Congrats on a year and all your hard work!! The damage control I used to have to do after a night of drunk texting was exhausting. That has been one of the best rewards from getting sober almost 9 months ago.
I’m just a couple weeks away from two years no alcohol 🎉 I’m currently out of state, like 30 hours until an important surgery I’ve been planning for a long time, idk if I would have gotten my shit together enough for this if I were still drunk every day. I was on the verge of having a high enough BMI for my surgery to be denied but quitting alcohol helped me get into a proper weight range. Soon I start a liquid diet for a day so while I’ll be doing a lot of drinking it’s going to be all pedialyte and filtered stock 💪 We got this
Really struggling after a traumatic experience in detox this past weekend. They refused me the proper protocol of meds, and I should have left AMA. Instead I stuck it out and ended up having a 3 minute long seizure while they tried to figure out where their rescue meds were.
Ended up in the ICU with a brain bleed and broken tail bone from the resulting fall. Just got out today and I want nothing more than to drink
I’m currently longtime sober, and haven’t checked in on stopdrinking here or on reddit in ages. But this came by on my feed, and I’ve been feeling a little squirrely so here’s me checking in. IWNDWYT
In having a hard time w this. I know it’s the right thing to do @ this point in my life so I can get my shit together, but damn if I’m not easily swayed to crack one open. I have 1 beer left in my fridge for the weekend & as much as I’d like to stay sober, this 1 will probably have 6 new friends later today.
There’s a pinned post with some helpful tips. For me reading This Naked Mind was a game changer. I was about 2 weeks in when I read it. At first I drank some NA beers as well (Heineken 0 tastes like the alcohol version!) and it was bizarre tasting what I expected to taste and “getting nothing from it”. I also started to realize how I didn’t really like the taste anyway! So maybe try that for your six new friends today, see how you like it. :)
I have heard good things about Athletic Brewing Company. They made several NA beers (maybe that’s all what they make?). I was already off my NA kick when I heard about them.
How much is a 6 pack nowadays? $10? $15 for something nicer? Probably not a lot to work with but you could take that money and buy something for a hobby you’re interested in. Video game, cheap meal out, a book you wanted to read, go to a movie, rent/stream a movie and some snacks. Basically treat yourself to something your normally wouldn’t with the money you would spend on beer
You could try making a list of all the negative things alcohol brings into your life and reading through it when you get the urge.
It doesn’t have to be all at once either. You can just kinda add to it as you remember something that happened or a way drinking made you feel. Maybe an opportunity you missed because you were drinking?
Also, I like to drink NA kombucha. That really helps me with my cravings. (Most kombucha on the market now is NA, but a few varieties and/or the type you can make at home isn’t.)
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