One year sober as of today
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One year sober as of today
Exactly one year ago today I was 4 beers into my evening, smoking a cigarette and enjoying life when I declared I was done. I finished that beer and cigarette and have had zero alcohol and zero nicotine in any form since. One entire year. Sober. I don't think I've been able to say that since I was a teenager, yet here I am. I had woven alcohol and cigarettes so tightly into my daily routine that I never imagined I would be able to change. Every day of my life revolved around drinking. I had to plan everything else in my life around making sure I would still be able to get drunk every day.
I wish I had some kind of profound advice I could impart upon everyone here but I don't. I've not had any close calls. In my mind, I'm simply not a person who drinks any more. I can't guarantee I won't succumb to alcohol tomorrow, but I know that I'm 100% in control of that outcome.
I don't log on here much these days but I should try to get back to that. I wish for strength for everyone who reads this. I was a hopeless alcoholic. I never thought I'd be typing these words. I feel incredibly blessed to have my life back.
I wish I had some kind of profound advice I could impart upon everyone here but I don't. I've not had any close calls. In my mind, I'm simply not a person who drinks any more. I can't guarantee I won't succumb to alcohol tomorrow, but I know that I'm 100% in control of that outcome.
I don't log on here much these days but I should try to get back to that. I wish for strength for everyone who reads this. I was a hopeless alcoholic. I never thought I'd be typing these words. I feel incredibly blessed to have my life back.
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Brilliant. It being an alcohol forum i am going to say that it is amazing that you gave up alcohol but I'm going to say an amazing and a half that you gave up nicotine at the same time! The two go hand in hand for a lot of us, as Dee will testify! Took me years to drop the nictoine after the booze, and it was only then that i started really living.
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That's awesome.
When I decided to quit for good a few weeks ago I tried to quit nicotine at the same time. I made it two days until my alcohol withdrawal subsided a bit and the nicotine urges came roaring back. I couldn't handle no dip or booze. I've stuck to the no booze part. You have iron willpower.
When I decided to quit for good a few weeks ago I tried to quit nicotine at the same time. I made it two days until my alcohol withdrawal subsided a bit and the nicotine urges came roaring back. I couldn't handle no dip or booze. I've stuck to the no booze part. You have iron willpower.
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