excited about sobriety in the new year
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excited about sobriety in the new year
So here I am again.
I haven't been thinking about sobriety at all the last few months. Mainly because I have been enjoying my job, my friends, a new love interest, my birthday (it was christmas eve! I am 27!) , and of course the holidays.
When life is going great i tend to ignore my drinking. I went through a sporadic week or two when I literally just chugged out of the bottle. I decided not to do that anymore so I just went out with my friends and had too many cocktails.
I had a few crazy nights where I blacked out.
That's the extent of it.
I haven't hit rock bottom but I am trying something new.
I desperately want to change my attitude. In the past I dreaded sobriety. I tried to hang on to my 20s and party lifestyle. I convinced myself that I didn't have a problem because I am functioning. I had a negative view of being sober.
This time in 2015 I want to be excited about it.
I want to look forward to no anxiety, no regrets, no hangovers, no binge eating, no wasted time, no wasting money, no blacking out. I want to look forward to eating right and sleeping better. Most of all I want to be stoked about being proud of myself.
I hope everyone spends quality sober time with Friends and Family in 2015. And I hope we can all learn to love each other.
I am finishing up day 2. Goodnight everyone!
I haven't been thinking about sobriety at all the last few months. Mainly because I have been enjoying my job, my friends, a new love interest, my birthday (it was christmas eve! I am 27!) , and of course the holidays.
When life is going great i tend to ignore my drinking. I went through a sporadic week or two when I literally just chugged out of the bottle. I decided not to do that anymore so I just went out with my friends and had too many cocktails.
I had a few crazy nights where I blacked out.
That's the extent of it.
I haven't hit rock bottom but I am trying something new.
I desperately want to change my attitude. In the past I dreaded sobriety. I tried to hang on to my 20s and party lifestyle. I convinced myself that I didn't have a problem because I am functioning. I had a negative view of being sober.
This time in 2015 I want to be excited about it.
I want to look forward to no anxiety, no regrets, no hangovers, no binge eating, no wasted time, no wasting money, no blacking out. I want to look forward to eating right and sleeping better. Most of all I want to be stoked about being proud of myself.
I hope everyone spends quality sober time with Friends and Family in 2015. And I hope we can all learn to love each other.
I am finishing up day 2. Goodnight everyone!
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: London
Posts: 941
Jade, well done on day 2. And well done on recognising you don't have to hit to rock bottom before you can embrace sobriety.
The things you list about sobriety that you're looking forward to are all great reasons to carry on into a sober 2015!
The things you list about sobriety that you're looking forward to are all great reasons to carry on into a sober 2015!
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