Reality
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Reality
So today is day 6. Angry, hungry and very tired hahaha.
Yesterday I started to feel like I’ve wasted my life. I’m 34 and my new boyfriend is 39. He’s wonderful and so supportive. But I feel a bit sad we didn’t meet earlier. Or that if I had my life sorted we could be doing so much more together now.
Sober living...... it’s not a cake walk
Yesterday I started to feel like I’ve wasted my life. I’m 34 and my new boyfriend is 39. He’s wonderful and so supportive. But I feel a bit sad we didn’t meet earlier. Or that if I had my life sorted we could be doing so much more together now.
Sober living...... it’s not a cake walk
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Originally Posted by Al34 
Sober living...... it’s not a cake walk
Recovery--learning to live and love your sober life--that's the ticket.
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Sobriety is what you make of it. Quitting drinking, initially I was depressed at the time, money wasted. That I've said and done things I'm not proud of whilst drunk and if I dwell on it, then my sober life won't be really that great.
I've taken sobriety this time to just focus on improving myself mentally and physically. No it's not easy, plenty of times I might feel crap but I'm deciding this time round to do more to be better and only I can do that.
I've taken sobriety this time to just focus on improving myself mentally and physically. No it's not easy, plenty of times I might feel crap but I'm deciding this time round to do more to be better and only I can do that.
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Originally Posted by doggonecarl
If all you've done is quit drinking, then no, sobriety isn't a cake walk.
Recovery--learning to live and love your sober life--that's the ticket.
Recovery--learning to live and love your sober life--that's the ticket.
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I look at my drunkard years as my past. Things didn't get really bad until i was in my late 40s.
I was lucky many times.
Now i am in the next phase. The never drinking again phase. I relate best to non drinkers these days.
I don't hang around with any x drunks. I feel like i was a non drinker at heart, that got unknowingly addicted and then saved.
Sr saved my life.
Thanks.
I was lucky many times.
Now i am in the next phase. The never drinking again phase. I relate best to non drinkers these days.
I don't hang around with any x drunks. I feel like i was a non drinker at heart, that got unknowingly addicted and then saved.
Sr saved my life.
Thanks.
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I would lament the fact that I had thrown away my 20s and 30s but I've since changed my perspective on the matter.
At the age of 40 I am now healthy, happy, sane, and I know what my life goals are. If I continue with my recovery there is a lifetime of happiness waiting for me. If I were to start drinking again it all goes down the toilet.
It's why I call myself a grateful alcoholic, which many think is a paradox. I view all the years of misery ultimately as an investment in my happiness for the rest of my life.
At the age of 40 I am now healthy, happy, sane, and I know what my life goals are. If I continue with my recovery there is a lifetime of happiness waiting for me. If I were to start drinking again it all goes down the toilet.
It's why I call myself a grateful alcoholic, which many think is a paradox. I view all the years of misery ultimately as an investment in my happiness for the rest of my life.
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