Sober For Over 4 Years
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Being sober has changed some of my relationships with some people I thought were good friends.
I guess I dont have anyone in my real life that can relate to me and being sober.
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Originally Posted by nez 
My good friends like me just the way I am (sober) and have no desire to see me go back to hell (drinking). They support me 100%. Our relationship has only changed for the better, because I have changed for the better.
What are we...chopped liver?
What are we...chopped liver?
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Four years is awesome!
I wonder if you can remember what led you to quit in the first place? Any temptation to go back to drinking makes me think immediately of the last year or so of my drinking when every time I drank, it was too much. I was becoming physically dependent. I had constant aches and pains, hands starting to shake from withdrawal, gagging in the mornings. My job performance was suffering abysmally. I was on the brink of disaster.
Those thoughts always make sure I focus on sobriety. It makes me want to stay sober no matter what. So I have concentrated on building a new life around sobriety, new friends, new routines, new pursuits, new goals. I have said goodbye to the old, blessed it on its way, it's no longer for me.
I wonder if you could look upon the farewelling of the old - including relationships - as part of the journey to something better. You are not the same person and that's a good thing!
I wonder if you can remember what led you to quit in the first place? Any temptation to go back to drinking makes me think immediately of the last year or so of my drinking when every time I drank, it was too much. I was becoming physically dependent. I had constant aches and pains, hands starting to shake from withdrawal, gagging in the mornings. My job performance was suffering abysmally. I was on the brink of disaster.
Those thoughts always make sure I focus on sobriety. It makes me want to stay sober no matter what. So I have concentrated on building a new life around sobriety, new friends, new routines, new pursuits, new goals. I have said goodbye to the old, blessed it on its way, it's no longer for me.
I wonder if you could look upon the farewelling of the old - including relationships - as part of the journey to something better. You are not the same person and that's a good thing!
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