EndGameNYC

I know that your heart's in the right place, and you've given tremendous support here, but this kind of benign, emotional bait-and-switch is often disorienting, sometimes even disturbing, perhaps more so for those of us who've experienced such things under much more painful circumstances.

FreeOwl

Well, apologies to those of you whose have found this disturbing or offensive.

My experience has been that there are also people who find a little levity and a different take on things refreshing.

I too have had many painful experiences with binges of the type that are devastating in the context of addiction. To me, being able to be a little light hearted about these things has actually been helpful to my sobriety.

If it's not your bag, it wasn't intended to bring you harm.

BlissWithin

I have much fun reading those, so I searched for all non-drinking threads started by FreeOwl and made this list:

lately, been drinking a lot....

I just slammed a cocktail....

Woke up hammered....

Still drinkng like an addict...

Had an incredible craving.... Sitting in a bar....

Poured a huge tall glass and pounded it....

Looks like I'm getting hooked again....

mebutmuchbetter

I had to read the post a couple of times too. Maybe be aware of type 2 diabetes from weight gain.. you probs know this anyway ;-)

Definitely better than a booze binge and definitely better than my efforts to give up alcohol about ten years ago which saw me switch to class As instead!! Coffee would have been a far better option, everything is relative

FreeOwl

Lol! That's great bliss!!

Now I'm sure I have well over 3,000 posts here. Out of that many, I'd say this small handful of light-hearted posts seems pretty reasonable.

SoberLife90

Hello. I wanted to give my two cents...for whatever its worth. When i first got sober i tried coffee and energy drinks. They made me feel good. Full of energy too. Then i stopped drinking them because i thought it was messing my skin up. Well last month I was up very late at a friends house and had to work in about 3 hours so i drank some coffee. Woot woot was thst the best work day i ever worked on barely any sleep. So anywayd i love me a nice cup of coffee...or two or 3. So what! I dont see why it is bad for me anyways. And sugar...pshhhhh...sugar gives our bodies energy. I have an addictive personality and thats just who i am. At the end of thr day the thing that will really F my life up is taking a drink or taking a drug. I want to live my life! Im going to have a damn cup of coffee if i want!