50 days sober
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50 days sober
I feel like I'm missing out on a lot. I have no friends, I'm 23 years old. I'm living in my parents basement. The only thing I have going for me is that I'm going to finish college in the spring and start law school in the fall. I don't know that it's sustainable to live this way.
Ive felt like that too. No friends, and like Im going nowhere. If it makes you feel better, Im 28 and moved into my parents basement a few monthes ago.
You have a LOT going for you. You are 50 days sober.....that is fantastic! Now it seems you need a plan to find some wholesome, sober friends (they DO exist, even in a young age group) and find the way that works for you to overcome your negative feelings right now.
You can do it!
You have a LOT going for you. You are 50 days sober.....that is fantastic! Now it seems you need a plan to find some wholesome, sober friends (they DO exist, even in a young age group) and find the way that works for you to overcome your negative feelings right now.
You can do it!
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I'm freakin trapped in this miserable existence
I was involved in something years ago that I'll never live down, and I can't leave my hometown as I'm dependent on my family and am suppose to work in family business
I was involved in something years ago that I'll never live down, and I can't leave my hometown as I'm dependent on my family and am suppose to work in family business
Oh that is hard as hell!!! My parents did that too when I first moved in...until they caught me drinking all the booze. Try to think of the solution, not the problem. There IS a solution. You wont always feel this way.
Can you move the beer upstairs at least? Would your parents be open to some come of meeting (Al-anon or something, if I am naming the right group) so they can learn how to help and support you better?
What defines "normal" to you? If it's going out and getting ********* drunk, puking, making stupid decisions and feeling like **** the next morning then go for it. But for me, sober feels NORMAL. Your in college and going to go to law school, there's no shame living in your parents basement. You need to get up and about, do something, or go to bed. Tomorrow's a new day!
You're still very young! Don't get too down or write things off as a loss yet. You're just getting started! Sustainable is a relative term at the moment. You don't need to be living in your folks basement forever, just right now. Eventually things will improve if you stay sober. There's a lot of future ahead of you, Soberbrah. Just take it a day at a time and work on it.
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