samwitch

Hi all-
I just posted this in the Class of September thread, but thought I'd throw it out there to the general audience as well.
I've seen the following good things occur since I stopped drinking:

• Much better sleep
• Anxiety dialed down big time(this is HUGE for me, I was always an anxious mess, even before I started drinking, but it's much more manageable now)
• Lower blood pressure
• Clearer vision
• Better looking skin
• Better mental clarity
• Ability to laugh at silly things(weird, but I was so obsessed with drinking, I was so serious all the time)
• A bit calmer overall

-Don't get me wrong, I've been a cranky exhausted mess at times since quitting as well, but writing down the advantages really helps me realize how much better not living with alcohol is(and can continue to be.)
Anyone else have things to add? I'm really early into the sober journey so I'm hopeful for better things ahead...

samwitch

So forget I posted this--no one cares. I guess if I was negative people would respond. I started drinking again.

Dee74

Hi Sam
things are a little quiet around here at the moment - don't take it personally.
Can you tip put what booze you have and get on the right road again?

dustyfox

Your first post was great. I hope you don't undo all those positive things, you must have worked very hard to achieve them.

samwitch

Yeah--it was so great no one responded. I get it.

Dee74

I hope you decide to stop drinking now Sam.
You can make this a blip or a giant bender. Make a good choice.

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DriGuy

This was described to me by one alcoholic as, "I'm getting drunk at you!"

samwitch

Yeah thanks for that. I guess that's me. I suck.
Not helpful.

Dee74

Your AV took a great post and turned it into a reason to drink.
Don't let it win.

I hope you decide to get back on the right road Sam.

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Mizz

What an interesting thing.

Your sobriety and now lack of sobriety is completely yours to own. If you choose to drink it is not because there was not a response on this forum. You have the power here.

Jupiter11

I hope you come back. I saw this post and didn't answer, purely because I don't see any of these kinds of benefits because I haven't been stopped drinking long enough.
🤍

Hammyjammy

I have only just seen the posting..I am looking forward to not being tired all the time..and loosing this weird feeling in my head 😕

Erratic

samwitch sry i missed your positive post!! have been working and i have had some of the positives also.
please keep going xx sry u drank but you can do this and im not sure whey its quiet xx

Jupiter11

Hey again samwitch. I hope you don't feel you can't come back just because you posted drinking and had a bit of a strop. Obviously deeper things are bothering you than a post on a forum.
Although I am all for keeping the positive in mind, at the front of your mind even.
I don't think it's helpful to see negative stuff connected to stopping drinking as nothing.
It's usually the negative aspects to stopping that leads us back to it (I think, barely, but I do think).
So if you have had things you have been struggling with, as you mentioned in you OP this is the best place to air them. I have found there are a ton of people on her with a ton of experience having gone through it and out of the other side.
I was posting here drinking on and off until the beginning of this week. What a train wreck! But despite wanting to hide forever, out of shame, I found coming back and people helping me through these hard last 6 days has helped see me through 🤍

Jupiter11

PS and while newcomers serves its purpose and a good one. I think there's a lot to be said for asking for help/support in the main forum where there are a lot of people had more sober time life and already been and done the early days 🤍

travelbug

I am always looking for a reason to have a drink. Now I am choosing not to look at thing in that perspective. I have to keep my mind and body in a positive state. No drinking! every minute, hour, day, week..... Just keep on keeping on

samwitch

Thanks for everyone who responded. Drinking makes me a horrible person, and yes I feel like a petulant toddler wrote some of my posts on here, although not the first one, obviously.

I'm back to being sober and will continue to be sober, what a relief to get out of the alcohol trap(Allen Carr, very helpful book.)

thanks again to all who took the time to post.

Hodd

Been there. Drink has that effect unfortunately. I’d fly off the handle at the slightest thing and stay mad for hours. I’m not going to say thats 100% cured but 75% so I’m happy with that. I’ve never seen a Study on drinking causing negativity, but it’s definitely the case.

Keep posting, Sam 🙂

Erratic

Glad u made it back, i defo myself have thrown the dummy out of the pram many a times x keep at it x

Dee74

I’m glad you made it back to this thread Sam - it was a good one in intent

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