How long have you been sober for? How’s it going?
sober style
Join Date: May 2016
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 2,384
I'm at 351 days, will have a full year in a couple of weeks. I couldn't be doing better. I am Lazarus arisen from the tomb as far as I'm concerned, cause I was dead to the world and myself back when I was staying drunk all day every day.
So yeah, I give sobriety my highest 5-star rating and recommend it to everyone! Worth every bit of the trouble it took getting here.
So yeah, I give sobriety my highest 5-star rating and recommend it to everyone! Worth every bit of the trouble it took getting here.
No Dogma Please
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,562
A bit over 8 months.
Mostly fantastic. I feel great and extremely present. Friends like Me 9.3 much more than Me 8.9. I'm looking at life with a clear mind and an open heart.
I'm accelerating rebuilding my life from the wreckage of the end of my drinking, and have made a lot of huge changes, the biggest being the work necessary in sobriety. Its causing me some stress at the moment, but its far beyond worth it.
Mostly fantastic. I feel great and extremely present. Friends like Me 9.3 much more than Me 8.9. I'm looking at life with a clear mind and an open heart.
I'm accelerating rebuilding my life from the wreckage of the end of my drinking, and have made a lot of huge changes, the biggest being the work necessary in sobriety. Its causing me some stress at the moment, but its far beyond worth it.
I am McLovin'
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Posts: 144
I'm a few days away from 4 years. I can honestly say the last 4 years have been the best of my life (I'm 45).
I remember coming into this "Newcomers to Recovery" forum 10 years ago (yes it took me 6 years to finally get sober)...beaten, hungover, desperate, looking for answers. Just look at my early posts, I was a hot mess.
I made a decision over time (occurring through many relapses), to pursue sobriety, keep an open mind, take suggestions and try new things, be honest with myself and others, keep my head down while I did the necessary footwork, and not give up. Low and behold sobriety took hold and things got better.
That's in a nutshell. I'm sure everyone else here can do the same :-)
I remember coming into this "Newcomers to Recovery" forum 10 years ago (yes it took me 6 years to finally get sober)...beaten, hungover, desperate, looking for answers. Just look at my early posts, I was a hot mess.
I made a decision over time (occurring through many relapses), to pursue sobriety, keep an open mind, take suggestions and try new things, be honest with myself and others, keep my head down while I did the necessary footwork, and not give up. Low and behold sobriety took hold and things got better.
That's in a nutshell. I'm sure everyone else here can do the same :-)
Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Utah
Posts: 46
Just over eight months
I'm 63 & was a daily drinker for thirty years. I feel & look so much better. Just about everything was a trigger, since most everything we did included alcohol. I always try & have lots of sparkling water on hand for those occasions. I used to resent my sobriety, now I cherish it & protect it. Hang in there!!!!
I'm 63 & was a daily drinker for thirty years. I feel & look so much better. Just about everything was a trigger, since most everything we did included alcohol. I always try & have lots of sparkling water on hand for those occasions. I used to resent my sobriety, now I cherish it & protect it. Hang in there!!!!
Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: Texas
Posts: 83
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50 days today. Mentally much better! Anxiety is minimal. Physically exhausted most of the time...but sounds like that passes!
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,601
2.61 years / 952 days
It has been the struggle of a lifetime but I finally feel like I have summitted the mountain and things are getting good.
This was an EPIC journey and I would never go back to drinking!
It has been the struggle of a lifetime but I finally feel like I have summitted the mountain and things are getting good.
This was an EPIC journey and I would never go back to drinking!
Member
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 13
I have been sober for 41 days. I spent 23 years of my life drinking heavily. It was my 'go to' for just about any situation from joy to grief and everything in between..."you drink when your team wins and you drink when they lose". Literally everything was an excuse to drink.
The most important thing for me is reprogramming my mind because vodka is still a natural first instinct, so I acknowledge the thought when it passes my brain, but then I dismiss it and continue on.
One day it will no longer be the first instinct...I look forward to that day.
The most important thing for me is reprogramming my mind because vodka is still a natural first instinct, so I acknowledge the thought when it passes my brain, but then I dismiss it and continue on.
One day it will no longer be the first instinct...I look forward to that day.
Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 3,597
I love these answers!
Like many of you, my life has completely transformed for the better. There's no comparing my life now to how I was 716 days ago.
I coined a phrase the other day: I'm entering the Boeing numbers now: 707, 727, 737, 747, 767, Triple 7 days..... I love it! I had my first Boeing number two weeks ago, and my next one in eleven days.
Like many of you, my life has completely transformed for the better. There's no comparing my life now to how I was 716 days ago.
I coined a phrase the other day: I'm entering the Boeing numbers now: 707, 727, 737, 747, 767, Triple 7 days..... I love it! I had my first Boeing number two weeks ago, and my next one in eleven days.
Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: St.Petersburg, FL.
Posts: 1,077
748 days for me, and I am grateful for each second. I never want to go back to that dark place again, and thank God I don't have to, as long as I don't drink. Best wishes for peace and strength to all who are fighting this monster.
Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: northern michigan. not the U.P.
Posts: 15,281
How long have you been sober for? How’s it going?
my DOS is 4/23/05, but ive only been sober since 5:45 a.m. TODAY.
hows it going? today, pretty good.
however, not every day has been good in sobriety. there have been some times along the journey that havent been that easy- not about drinking, just life on lifes terms.
trudging sucks, but its well worth it because there aint no drink worthy event nor an event that a drink will make better.
make it worse? about 23 years of drinking experience tells me a crapton worse.
my DOS is 4/23/05, but ive only been sober since 5:45 a.m. TODAY.
hows it going? today, pretty good.
however, not every day has been good in sobriety. there have been some times along the journey that havent been that easy- not about drinking, just life on lifes terms.
trudging sucks, but its well worth it because there aint no drink worthy event nor an event that a drink will make better.
make it worse? about 23 years of drinking experience tells me a crapton worse.
Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Oldsmar, FL
Posts: 22
Just turned 50, 2 weeks sober. I drank daily for about 25 years. In the last 10 to 15, at least a 12 pack of beer a day, sometimes hard stuff on top. Ive tried many times before, but this time I want it to stick. Shouldnt be hard as my gut is so messed up from what i did to it. Congratulations to you on your decision and welcome to this most helpful forum.
Member
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 101
Originally Posted by plop 
293 days. The first two months were awful because of fatigue. Now there are good days and there are bad days, but even on those bad days I don't feel I need to drink.
So things are getting better.
So things are getting better.
I honestly feel it has taken me all of these 9 months to get a firm foothold back in reality.
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