Springforward

I find it difficult to live life sober, i have been so used to getting drunk for years.

I wonder if i will ever be able to adjust to a normal life without drinking?

I am now sober once again 2 days today, i tried drinking again, it just does not work anymore.

When i sober up for a while, i always get restless, irritable, depressed, anxious, uncomfortable.

I need to stay sober, what are your thoughts?

AnvilheadII

this was my reply to your last thread asking the question in a similar way:

When i sober up for a while, i always get restless, irritable, depressed, anxious, uncomfortable.

I need to stay sober, what are your thoughts?

we need to learn to let how we feel or think just BE and not immediately want to DO something about them. all the things you describe are part and parcel of early recovry....from just about anything!!! talk to a person 4 days off caffeine or all refined sugar - and let me know if you survive!!!

we have to learn some adulting......that we have a feeling is just not THAT big a deal in the grand scheme. and feelings are transient, they do not last. i was madder than a wet hornet the other day at my husband about ..............something. don't remember NOW. because it's not THEN, it's NOW...time has passed, life has passed by, moved on, and today is an entirely different experience.

january161992

keep in mind ...

its the 1st drink that gets us drunk not the 20th

we cant get drunk without that 1st drink

our choice is between miserable unhappy drunken drinking and all the consequences

or

not taking 1 drink

God bless

least

For me, it's simple. I had to want to be sober more than I wanted to drink. Period. I also stopped looking at being sober as a punishment and started seeing it as a rewarding life.

I hope our support can help you get sober for good. It's worth it.

Anna

These are normal feelings in early recovery and you can learn ways to sit with the feelings and to help yourself feel better. Make a list of things you can do when you are feeling like that - go for a walk, listen to good music, call a friend, anything that will help you to relax a bit. You can do this!

Dee74

Hi Springforward

I dunno about you but I worked damned hard to stay drunk - rotating my stores, calling in sick, drinking in secret, using my last $20 for booze and then not eating for a few days until payday, hiding the empties in increasingly elaborate ways...you get the picture.

You really need that kind of effort and dedication to not drink as well.

What have you been doing to not drink - besides posting here a few times?
Maybe we can help you find some other things to do as well?

D