Checked my counter and I just hit 1012 days
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Checked my counter and I just hit 1012 days
I am not a regular poster anymore but I do still check in and post occasionally.
I would not have been able to get sober without the help of my wife, immediate family and the support of reading/commenting on the stories and guidance posted here.
I decided to get sober January 2015 and I had a few missteps along the way, nothing major due in part to the support I got here. I am finally in a place where I don't think of alcohol as a part of my life anymore. It took years for that to happen, I had hoped it would have been faster but I guess it was such a big part of who I was. I now am also over one year cigarette free.
thanks for your support, I don't post a lot but I still visit regularly
I would not have been able to get sober without the help of my wife, immediate family and the support of reading/commenting on the stories and guidance posted here.
I decided to get sober January 2015 and I had a few missteps along the way, nothing major due in part to the support I got here. I am finally in a place where I don't think of alcohol as a part of my life anymore. It took years for that to happen, I had hoped it would have been faster but I guess it was such a big part of who I was. I now am also over one year cigarette free.
thanks for your support, I don't post a lot but I still visit regularly
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Tuxedo Park, NY
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The most important thing I learned from using these forums was making a plan of action.
I had to change my mental state by changing other habits and routines. I had to set boundaries.
Family members that loved to create drama and pain are cut out now.
Friends that I thought wanted to be around me seemed to disappear as soon as they found out I was not drinking anymore. That was a hard one to come to terms with but now I can see who really wants to be around me.
Keeping away from places that centered on drinking. This wasn't as hard as I thought it would be after realizing those places were not fun sober anyway.
Picking up new hobbies to fill the free time created by not being drunk/hungover.
I realize now that a lot of these things were what led me to drinking in the first place.
I had to change my mental state by changing other habits and routines. I had to set boundaries.
Family members that loved to create drama and pain are cut out now.
Friends that I thought wanted to be around me seemed to disappear as soon as they found out I was not drinking anymore. That was a hard one to come to terms with but now I can see who really wants to be around me.
Keeping away from places that centered on drinking. This wasn't as hard as I thought it would be after realizing those places were not fun sober anyway.
Picking up new hobbies to fill the free time created by not being drunk/hungover.
I realize now that a lot of these things were what led me to drinking in the first place.
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