Six months today
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Six months today
I just noticed the date and it's exactly six months since I quit drinking.
I was at a work networking event in a bar tonight, where I only had a Raspberry juice and soda. Was expecting it to be cranberry, but hey, made it more of a memorable occasion
It wasn't till I got home, though, that it really hit me how much my life has changed. I left before closing time, and got home when my wife was still awake, and I didn't need to try and act sober. Because I was. And I won't be hung over tomorrow. And I actually did some successful networking and I'm not sitting here trying to figure out if I said or did anything stupid.
Overall, I'm really, really happy that I've done this. I genuinely don't miss drinking. And my life has improved in so many ways. In particular, my relationship with my girls has transformed for the better. And I'm taking an introduction to counselling course as a first step to a possible career change, and to help me understand myself better. The real, sober, me. And I was genuinely inspired to take that course by the tremendous spirit of kindness and helping I've encountered on here.
My life has improved so dramatically, so quickly, that my only regret is that I took so long to make the decision.
Good luck everyone on their own paths to sobriety. And thank you again to everyone here on SR. I would not have done this without you.
I was at a work networking event in a bar tonight, where I only had a Raspberry juice and soda. Was expecting it to be cranberry, but hey, made it more of a memorable occasion
It wasn't till I got home, though, that it really hit me how much my life has changed. I left before closing time, and got home when my wife was still awake, and I didn't need to try and act sober. Because I was. And I won't be hung over tomorrow. And I actually did some successful networking and I'm not sitting here trying to figure out if I said or did anything stupid.
Overall, I'm really, really happy that I've done this. I genuinely don't miss drinking. And my life has improved in so many ways. In particular, my relationship with my girls has transformed for the better. And I'm taking an introduction to counselling course as a first step to a possible career change, and to help me understand myself better. The real, sober, me. And I was genuinely inspired to take that course by the tremendous spirit of kindness and helping I've encountered on here.
My life has improved so dramatically, so quickly, that my only regret is that I took so long to make the decision.
Good luck everyone on their own paths to sobriety. And thank you again to everyone here on SR. I would not have done this without you.
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Thanks for the good wishes everyone. It took a long, long time to finally make the decision to quit. Too long. And in fact, I was three months sober before I actually committed to a Big Plan to make the decision permanent.
The key point I keep trying to make on here, though, for anyone worried about taking this big step, is these last six months have not been all about sacrifice and one day at a time denial of pleasure. Life is simply better sober. That came as a massive, massive surprise and I wish someone had found a way to tell me that in a way I would have believed many, many years ago. Anyone saying that I wrote off as having joined some kind of weird cult.
But I assure you, I'm a perfectly normal (ish) bloke, who still enjoys playing football, playing guitar in a rock band, still laugh at bad jokes and talk pointless rubbish with friends, enjoy doing typical family stuff. I just enjoy doing all these things more now.
The key point I keep trying to make on here, though, for anyone worried about taking this big step, is these last six months have not been all about sacrifice and one day at a time denial of pleasure. Life is simply better sober. That came as a massive, massive surprise and I wish someone had found a way to tell me that in a way I would have believed many, many years ago. Anyone saying that I wrote off as having joined some kind of weird cult.
But I assure you, I'm a perfectly normal (ish) bloke, who still enjoys playing football, playing guitar in a rock band, still laugh at bad jokes and talk pointless rubbish with friends, enjoy doing typical family stuff. I just enjoy doing all these things more now.
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