Lascaux

When was the last time I was sober for 7 days? I don't know, but it's been a long, long time. Day 7 is a wonderful thing to wake up to! You folks are making a big difference to me. I'm one of those high functioning secret drinkers and no one in my life knows I drink so checking in here, even just to say hello, is a huge help.

gatorman

Good job!!! This site indeed helps. Check in every day.

Dee74

Congratulations Lascaux

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PhoenixJ

Good for checking in. High functioning is A deception... For me it meant always having to check others were okay- because that would indicate they did not know how much I drank. I looked normal- so I was clever and justified. They knew, I wasn't.

joandmelandhan

^^^^ this! I was exactly the same! Congrats on 7 days. Keep posting and take care xxx

saoutchik

Congratulations Lascaux, there is something satisfying about a week.

Lascaux

Thanks, guys! Going in to the weekend with Saturday as a milestone was a bit of extra motivation, and Sunday's a bonus - the booze shops are closed

Upstairs

Great job on seven days! I wish I had quit before my secret was out. Course I had thought it was mostly unknown for years prior. Wrongo!

Everydaysabonus

Well done keep up the good work.

CreativeThinker

Congrats on 7 days! Best feeling ever!

D122y

Las,

I'm curious how you hid your drinking from everyone?

Being drunk has some teltail signs.

Curious also about your drinking history.

I don't think this info will blow your cover.

I honestly can't think of a way, without being a hacker or an admin, to figure out who someone is.

Even then, unless a person routinely performs a critical task drunk, e.g. driving school kids, brain surgery etc, nobody really cares.

Thanks.

Delilah1

Congratulations on your first of many weeks sober. You will continue to feel better and better. Check in here as often as possible!

Lascaux

I was just a solitary drinker - never drank in public, never drank at parties, just went home every day after work, got hammered and went to bed. Never had any problems at work or sick days, but I certainly didn't have much of a life aside from that. I'd try to do other things on the weekends but what really scared me was I started "doubling" - get up Saturday, drink, go to bed, get up Saturday late afternoon, drink, go to bed. I'd generally toss any remaining booze out Sunday morning so I'd be fairly normal by Monday, but Monday after work I'd go right back to the schedule.
Glad to be spending my Saturday with you folks instead!

Pierce1230

Congratulations, 7 days is a huge deal!

Take the opportunity to breathe a little bit and enjoy this feeling of accomplishment.

fini

way to go, Lascaux!
i was a solitary drinker,too, and nobody knew.
so it as a bit odd when, after being sober a while, i told a few people about this exciting sobriety- thing i was doing and had to disclose first that i'm an alcoholic.

keep going, you'll find your way.

Lascaux

[QUOTE=fini;6493350]... it as a bit odd when, after being sober a while, i told a few people about this exciting sobriety- thing i was doing and had to disclose first that i'm an alcoholicQUOTE]

Yep, it feels funny wanting to go WHOO HOO! and only being able to do it online

MyRecoveredLife

Congratulations on getting through the first week, 24 hours at a time!

gregknight

Awesome job, my cave-art friend! One week is a biggie.

Charli23

Well done !
I can understand, I am also high functioning and I'm doing this without family or friends knowing about it. It's definitely great to check in here. Day 8 for me !
Let's keep going!

rascalwhiteoak

Congrats on 7 days, fellow Tarheel!

I also mostly drank alone, so when I quit drinking there was a lot of "why?" I never missed work, kept the bills paid, all that ... Though the more astute folks knew exactly "why."