Chilledice

Day 9 checking in gang! 7 hours sleep last night so it seems to be improving, yesterday was ROUGH! I always seem to crack emotionally in the evening but I pull through and that's thanks to you guys

Well here I am, sober! Can feel my liver healing day by day!

SixSongs

Keep it up!!!

MythOfSisyphus

Very good! Just remember how bad it can get. If you want to heal and get the life you want you gotta work the sobriety! You can do it, Chilledice.

Chilledice

Thanks for the encouragement what do folk mean by work the sobriety tho?

MythOfSisyphus

To me I just mean "work at it" and have a plan for when things get tough. You have noticed how it goes; you wake up after a binge feeling terrible. You swear off drinking for good and you really mean it. And it goes great at first. You feel better, you look better and everything is positive. But then you have a bad day. Maybe some jerk cuts you off in traffic or you have a big fight with the boss, etc.

Or maybe it's the opposite. Everything is going well and you figure, I've earned just one drink!

Things will come along good and bad that throw you off your game or upset your equilibrium. When that happens you need some good plan or method to cope and not just fall back on drinking. Years ago I had only one tool in the tool box- booze! It was my ready excuse for everything. I needed to learn another way to live.

It seems you're doing really well! I hope this is the attempt that "sticks" for you, Chilledice!

Chilledice

I hope it sticks too, my pain inside is not worth dying for! That's what I keep telling myself!

RedheadJen

Doing awesome, keep it up!!!

PurpleKnight

Keep pushing through!! Day 9 is fantastic!!

NorMar

Yes, the evenings were the worst for me too. . Be Strong. Sleeping 7 hours, that's Great.