A spendid sober day!
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A spendid sober day!
I posted about this in another thread, but I am just back from an AA meeting where I talked a bit more about it and it made me think...so..
Today has been superb - nothing unusual - just superb. I have not thought about, desired or craved alcohol. Nor did I spend the day recovering from the night before, wondering if I needed to be near a toilet or take some headache pills. Or for that matter planning tonight's drinking - did I have enough, did I need to stop somewhere, would the right place be open...?
Instead I went with my daughter and my two border terriers to the coast near here for a walk. The sun was bright, the air very cold, the tide was out and there were miles of sand and dunes to walk on in this rather wild part of the UK.
We stopped for fish and chips at the best place in the county nearby, drove home tired and then I went out later in the afternoon and bought myself a bike - an aid for my mood as I recover further, hopefully.
I had a normal sort of day, but you know something? It was fantastic without alcohol! I hope I have many more like it!
Today has been superb - nothing unusual - just superb. I have not thought about, desired or craved alcohol. Nor did I spend the day recovering from the night before, wondering if I needed to be near a toilet or take some headache pills. Or for that matter planning tonight's drinking - did I have enough, did I need to stop somewhere, would the right place be open...?
Instead I went with my daughter and my two border terriers to the coast near here for a walk. The sun was bright, the air very cold, the tide was out and there were miles of sand and dunes to walk on in this rather wild part of the UK.
We stopped for fish and chips at the best place in the county nearby, drove home tired and then I went out later in the afternoon and bought myself a bike - an aid for my mood as I recover further, hopefully.
I had a normal sort of day, but you know something? It was fantastic without alcohol! I hope I have many more like it!
Seems like an ordinary day but it's so far from what used to be "ordinary". Pretty amazing, huh?
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Mentium, You've been set free. It's so wonderful to read about your lovely day. I don't know why we thought we needed to rely on alcohol to feel content - but it's over now and we're never going back. 
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Great post! You are completely right - these normal, good, solid days are indeed part of our "reward" for getting sober. A lot of us didn't have these types of days during our active alcoholism...and many of us have forgotten what it feels like.
It sounds like you did have a very solid and rewarding day and it's great to be able to see it, recognize it, and share it. Thanks for that. Good on ya!
It sounds like you did have a very solid and rewarding day and it's great to be able to see it, recognize it, and share it. Thanks for that. Good on ya!
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