In your early 30's having problems with booze ?
 

No big post just a quick heads up that I'm really glad I got sober at 31 it was hard as hell for me personally to adjust to the new life without alcohol but stuck at it through thick and thin all the ups all the downs and I know for a fact I just wouldn't be here alive today if I didn't stop so yeah if you're thinking about it save yourself a ton of drama and wrinkles and try seeing the difference I know at 38 it was the best choice I've ever ever ever ever ever made ever ever made just to reiterate lol

30's and still drinking leads to 40,50,60,70+ still drinking just like my dad we can all change .. peace out x

I'm 38, almost 39, and 10 months sober, YES YES YES to everything you said!

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I'm 31 and 19 days sober! Exercising at least twice a day, eating well and doing meetings. I feel good, other than the horrifying state of the world right now. So much sadness causing me anxiety and panic attacks. My job is not paying me a full wage and my fiance was laid off so financially we are not doing good...and no the $25 a month a spent on booze before doesnt help in this situation lol. So I'm stressed.

Day 8 for me. I am 63, Been drinking since my twenties. I wish that I had all of the $$$ that I spent on booze all these years. I would be RICH, and a lot skinnier.

Thanks for the great post, SW. Good to see you. :)

Hey @Soberwolf

Thank you so much for this post; I really needed to hear this today. It helped me overcome some crazy urges.

I joined SR in April 2014 under a different guise, and believe I remember you from back then (I could be wrong!)

I've been trying to get sober since I was 23, and lo and behold, here I am at 31, still at it.

Determined to make it stick this time, and posts like this fuel the fire, so thank you! :You_Rock_

If you have time, do you mind shedding a little light on the adjustments you made?

I'm currently on Day 12 (alcohol) and Day 71 (cannabis).

Thanks :)

Thank you for this thread, Soberwolf!

I’m turning 28 this weekend and I’m 16 months sober. :) I realized that I have a problem in my early twenties, I think... so yeah, it took me a while.

These are challenging times and I’m often sad and anxious, but I’m way more terrified when I think where would I be right now if I didn’t stop drinking.

Thank you SR friends for being so tremendously helpful. :tyou

I think in the 30s is when a lot of us realise we are trouble drinkers. In your twenties denial and partying can easily hide the problem, but when you get to your 30s and still get black out drunk when your peers slow it down, and your tolerance increases because you have a decade of heavy drinking under your belt, it becomes very difficult to continue to deny.

I got sober at 29 I'm 58 now it's been about 1/2 my life.

The adjustment I made was to replace the learned bad habit of drinking with the new learned good habit of AA meetings. Since I've always gone to meetings, I've never thought about drinking.

Zoom meetings for now until the rooms open up.

:tyou

Yea, I think in my early or probably more like mid to late 30's I was just realizing I had a problem. Took me another decade past that to finally want to quit bad enough. Good for you.

Wish I had stopped in my 30's, when I had the chance.

Peace out Soberwolf. ❤️