Woot! One Week!
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Woot! One Week!
Okay, I realize it's not much in the grand scheme of things but this makes one full week without a drink!
To be honest I've only gone seven days sober on time in the last six or seven years! Sleep is a lot better but not perfect; just getting sober doesn't change my nite owl tendencies! I haven't been grabbing a bottle of wine after work to unwind but I still need time to "decompress" after a long day on the line (cooking). But the mild sense of panic I got the first couple nights when I turned in are completely gone. Melatonin seems to help a lot.
A week in I'm still not really getting any cravings. The only issue I run into occasionally is habit. 30 years after kicking cigarettes my dad would still reach for one after finishing his coffee; it's like that for me with situations where I always drank (which was almost all the time I wasn't working or asleep).
Just so as to not be cocky before a Beast that's won every battle with me over the last 25 years I'll say IF...IF I can stay sober I will have to figure out what to do with all the extra money!:rotfxko 20+ bottles of wine per week at $4 or so on the low side and $25 on the high side really adds up. If I don't touch a drop in 2013 I'll pocket a good $6000 at least!
To be honest I've only gone seven days sober on time in the last six or seven years! Sleep is a lot better but not perfect; just getting sober doesn't change my nite owl tendencies! I haven't been grabbing a bottle of wine after work to unwind but I still need time to "decompress" after a long day on the line (cooking). But the mild sense of panic I got the first couple nights when I turned in are completely gone. Melatonin seems to help a lot.A week in I'm still not really getting any cravings. The only issue I run into occasionally is habit. 30 years after kicking cigarettes my dad would still reach for one after finishing his coffee; it's like that for me with situations where I always drank (which was almost all the time I wasn't working or asleep).
Just so as to not be cocky before a Beast that's won every battle with me over the last 25 years I'll say IF...IF I can stay sober I will have to figure out what to do with all the extra money!:rotfxko
20+ bottles of wine per week at $4 or so on the low side and $25 on the high side really adds up. If I don't touch a drop in 2013 I'll pocket a good $6000 at least!
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You hush its nothing in the grand scheme of things.
One week is HUGE
I remember my first week, I hadnt had more than 10 days combined sober in 20 years...
All the residiual biproducts of ethynol are now out of you, and your doing AWESOME!!!!!
One week is HUGE
I remember my first week, I hadnt had more than 10 days combined sober in 20 years...
All the residiual biproducts of ethynol are now out of you, and your doing AWESOME!!!!!
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Keep focused and move forward, first week for me was easiest , I wanted it so bad and was on the back end of a bad incident and hangover, these memories where fresh in my mind. I am 9 months sober tomorrow ( blatant brag) rough patches intense cravings came to me weeks after the first week.
Remember cravings wont harm you. Said it so many times on here, being bored senseless staring at a wall is a million times better than getting back in the alcoHELL bs cycle.
Many told me its gets better with time.
It really does , slowly but surely.
Good luck !
Remember cravings wont harm you. Said it so many times on here, being bored senseless staring at a wall is a million times better than getting back in the alcoHELL bs cycle.
Many told me its gets better with time.
It really does , slowly but surely.
Good luck !
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1 week for me also. 7 days ago I never believed that this day would come, let alone feel so good about it. Through clear eyes I see my wife and daughter walking relaxed around the house, less anxious knowing that the drunk ******* is not going to be making an appearance. I love it. I can really see that I can do this.
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Hi I'm Diana,
I am kind of jealous of your week. I did good for a while, now not so good. It takes alot of hard work to be sober. My so called friends were no help either. I wish you well. Keep up the good work.
Diana
I am kind of jealous of your week. I did good for a while, now not so good. It takes alot of hard work to be sober. My so called friends were no help either. I wish you well. Keep up the good work.
Diana
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Well done!
Today is also 1 week for me and while it isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things its still a hell of an achievement for me, and i'm sure for you too and I for one feel mighty proud!
Thought today would be a struggle for me as had a difficult work meeting today but thing the sense of achievement I feel is keeping me going, coming up on wine o clock here in Ireland and i'm satisfying myself with a bar of chocolate and a coffee instead!
Be poud of what you've accomplished so far and stay stong, well done!
Today is also 1 week for me and while it isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things its still a hell of an achievement for me, and i'm sure for you too and I for one feel mighty proud!
Thought today would be a struggle for me as had a difficult work meeting today but thing the sense of achievement I feel is keeping me going, coming up on wine o clock here in Ireland and i'm satisfying myself with a bar of chocolate and a coffee instead!
Be poud of what you've accomplished so far and stay stong, well done!
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Originally Posted by SoTiredOfThis 
Great job! I am starting Day 4...I hope I can make it a week! You are an inspiration to me. 
Have a great day!
Have a great day! SR is really a rock for me. I don't always post as much as I should but I always pop in and read. It keeps me grounded and reminds me what is at stake. In my case, what's at stake is no less than my life and soul. If I ever take a drink I'll spiral right down the drain again. It was hard enough to walk away from the bottle once, d@mn straight I don't wanna have face it down again!
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Originally Posted by goat79
wooooooooooooooooooooooot !!!!!
how was it?
how was the 7 days?
gyeahhhhh
how was it?
how was the 7 days?
gyeahhhhh
My schedule is getting back to normal, too. At first I wondered how I could fill all the endless hours I used to spend drinking. But now I'm back to not having enough time for all the crap I wanna get done!
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