Been sober 40 days now. Got court today for the DUI and should be sentenced. Had to enroll in an intensive outpatient program, it's really expensive and about ten hours a week. Feeling pretty good though, all things considered. Honestly, if I knew it was gonna be this easy to just not drink I would have done it a decade ago. That's it, guys. Check in with y'all about this soon.
Oh side note: AA seems like a philosophy of weakness. I really don't like it and the whole higher power thing is tough to constantly listen to.
I too would have quit alot sooner if I had known that it was this easy and I would feel this good. Honestly I was not a really hardcore alky, but I had been getting drunk at least once a week since my teens and I really believed that quitting would be an end to fun. The days I was sober, I felt depressed and wishing I was drinking. It seemed like the only happy spot in my life. Now I realize that at one binge a week, I was physically addicted and my depressing sober life was really affected by alcohol. After a few weeks of sobriety, I really felt like I was enjoying life more.
Alcohol does not add to your pleasure. It just steals it from your sober life. Also I do not miss waking up feeling like shit. And Ive lost alot of weight, if you need another reason to stop.
AA is fine for some people. I am too private and introverted for it to be an option for me. For me the key was realizing that alcoholism is a way for parasites to live off other people, because it is a form of slavery. Once the physical addiction was broken I just never wanted to be that slave again.
PostWallHelena 5 points 10 months ago
I too would have quit alot sooner if I had known that it was this easy and I would feel this good. Honestly I was not a really hardcore alky, but I had been getting drunk at least once a week since my teens and I really believed that quitting would be an end to fun. The days I was sober, I felt depressed and wishing I was drinking. It seemed like the only happy spot in my life. Now I realize that at one binge a week, I was physically addicted and my depressing sober life was really affected by alcohol. After a few weeks of sobriety, I really felt like I was enjoying life more.
Alcohol does not add to your pleasure. It just steals it from your sober life. Also I do not miss waking up feeling like shit. And Ive lost alot of weight, if you need another reason to stop.
AA is fine for some people. I am too private and introverted for it to be an option for me. For me the key was realizing that alcoholism is a way for parasites to live off other people, because it is a form of slavery. Once the physical addiction was broken I just never wanted to be that slave again.
Good luck and enjoy your freedom.
BTW what a racket that rehab shit is!