EndGameNYC

It's been a while since I've taken one of those exciting, hair-rising rides to the ER. I miss the lollipops they give me when they let me out.

Conquest

My manicure looks pretentious.

Bailey3

Because your wife (ex now) will be really happy when she gets home to find your drunk and, taking down trees with a chainsaw.

Carlotta

I miss hugging my toilet bowl: poor thing must be feeling so unloved these days

I miss waking up at 3 am so I can recycle my empties discretely in the neighborhood's church bin

I miss the feeling of self hatred and disgust when I look in the mirror

Fly N Buy

Courage2 - yes, the smell....

When I'd call my wife while drinking out if town, she would comment - glad this isn't a smell a phone. Charming

margherita

omg this.

Marcher13

I miss the time when weekends passed in a blur of drinking and hangovers. Now I have two whole days every week that have to be filled with living and doing things of my own choice.

Ruby2

Thank you all for the laughs. And the reminders. Reasons to drink today? I need to lose about fifteen pounds. I liked the skeletal look from drinking all my calories and not eating.

I like having flaming red and rough skin on my face. Saves me money on rouge.

I miss misplacing my glasses and car keys and I'm tired of eating ice cream.

I miss having fights with my husband when we were both drunk.

And I'm tired of finishing projects that I've started. Oh wait. I still have trouble doing that. Progress, not perfection.

SnowDawg

Excusing myself during 'intimacy' because I'm feeling an impending episode of vomiting.
Refusing dinner dates to great restaurants in order not to bust my buzz.
My three AM chug of Alka-Seltzer halved with vodka.
And I really miss the uncontrollable restless leg syndrome.

SoberLife90

I miss humiliating myself in front of all my close friends.

Pipping

I miss seeing unhealthy deep fried food I forgot I ordered all over the kitchen floor in the morning
I miss emptying overflowing ashtrays while extremely hungover and dry retching
I miss vomiting and shaking in the shower with 5 minutes before I have to be at work

DoubleFelix

I miss feeling disconnected and alienated from friends, family, community, and myself.

I miss shame, bewilderment, and dishonesty.

I miss passing out mid conversation with people I just met. Charming, eh?

Too bad I'm now employed, in a relationship, healthy, and spiritually centered now, right??

MelindaFlowers

I miss the acid reflux. Nothing like starting the day feeling like you're giving birth to a child through your throat.

I miss how alcohol made my heart skip a beat. No, literally. I think my heart did skip beats sometimes. I had this weird irregular heartbeat every day during the withdrawal. Okay, it probably never actually skipped a beat. I wondered if I would set some kind of new record by having a heart attack before I turned 30.

Alynn

Because I miss chugging extras in public bathrooms and hiding beer cans all over the house...
I also really miss worrying about my health, making a fool of myself, avoiding entire days because of hangovers, lying, sneaking, anxiety, not being able to eat, feeling distant fro God, canceling plans, posting dumb stuff on Facebook, ahh the good old days.. Not!!!!

Love this! What a great reminder what we are not missing!

Hawks

I haven't gagged on my tooth brush in a while.

My car is in need of a few more "whisky bumps"

I miss the sound of 100 odd beer bottles loudly clinking & smashing at 5am when the recycling truck would empty our bin.

Hawks

Good to see you Hooped

Nice work mate !!!

snowbunting

It's weird having physical energy - I really miss being barely able to move during those epic hangovers

Spending time happy and cosy with my husband is so lame when I could be out in the cold night air after closing time, stumbling towards some stranger's house because I'm just not ready to stop drinking and go home to bed yet

Without the influence of alcohol urging me to chain smoke, my chest no longer feels like it's being crushed by a wardrobe. I miss that special feeling of airlessness and suffocation, and the beautiful stale, sickly perfume on my breath which no toothpaste could quite remove.

Hawks

DoubleDragons

I really miss not be included nor being a major player in the extended family drunken debates/escalations/nasty arguments that are so conveniently swept under the rug like they never happened, the next morning. What are the holidays without one of those doozies????

GracieLou

Which one?

I miss my shovel.

I miss the bar that I could raise or lower depending on my perception that day.

I miss the doom. Loved those gloomy days hiding in my house all weekend with the curtains drawn.

I miss the panic attacks on my drive to work. Who needs exercise when your heart races that much just driving?

I miss not finding random dinners left in the microwave, my dog is starving!

I miss the crying, the sadness, the hopelessness and the fear. We had such good times!

I miss that sick feeling when the hair of the dog hits.

I miss the denial, the lies and blaming others. This personal responsibility stuff is getting old.

I miss being trapped in the house. Go to Walmart or to dinner at 7pm? WTF is wrong with you people?

I miss not having enough time. I never had time to do anything like clean, go shopping, see a movie, take a walk, play with dog, talk to a friend, bake a cake, take a nap and I liked it that way. Work, Drink, Sleep..that was the life. Time well spent that was! Glory days!