grampa

I took my wife to the walk in clinic for an ear infection and it is funny how my brain work I thought just for a sec good she will go to bed and I can drink alone.Then I though no I don't drink funny how alcohol can change our thought patterns is amazing I realize now that my life was taken up so much by it every moment was spent obsessing over how to drink where to drink I dreamt about it when I was dehydrated.Ive been 40 days and can realy feel the difference one thing I keep thinking is don't get to confident don't think its done with you take a day at a time and enjoy sobrietyEvery day it is great to wake up sober this is an amazing journey.My granddaughter is going for a sleepover today and I said I would drop her off and pick her up tomorrow something I would not have been able to do when drinking in fact I would have resented having to stay sober to driveSo much freedom..tks tks tks all at SR God bless all of you and to people sruggling hang in there it gets better and is so worth it

Thepatman

Amen grampa!

You have the frame of mind for a solid sobriety! Those little things like seeing your grand daughter is what counts!

Keep trucking!

Nonsensical

Boom!

I never knew I was a slave until I was free. Amazing, isn't it?

Thanks for the great post.

Dee74

way to go grampa

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Della1968

I love your Sunday posts!

HeadLump

Lovely post, grampa

I hope grandma is feeling better soon! xx

Tiptree

Grampa - great post. I remember that thinking so well, where everything was about when I could start my drinking. Good news is that that thinking goes away, the longer you stay sober. Whenever I get that thought in my head, that I can have a glass of wine, I remember how much I gave up or missed because I was too drunk or hungover to care. Didn't realize how sick I was until I got well. Hope you hang in there because it's worth it.

Soberwolf

Awesome Grampa hope the wife's ear infection isnt too serious

439trish

Great post, thank you. Hope the rest of your Sunday is just as wonderful

Day 23 here so I'm looking forward to finding out what your 40 feels like!!

Trying to be my best, Trish.

SoberLeigh

Great post, grampa.

Alcoholism is exhausting, isn't???!!! The planning, the preparation, the hiding . . . .

LBrain

That's great grampa, it's wonderful to come back to life again.

jstar

The freedom to go anywhere, do anything, at any time...this I had given up for the last several months after having almost 9 months of freedom. What you said really hit me about being resentful that you had to stay sober because you'd have to drive somewhere. That is how I've been feeling. Thank you so much for posting that, makes me see a glimpse of my sickness that I keep trying to pretend doesn't exist.

PurpleKnight

Great stuff Grampa!!