10 things you DON'T miss?
 

So often I catch myself thinking about things I miss, or things I'll miss out on in the future, by not drinking. I know I'm not alone in that!
What are some things you don't miss? Doesn't necessarily need to be 10, and I'm sure some people share the same.

10 things I DON'T miss

1)Hangovers!
2)Drunken phone calls/texts/FB posts
3)Wondering if I made an ass of myself in front of anyone
4)Bruises (I'm clumsy enough sober)
5)Having to search for my wedding rings around the house
6)The anxiety and depression in the days following heavy drinking
7)Knowing that I am damaging my body
8)Guilt
9)Wine/beer bottles in the recycling
10)The constant calculations

I am with you on not missing hangovers! I still misplace my darn wedding rings sometimes, but not nearly as much as I did.

Here are a few more:
-Puffy face
-Red eyes
-43 pounds
-feeling foggy all day long
-wondering if I had enough wine for the night
-not being able to drive at night because I had been drinking
-wondering whether I should answer the phone from a work colleague, because I might be too tipsy to talk

- working out how I'm going to get the bottles into the house past my wife and kids
- working out how I'm going to hide the alcohol in the house
- working out how I'm going to hide the empties in the house
- freaking out when I forgot where I put the alcohol this time
- working out how I'm going to get the empties out of the house past my wife and kids
- lying constantly about everything :(

Besides all the horrifying side effects, I really don't miss all the planning that I had to put into my personal chemistry. -Enough of this. Enough of that. Getting it. Hiding use. Stashing. Timing.

Now I go through my days planning to eat on time. Ha! Pretty boring, huh? -No wonder sober folks get more done!

Write this down and look at it everyday! :c011:

Things I don't miss about drinking
1-hangovers
2-fighting with my husband
3-guilt
4-heavy head fog
5-night sweats
6-spending $80 a week at the liquor store
7-passing out fully dressed
8-hoping my co-workers don't notice my hands shaking
9-sleeping on the bathroom floor by the toilet
10-wasting my life away every single night

Things I don't miss about drinking


rotting teeth

not enjoying food

messing up finances

not being able to see my kids

trouble with the cops

being taken advantage of

falling

loosing control of bodily functions

pain

self loathing

trying to quit yet again

Wettimg the bed- haven't done that one since I stopped drinking.

1memory problems
2eye bags
3yellowish eyes
4weight gain/bloat
5bruises
6dui
7bad rep
8loss of family friends finances
9depression worse anxiety worse
10hiding bottles

All. The. Lies.

To myself, to my friends, to my family, to my job. Then having to remember all the lies, in order to not undo the entire spider web.

Life is calmer when you're sober.

The lying.
The hiding.
The shame.
The wondering what I did the night before.
Waking up not in my own bed.
The gastric distress all day every day.
Legal problems.
Spending up to $100 a week on booze.
Not being present for my kids.
Missing work because of hangovers.
Mysterious bruises and even worse injuries.

I could go on and on. I really don't miss anything. Not even the buzz. I get my buzzes off of living life on the straight and narrow now. When I pay off a credit card bill, I get a buzz. When I do a good job on something at work, I get a buzz. When I'm a good mom and grandma I get a buzz. I do not need alcohol to give me good feelings anymore.

Everything is better sober. I do not miss a single thing about drinking, because 99% or more of it had become terrible. Even when I was "good," I wasn't.

Now, my life is real, complicated, fun, tiring, hopeful, strong, grateful, free and happy.

Losing friends and family
Divorce
Homelessness
Poverty
DUI
Hangovers
Malnutrition
Laziness
Losing jobs
Constant lonliness

I can identify with so many of these. I think I'll come back and read this thread the next time I start thinking I "miss" drinking.
Thank you :)

1) The feeling in the pit of my stomach the next morning, knowing I did something stupid but can't remember what.
2) Hating myself
3) The stomachaches
4) Missing out on my kids
5) That awful red "mask" on my face (slowly fading! YAY!)
6) The panic when I wasn't sure there was enough alcohol left for the night
7) Rushing to sneak drinks when someone left the room
8) The constant lying
9) Not knowing how I got home the night before
10) Wasting my life away

I don't miss any of me when drinking. Being in full control of myself and my decisions is the best thing ever!

1) 3:15 a.m. I woke up every night at 3:15 sweaty, heart pounding and dreading...everything.

2) The endless yammering in my head about whether I was going to drink that day and how much and how soon and how much did I have last night and how much did I intend to have last night and this isn't good (but I'm not "that bad" and what am I doing to my health blablablaBLABLABLA."

My head is a much quieter place these days.

3) Having zero self-confidence or self-trust. I assumed I would eventually screw up...everything.

Just writing this makes me shudder.

I don't miss being paralyzed with fear and impending doom after a binge. While going through that if someone would have popped a balloon I think my heart would have exploded. I hated that.

Love this

The anxiety after 1 drink
Shouting at my kids
Being fun hyper ass
Drink driving
Waking up after drinking
The first look at someone the next day to see if I'm in trouble
The first sip as it starts to change me in to an idiot
The nightmares
The sweats and burning skin