Free2bme888

Today I don’t miss the dread of not knowing how much I’ll consume, which was inevitably WAY MORE than I was determined to.

Example. Intended to drink ONE glass of wine, having THREE, chasing those with sneaking nips (5) from hard liquor bottles and puking the next morning.

least

What I don't miss about drinking is waking up feeling like death warmed over and hating myself.

brighterday1234

All of it! Sobriety is a true gift 🙏

Gabe1980

What Least said ^^^

Also, that feeling of constantly failing....

advbike

Yes Gabe, that was the worst part. The overwhelming sense of disappointment in myself.

Jo43

What I also don’t miss is the realisation the next day I’ve said something cruel to someone I love or that I’ve made a complete and utter fool of myself xx

phoebe64

I don’t miss the foggy, anxiety ridden mornings, and watching the clock for 5:00, half relieved to end the hangover, half depressed and resigned to the addiction, and disgusted with myself. I was getting fatter by the week.

I’ve never wanted or had just one drink, that I can recall. Always at least 2, and that would leave me wanting more. That was my limit if driving though, and I always ate with that. I’d typically drink more once at home.

Free2bme888

This morning I don’t miss hating myself, wondering how much I really drank, and furtively looking at the bottle to see how much is gone.

Dejvice

yep with a bit of true grit one can that gift

Free2bme888

This afternoon I don’t miss having consumed the extra empty calories that alcohol has, coupled with absolutely NO nutritional value.

ThatWasTheOldMe

What I don't miss about drinking is being afraid to look at my social media or cell phone the next day.

Free2bme888

I don’t miss wondering what I said the night before.


I don’t miss knowing I won’t have to urinate for hours because I’m severely dehydrated because of alcohol ingestion the night before.

Free2bme888

I don’t miss feeling like a cheat and POS because I’m sneaking drinks after the poured glass of wine with dinner.

Free2bme888

I don’t miss wondering what my liver enzymes will show at my annual physical exam

Free2bme888

I don’t miss feeling terrible that I was rambling while drinking and talking to my daughter the night before, only remembering bits and pieces of the conversation.

Introvrtd1

CBS62

I don’t miss the anxiety the next day and regretting how much I drank the night before. Then watching the clock like a hawk for it to tick 5pm and start all over again.

Free2bme888

Agreed CBS

NO ONE wishes they drank more the night before....

Free2bme888

I didn’t miss feeling a little nauseated and a lot of shame and guilt this morning when I woke up. Don’t miss those things at all!

enaiddes

What I don’t miss is the terror and illness of the next morning and/or the throwing up the night before and making a total ass of myself with other people if I was engaging in ‘social drinking’, which occasions were always for me a hurricane of alcohol that roared past any kind of quantity counting that could have been done.

And joy to find out, this lovely arrogant, aggressive and over-confident personality stuck with me long after I stopped for the most part my intake of alcohol.