Originally Posted by Dee74 (Post 7221771)

I often talk about sober muscles.

No one starts lifting weights at 300 pounds. You work up to it.

I put a lot of thought into the invites I accepted and the things I did.

I avoided things I knew would involve mass consumption of alcohol - in fact I avoided events with alcohol at all, for a while

I didn't stay home and mope tho.

I wet to museums and art galleries, I went to cafes, I went on walks and picnics, I got back into hobbies.

I hung out with friends who would no sooner drink at lunch than rob a bank.

Slowly and surely I built up sober muscles - and when I knew I could go anywhere and not let anything or anyone sway me to drink...I knew I was ready for that big 300 pound lift,

Probably took me 6 months of judicious socialising to get to that surety - might take you shorter or longer, but you'll know :)

Originally Posted by Dee74 (Post 7346466)

sounds legit to me SW:)

this is not the original post but all the ideas are there :)

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Originally Posted by redlboro (Post 7471429)

Sounds very sensible to me. Usually I co term my sobriety with diet, fitness etc. Too much too soon probably.

Originally Posted by tornrealization (Post 7471512)

I did this every previous quit. This go, I waited on diet and other than hiking, didnt add a regular hard cardio routine until later in sobriety. Getting through year one with all occasions, anniversaries, holidays has made year two so far a lot easier. Sober muscles indeed!