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Hi there - I used to be known as Humblestudent. I achieved 4 months of sobriety in early 2010. Then came back for a short while in 2011. Somewhere in there I changed emails, and thought it just easier to start with a new name.
I am in that weird limbo of wanting to quit/needing to quit and yet miraculously just not totally quitting yet. So I am reading here. Lurking mostly, and trying to absorb what I know to be true.
I'm a 'weekend warrior,' so not drinking during the week is no problem for me. But, wow, those weekends...
I am in that weird limbo of wanting to quit/needing to quit and yet miraculously just not totally quitting yet. So I am reading here. Lurking mostly, and trying to absorb what I know to be true.
I'm a 'weekend warrior,' so not drinking during the week is no problem for me. But, wow, those weekends...
Welcome back SillyString,
I can so relate to being able to abstain from drinking on the weekdays, but not on the weekends. I was a weekend warrior and for 8 years. I found SR late in July and finally decided that I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I have had 3 sober weekends with the help of SR and I can't tell you how amazing I feel on Monday mornings. I used to dread going to work every Monday due to my weekend binders. I now enjoy my Monday's and weekends. If I can do it, so can you.
I can so relate to being able to abstain from drinking on the weekdays, but not on the weekends. I was a weekend warrior and for 8 years. I found SR late in July and finally decided that I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I have had 3 sober weekends with the help of SR and I can't tell you how amazing I feel on Monday mornings. I used to dread going to work every Monday due to my weekend binders. I now enjoy my Monday's and weekends. If I can do it, so can you.
Thanks so much, Mecanix and Serenity. What surprised me about sobriety the first time around was that I thought how I felt by Friday (energetic, not sick, no anxiety) was the best I could feel...until I stopped drinking on weekends. I continued to feel better and better, and was quite amazed.
Good job, also, Serenity on 3 weekends. I used to count my sober time in weekends, not days too!
Good job, also, Serenity on 3 weekends. I used to count my sober time in weekends, not days too!
Welcome back SillyString
There is something weird that keeps us in limbo land when we know fine well we would be better off sober. I found I had to really force myself to quit drinking and just keep trying to make it stick and make improvements in my life. I read somewhere that sobriety is something you have to have in order to want it, that made a lot of sense to me. I appreciate my sobriety so much more the longer I stick at it x
There is something weird that keeps us in limbo land when we know fine well we would be better off sober. I found I had to really force myself to quit drinking and just keep trying to make it stick and make improvements in my life. I read somewhere that sobriety is something you have to have in order to want it, that made a lot of sense to me. I appreciate my sobriety so much more the longer I stick at it x
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