Weasel1966

1) I refuse to add up how much I have spent on drugs and alcohol.

2) Think about shameful actions as they don't do anything other than shame me more.

3) Try to fix past wrongs with people. To the non alcoholic its about show me.

4) I don't think about the concept of never. It's to daunting and unproductive.

5) I don't put people before me anymore. This is my life. Go get your own!

What don't you do for your recovery?

Jeni26

I don't go out to those places that I drank in.

I don't stray far from SR.

I don't talk about my alcoholism to anyone who isn't an alcoholic themselves.

I don't look back. There's only one direction I'm heading in .......

soberlicious

I don't see myself as broken, flawed, or defective because I was once addicted to substances.

I don't stay quit one day at a time...I embrace never.

I don't fear the past, present, or future.

Nonsensical

I don't treat myself like a victim.

I don't mope about the things I can't do.

I don't hold the opinions of my AV in high esteem like I used to.

I don't wake up on the couch (or floor).

Weasel1966

Jeni... I love that! I never look back!

Sober.... Never is relative. I like the way you see it.

Non.... Or wake up on the front porch in my underwear.

soberlicious

OK...wait...this is bad?
One doesn't have to be a drunk to eschew pants.
No Mas Pantelones...
I've actually gotten bolder than ever as a non drinker.

mecanix

Although i desire things , i don't have the folorn yearning of desire that was the addicted me .

Bestwishes, M

Jeni26

Soberlicious-your posts always make me laugh!

And in England 'pants' refers to underwear, trousers are what we wear on top of them. So it is even more risqué!

soberlicious

LOL so to you guys "no pants" would mean going commando?

Jeni26

Yup!!

Fandy

I don't forget what i did the night before...and I don't forget to take off my eye makeup before bed
I don't toss and turn all night, run to the kitchen at 3AM and gulp booze
I don't give up control of my life, I don't surrender anything
I don't give up my individuality or my opinions
I don't neglect my house, career or my pets and family
I don't not eat dinner because I drank instead.

Sazzle

I don't consider myself special or unique

I treat my alcoholism like a pet dog. I don't bore people with it unless they ask me directly and out of genuine care.

I don't lie awake berating myself for past actions but instead plan the future.

I don't kid myself that I can have just one. Ever.

I don't take myself too seriously.

S x

YoungAndClean

I don't go out at nights and socialize. I stay home where its safe and theres no alcohol.

I don't have sex anymore which would releieve a ton of stress caused by getting sober.

I won't add up all the money I've wasted on drugs/alcohol.

I won't give up Suboxone which helps me to not rellapse on heroin.

Threshold

Things I don't do for my recovery...

I don't drink or drug or cut.

I don't put the needs of others before my own needs.

I don't blame other people for my situation, ie, engage in 'helplessness'

I don't make lists of all the things I need to change about myself (beat myself up)

I don't indulge in magical thinking