Are you missing out?
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Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 476
I'm coming up on month 18 clean/sober (since 02/17/2014).
Strangely, I don't really feel like I'm "missing out" as far as having a good time or going to social events. I was never (and still am not) a very "social" person, so I never really left the house. Haven't had many "real life" friends ever since my late teens, so I guess that also kept me out of those types of venues.
I was a "stay at home" drinker for the most part. Usually I drove to the liquor store - or more recently - walked to the liquor store, and then went straight home and started to drink shortly after.
Occasionally I miss the "buzzed" feeling, but I don't really feel like I am "missing out" as far as going out to bars, clubs, social events, etc. Again, I'm not a very social person so I rarely attended such events to begin with.
One thing I do miss though is the "patio session". I used to live in a nice apartment on the top floor, had a spacious patio. I rather enjoyed just sitting out there during spring/summer while having a few cold ones. I enjoyed drinking in ambiance such as calm spring/summer evenings.
Strangely, I don't really feel like I'm "missing out" as far as having a good time or going to social events. I was never (and still am not) a very "social" person, so I never really left the house. Haven't had many "real life" friends ever since my late teens, so I guess that also kept me out of those types of venues.
I was a "stay at home" drinker for the most part. Usually I drove to the liquor store - or more recently - walked to the liquor store, and then went straight home and started to drink shortly after.
Occasionally I miss the "buzzed" feeling, but I don't really feel like I am "missing out" as far as going out to bars, clubs, social events, etc. Again, I'm not a very social person so I rarely attended such events to begin with.
One thing I do miss though is the "patio session". I used to live in a nice apartment on the top floor, had a spacious patio. I rather enjoyed just sitting out there during spring/summer while having a few cold ones. I enjoyed drinking in ambiance such as calm spring/summer evenings.
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 254
I won't miss out on the feeling that in order to socialize online I must be drinking first, and then having to go through my internet history the next morning (if I can even walk to my computer), delete the drunken facebook posts, scratch my head at the selfies I took on my phone whilst looking like a mad woman complete with purple teeth, go through my phone call history ans calling everyone I called and asking them what was I like last night. Not just once or twice a month, but several times. All drinking made me miss out on was life and self respect.
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