now that I am not revolving my days activities around drinking I am free to do anything anytime Day 18 for me....thanks for all the thinking that is shared here on SR!
now that I am not revolving my days activities around drinking I am free to do anything anytime Day 18 for me....thanks for all the thinking that is shared here on SR!
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Midwest, USA
Posts: 1,022
I'm not nearly as much of a dick anymore, mostly from having less anger and frustration with myself (so I'm not redirecting it towards other people).
I have more spending money and a correspondingly lower amount of anxiety about cashflow come bill-pay time.
I lost 20-30 lbs, maybe? A friend at work commented the other day that I look much skinnier. I can run 4-5 miles at a stretch. Aiming for 12% bodyfat and a decent 10K time for my age by end of next summer. Long term goals, people That's what gets ya out of bed in the morning..
Not stupid or half-brain-dead anymore. I have short term memory again.
I am proud of me! I do good things for myself and others. Sure, I'm no saint, but positive change is positive. Baby steps; a man can't fix the world in a day.
I have more spending money and a correspondingly lower amount of anxiety about cashflow come bill-pay time.
I lost 20-30 lbs, maybe? A friend at work commented the other day that I look much skinnier. I can run 4-5 miles at a stretch. Aiming for 12% bodyfat and a decent 10K time for my age by end of next summer. Long term goals, people
That's what gets ya out of bed in the morning..Not stupid or half-brain-dead anymore. I have short term memory again.
I am proud of me! I do good things for myself and others. Sure, I'm no saint, but positive change is positive. Baby steps; a man can't fix the world in a day.
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