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This is my first post
I'm only 5 days sober.
I'm starting to feel better and can't wait to not miss alcohol!
My sick mind is telling me that I'd be having more fun if I had a bottle of wine - I'm ignoring it ...
But already I don't miss the price of the 2 bottles of wine that I drink every night.
The crippling hangover the next day and hating my reflection.
The overwhelming anxiety - I still have a little anxiety but it's already much less.
I have already arranged to meet family for dinner tomorrow for a meal - something that I haven't done in a long time.
I don't miss isolating myself.
I really hope I stop lying - to everyone else and to myself!
I want to thank everyone for posting on this thread - there is a little bit in every post that I can relate to.
I'm only 5 days sober.
I'm starting to feel better and can't wait to not miss alcohol!
My sick mind is telling me that I'd be having more fun if I had a bottle of wine - I'm ignoring it ...
But already I don't miss the price of the 2 bottles of wine that I drink every night.
The crippling hangover the next day and hating my reflection.
The overwhelming anxiety - I still have a little anxiety but it's already much less.
I have already arranged to meet family for dinner tomorrow for a meal - something that I haven't done in a long time.
I don't miss isolating myself.
I really hope I stop lying - to everyone else and to myself!
I want to thank everyone for posting on this thread - there is a little bit in every post that I can relate to.
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: UK
Posts: 467
Thankyou
I'm so glad I found SR!
I have been crawling out of my skin the last few days.
I'm doing this alone and was looking for online support and found you all here!
Just reading through the forum and knowing I'm not alone is encouraging me to stay sober tonight xx
I'm so glad I found SR!
I have been crawling out of my skin the last few days.
I'm doing this alone and was looking for online support and found you all here!
Just reading through the forum and knowing I'm not alone is encouraging me to stay sober tonight xx
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: New England
Posts: 1,067
Originally Posted by overforty 
This is my first post
I'm only 5 days sober.
I'm starting to feel better and can't wait to not miss alcohol!
My sick mind is telling me that I'd be having more fun if I had a bottle of wine - I'm ignoring it ...
But already I don't miss the price of the 2 bottles of wine that I drink every night.
The crippling hangover the next day and hating my reflection.
The overwhelming anxiety - I still have a little anxiety but it's already much less.
I have already arranged to meet family for dinner tomorrow for a meal - something that I haven't done in a long time.
I don't miss isolating myself.
I really hope I stop lying - to everyone else and to myself!
I want to thank everyone for posting on this thread - there is a little bit in every post that I can relate to.
I'm only 5 days sober.
I'm starting to feel better and can't wait to not miss alcohol!
My sick mind is telling me that I'd be having more fun if I had a bottle of wine - I'm ignoring it ...
But already I don't miss the price of the 2 bottles of wine that I drink every night.
The crippling hangover the next day and hating my reflection.
The overwhelming anxiety - I still have a little anxiety but it's already much less.
I have already arranged to meet family for dinner tomorrow for a meal - something that I haven't done in a long time.
I don't miss isolating myself.
I really hope I stop lying - to everyone else and to myself!
I want to thank everyone for posting on this thread - there is a little bit in every post that I can relate to.
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Southern Spain
Posts: 355
Hi. It's great to have you here. I think it's a very good idea to completely ignore your inner voice for quite a while. If it tells you that tomorrow is the day after today, don't believe it. If it is anything like my noggin It'll be telling you all sorts of lies to convince you that you don't have a problem. Do you think that you will give AA a go?
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: US
Posts: 5,095
Welcome! I think the dishonesty of active addiction is one of the most soul crushing aspects. And strangely, for me, it carriers over into abstinence. Just used to white lies and hiding. Recovery, I guess, is learning to be transparent....to get over the fear of being 'seen' just as I am.
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,293
Originally Posted by overforty
Thankyou
I'm so glad I found SR!
I have been crawling out of my skin the last few days.
I'm doing this alone and was looking for online support and found you all here!
Just reading through the forum and knowing I'm not alone is encouraging me to stay sober tonight xx
I'm so glad I found SR!
I have been crawling out of my skin the last few days.
I'm doing this alone and was looking for online support and found you all here!
Just reading through the forum and knowing I'm not alone is encouraging me to stay sober tonight xx
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: California
Posts: 382
Welcome and congrats on changing your life. Someday you will look back and be so glad that you quit when you did. It's hard at first, but you will get stronger as the days go on. The anxiety will come and go. There are great things online that you can read about natural ways to handle anxiety. Anytime you feel tempted just remember all the bad that alcohol has caused you. 2 hours of being drunk isn't worth all the hours of being hungover, dehydrated, depressed, and feeling regretful.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 27
Hello. Congrats stringing some days together. Hope you are feeling better. Enjoy participating in life again. Savor the morning hung over free with a hot cup of coffee or a crisp chilled ice water. Much better way to live. Will check in soon. Tomorrow another day . They add up quick.
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