Wholesome

My bf was out drinking last night and I can smell the alcohol coming out of his pores. I can seriously smell him from across the room. I'm washing the sheets right now cuz I don't want to sleep in that smell. It leaves me wondering how many times I have have smelt like that and if I was ever fooling anyone about my drinking...... Oh the horror!! lol Work! The kids school! Jesus.

Wholesome

I should add that he usually smells nice!

JT0626

OMG, I wonder how many times I reeked of alcohol while droppin gmy daughter off at daycare. Oh $hit!!!! At least now I am not smelling like that anymore! ;-)

LBrain

if you don't smoke and someone who smokes gets in your car - it's nasty.
Alcohol is the same way, I was just always on the wrong end of 'that smell' and never noticed it until I was cleaned up.

Wholesome

That's your sobering thought for the day! Your welcome

JT0626

Definitely sobering!!! LMAO!

ScottFromWI

Yep, I can't believe i used to smell like that. And I'm sure I did just about every day.

Suzieq17

Yup. When I think back at all the times I was around other parents and what they must have thought of me--YIKES!! Glad to be sober.

Soberwolf

Makes us realise how good sobriety really is

Nice post

Lance40

Over the years I would notice that there were times my cotton T shirts would come out of the dryer with a sour, musty smell. I would have to wash them a second time to get rid of it. It was really quite offensive and took me quite some time to figure out that it always happened after I had a heavy binge and sweated when I was wearing the T shirt. It was still hard for me to believe that it really was the alcohol, but come to think of it there hasn't been one problem with it since I got sober.

jryan19982

Some guy at church sat down, somewhere close to me on XMas eve. And I could smell the smoke the whole time. Yuck. I used to love that smell and think ahhhh cant wait to smoke my next cig. Now it is disgusting. I cant even go to my local casino to play some blackjack because the smoking smell is repulsive (and it is a new casino with the state of the art ventilation system- not like the Old Vegas).

I mean I use to drink and smoke, so I can only imagine what my co workers thought when I walked in that morning, every morning. But now I dont have to worry and am pleased with myself. I no longer have to take two showers a day, constantly wash my hands and face after I smoke to get that smell off. Its rather nice.

Ethos23

Personally, I can't smell either alcohol people are drinking or on them (breath or sweat) or I physically wretch. The smell makes me physically ill.

heartcore

Yes, smelling yummy is a definite benefit of sobriety! When I hug people they often comment "wow, you smell really good..."

I also get to enjoy smells around my home now that I don't drink and smoke. I've become more smell sensitive, but I also take the time and put attention toward good smells - candles that smell nice, clean sheets, bath oils... It is one of the "simple pleasures" that has taken up residence inside all the space left over from the absence of alcohol and cigarettes.

I was sitting next to someone in a meeting the other day who reeked of cig smoke and realized that I probably wouldn't date a smoker now. Huh. Makes me wonder how many potential fellas who thought I was nifty smelled my cigarette perfume and changed their minds.

Huglets

Yes, we were a smelly bunch! I have an adult daughter who will occasionally have an alcoholic drink. It freaks her out that I can smell it on her breath 12 hours later!

red3215

It's really embarrassing when you find out people at work have been talking about it behind your back plus other signs you're a boozer for some time

SDH73

I have heard co-workers tell each other that they can smell the alcohol coming out of their pores the day after drinking. Knowing that my drinking habits were probably many times the units they probably consumed most of the time...well, I must have smelled like booze constantly! No one said a word.

Years ago, at a different job a guy waved his hand in front of his nose and said to me, "Whew! You must have really hit the booze last night!"
"No more than usual. Why?"
He looked mortified!
After he walked away I thought, "Hmm, what's wrong with HIM?!" LOL

Wholesome

That's the part I find the creepiest... no one ever mentioned a thing. OMG I'm so glad that I've put the drinking chapter of my life behind me.

soberclover

One of the realistic points about drinking alcohol the alcohol industry fails to print in those fancy ads that sell alcohol.

justinJustQuit

Oh gosh so true. There's this one guy at work that smelled alcohol on me every time. (every day)

I quit smoking and switched to vaping and now I can smell better. The same guy smelled of booze and I noticed.

SDH73

Yeah, Zen. it is troubling. Like it was just expected that I would smell like booze everyday and not worth mentioning. At least not to me. Hmmm.