Sobriety: Losing your sense of humour a requirement?
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There are quite a few standup comedians who are sober, off the top of my head there's Ben Roy; who speaks about his struggles with sobriety a lot, Russell Brand is another.
If you have a look here, there are quite a few comedians who are sober (EVEN BILL HICKS!) if you google List of Teetotalers
From a personal perspective, I've found humour really tough to deal with since I've stopped drinking. Part of the reason when I was with people more often than not, in social contexts there was alcohol. Alcohol was a means to lose inhibitions and not worry about cracking a joke, where there is an element of failure to encounter. It's taking me to be able to make jokes while dealing with insecurities in a social context.
Regarding my alcoholism in a social context, at first I was very reluctant to speak about it with my friends but I've been growing more and more comfortable to make jokes about the problems I'm facing with my close friends.
I imagine like many other things, it takes time to recover and be able to be the person you want to be and just because humour isn't as it was before at this moment in time, there is no reason why it can't be further along in the recovery. Whether or not that statement is true, that is what I tell myself.
If you have a look here, there are quite a few comedians who are sober (EVEN BILL HICKS!) if you google List of Teetotalers
From a personal perspective, I've found humour really tough to deal with since I've stopped drinking. Part of the reason when I was with people more often than not, in social contexts there was alcohol. Alcohol was a means to lose inhibitions and not worry about cracking a joke, where there is an element of failure to encounter. It's taking me to be able to make jokes while dealing with insecurities in a social context.
Regarding my alcoholism in a social context, at first I was very reluctant to speak about it with my friends but I've been growing more and more comfortable to make jokes about the problems I'm facing with my close friends.
I imagine like many other things, it takes time to recover and be able to be the person you want to be and just because humour isn't as it was before at this moment in time, there is no reason why it can't be further along in the recovery. Whether or not that statement is true, that is what I tell myself.
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Originally Posted by AncientMariner 
#1-Do you think it's a requirement of sobriety to lose your sense of humor?
#2-Do you think you have to change your personality completely?
#1 - of course not
#2- possibly not completely but, for many a psychic change is required.
I prefer to call it a Spiritual Awakening
turning away from the old man and becoming the new man (or woman)
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