Six Months Sober
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Six Months Sober
Hello all.
Today, for the first time since joining SR five years ago, drinking, disappearing and crawling back countless times, I am happy to say I have finally reached the six month milestone.
Thanks for never giving up on me. Now I’m ready to go six more months and beyond.
Today, for the first time since joining SR five years ago, drinking, disappearing and crawling back countless times, I am happy to say I have finally reached the six month milestone.
Thanks for never giving up on me. Now I’m ready to go six more months and beyond.
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Thanks everyone.
It’s difficult for me to say what exactly has been “working,” because I don’t have any specific things I do with regards to staying sober. I don’t go to meetings, I only log onto here once or twice a month. I really don’t have a method.
I think for me, I really just reached a point where I was tired. Tired of alcohol. Tired of waking up every day and going through the same miserable process again and again and again. It was like my life was stuck in some time loop of absolute misery, and I could not take it anymore. And the only way out, of course, was to stop drinking.
Another thing I believe has helped me — and I speak only from MY experience, I am not saying anyone else should do this — is that I distanced myself from the idea of being an “alcoholic.” Thinking of myself that way made me feel not who I truly am. I am not denying that alcohol has an effect on my brain that is such that I should just not drink; obviously I believe that is true, hence why I stopped and have no intentions of consuming it in the future. I also still experience cravings or thoughts of drinking here and there. And I acknowledge them as something I need to be on the lookout for and deal with in a sober fashion when they pop up. But dissociating myself with the label of being an alcoholic I feel has been very helpful for me. Again, that’s just my experience.
I guess you could say I just think of myself as a person who simply does not partake in the consumption of alcohol, and I live my life accordingly.
Originally Posted by August252015 
Great job!
What are you doing differently this time for it to be working?
What are you doing differently this time for it to be working?
I think for me, I really just reached a point where I was tired. Tired of alcohol. Tired of waking up every day and going through the same miserable process again and again and again. It was like my life was stuck in some time loop of absolute misery, and I could not take it anymore. And the only way out, of course, was to stop drinking.
Another thing I believe has helped me — and I speak only from MY experience, I am not saying anyone else should do this — is that I distanced myself from the idea of being an “alcoholic.” Thinking of myself that way made me feel not who I truly am. I am not denying that alcohol has an effect on my brain that is such that I should just not drink; obviously I believe that is true, hence why I stopped and have no intentions of consuming it in the future. I also still experience cravings or thoughts of drinking here and there. And I acknowledge them as something I need to be on the lookout for and deal with in a sober fashion when they pop up. But dissociating myself with the label of being an alcoholic I feel has been very helpful for me. Again, that’s just my experience.
I guess you could say I just think of myself as a person who simply does not partake in the consumption of alcohol, and I live my life accordingly.
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Originally Posted by mns1
I guess you could say I just think of myself as a person who simply does not partake in the consumption of alcohol, and I live my life accordingly.
Good job on six months of sobriety.
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