I’m a year and a half behind, I don’t even remember my old days now, cocaine every day, booze every day, xanax every day, a ton of bad stuff every day… but what I don’t understand is: how did I forget? I don’t remember anything, as if I had never done it. i moved to canada once, i recently found my birthday photos on facebook, there are at least 50 people, but the number of people I remember is only 3! is that weird?
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Congrats on your milestone !!
Maybe you dont remember because most events are a blur if you were impaired. No sense in looking back anyway
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I wouldn’t worry about it, perhaps the brain has blocked it out along with the substances, congrats on your milestone fantastic well done
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I’m almost a year sober and there are lots of foggy patches for me too. Sometimes whole months/years? My memories don’t feel very linear in the time I drank so now I get flashes of a memory and think “wow that is crazy” or “I don’t even really remember that person that I dated for a whole year”.
I try to let those memories pass. I’m grateful for all my experiences even if I don’t remember them but I am protective of my sobriety. As long as you aren’t romanticizing the “good times” (they weren’t) of use I think you are okay. Congrats on your sober time and your sober clarity!
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Im 36 years sober sometimes i forget my name so dont worry wish you well
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Wow just wow bloody fantastic
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You’ve moved forward, and sober memories are much more sticky than those formed when drunk or high. Healthy new brain cells replacing those areas of the brain most impacted by your former substance abuse.
For me, that period where my drinking entered “terminal phase” is like a movie I haven’t seen in years. I remember the general plot, and a few of the big scenes, but all the rest is just filler.
Good job on your 18 months of sobriety. Keep getting better at getting better!
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When I got sober I was amazed how many shows I had “watched,” getting blacked out on the couch. Whole seasons of stuff I didn’t remember at all.
I had a lot of catching up to do.
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Congrats on the milestone! the same thing going on in my brain. Even saw people in my old town before i moved and they definitely knew me but i have no or a very foggy idea who they are. Maybe it was the countless nights awake, the intoxicated brain, the trama associated? I dunno but am pretty grateful its all a blur. Am frustrated with myself at times at my lack of short term memory now, however.
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