What a difference a day makes!
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What a difference a day makes!
I feel 1000% different and BETTER than yesterday when I was here whining away. I am still very grateful to all of you for putting up with me and sharing all the awesome advice. I am 10 days sober and I feel really great and grateful this morning. The weather is cool and beautiful outside.
I actually feel chirpy.
I actually feel chirpy.
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Good to hear. I've been going through the same irritations back and forth with people, too, so when I read your post I wasn't sure if you were having a bad early recovery day or just a misanthrope in general lol.
Today is a better day, I agree! Hope you enjoy your 4th of July week
Today is a better day, I agree! Hope you enjoy your 4th of July week
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For me, your posts are a terrific illustration of the difference between being drunk and living sober.
Living sober, we still have cruddy days, bad problems, necks we want to wring. But, living sober, we realize that those days PASS. The feelings of being overwhelmed and beaten down will PASS. When I was actively drinking, those feelings hung around my neck constantly......
It is that realization that helps me stay sober.
Living sober, we still have cruddy days, bad problems, necks we want to wring. But, living sober, we realize that those days PASS. The feelings of being overwhelmed and beaten down will PASS. When I was actively drinking, those feelings hung around my neck constantly......
It is that realization that helps me stay sober.
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Hi again ElleDee,
It is good to remember that most things in nature have an ebb phase and a flow phase, yin/yang, plus/minus, etc.
Try to remember that when you hit the next ebb phase, that it WILL be followed by a reversal of the tide, and you will soon feel much better again. Fortunately, the longer you are sober, the less drastic are those polar effects, and the more tolerable they become.
You are coming along nicely.
It is good to remember that most things in nature have an ebb phase and a flow phase, yin/yang, plus/minus, etc.
Try to remember that when you hit the next ebb phase, that it WILL be followed by a reversal of the tide, and you will soon feel much better again. Fortunately, the longer you are sober, the less drastic are those polar effects, and the more tolerable they become.
You are coming along nicely.
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Originally Posted by firstymer 
Living sober, we still have cruddy days, bad problems, necks we want to wring. But, living sober, we realize that those days PASS. The feelings of being overwhelmed and beaten down will PASS. When I was actively drinking, those feelings hung around my neck constantly......
It is that realization that helps me stay sober.
It is that realization that helps me stay sober.
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Aw..this does my heart good to read ED!! Funny..yesterday I was thrilled to be alive and today? I'm in a bit of a funk. I just drove home from the city with a heavy heart. All sorts of thoughts were rolling around my head bout life. I suddenly realized I was grieving. I was not grieving the loss of alcohol. I was/am ..today...grieving the loss of life sacrificed to my alcohol choices. One of the things that came to mind was something an old boss of mine said when I was newly hired a few years back. She was remarking how well I was doing.. how quick I was. She chose to re-iterate ...to me.. a comment that she had made to my superior. She basically said to me that she had said to him there had to be some reason that I wasn't further along in life..that I wasn't captain of some industry. She basically speculated that perhaps I was an alcoholic or otherwise impaired. I just remember the "alcoholic" comment.
And that's what I'm gnawing on today. Everyday has a new little surprise in early sobriety : )
So glad you're feeling better today.
And that's what I'm gnawing on today. Everyday has a new little surprise in early sobriety : )
So glad you're feeling better today.
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I am a lurker and haven't posted in close to two years...but your post inspired me to log back in and I just wanted to say that your posts from yesterday helped ME.
Who cares if you were whining?? We should all be supportive of one another through the crappy days in our sobriety.
Your posts made me realize that I am not the only one feeling this way and that HELPED me stay sober yesterday!
I am very glad that you are feeling better today - but remember that we all have our crap days and we have our good days...it's not just sobriety - who knows if we are dealing with anxiety, depression, illness or anything else as individuals so we need to keep an open mind and open heart.
Congratulations on 10 days sober.
Believe it or not, YOU helped me get to day 141.
Bayliss.
Who cares if you were whining?? We should all be supportive of one another through the crappy days in our sobriety.
Your posts made me realize that I am not the only one feeling this way and that HELPED me stay sober yesterday!
I am very glad that you are feeling better today - but remember that we all have our crap days and we have our good days...it's not just sobriety - who knows if we are dealing with anxiety, depression, illness or anything else as individuals so we need to keep an open mind and open heart.
Congratulations on 10 days sober.
Believe it or not, YOU helped me get to day 141.
Bayliss.
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