Originally Posted by Bekindalways

Just curious Serper: had you been trying to quit before the Soberrecovery Feb 2014 join date?

Originally Posted by Serper2014

Until now! Actually where I'm at, I'm halfway through day 32.
I can't believe it. Is it really 2016? Have I been in a coma for that long? To be honest, I don't really know what I did differently. It would be amazing to come here with the information "Once I did this, THAT is what finally got me to make it to 30 days after trying to hit that benchmark for YEARS." I wish I could be more helpful to those who are in their first week, but I just don't know what has changed. I thought that the 30 days, if I ever even made it, would be this big emotional struggle and it wasn't. It was just simply living my life without drinking. Telling my tinder dates that 'no I don't drink' with no worrying about what they would think, it just seemed that the words were a fact like George Washington's birthday-- there's no room for debate, I just don't drink anymore. I'm almost afraid that I didn't do enough, I almost feel like I didn't struggle enough in the 30 days. I told my father last night that it almost "feels too easy." This feeling is causing me to reevaluate because I don't want to get cocky and end up not getting to 60 days because I didn't do enough to support my recovery. I do something daily before bed that is recovery related, just to remind myself what I am. I mean it has been YEARS that I've been actively trying to get sober. I've been trying every single day for years to make this one count.... so it's not as if I wasn't learning the whole time. Maybe all of that experience, finally paid off? I don't know, but I'm not going to over think it. I'm sober for a month today and feel great. Anyone else have the experience that they really didn't do anything differently (except for not drink), but something just "clicked" ?