Barefoot's Sober Updates! 7/14/26 - 10 months!

Congratulations :sunflower::four_leaf_clover::confetti_ball:

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Celebrating :six::zero: days sober!!!

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Huge Congrats! :flexed_biceps:

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Thank you!!! :grin::grin::grin:

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whoohoo! that is awesome work :clap: Congrats on your 2 months :tada: :tada:

82 days sober!

I was comparing my weight today since becoming sober and I feel sooo much better about my body these days! I look so bloated in my before photos (top) compared to now (bottom).

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Love this!! Keep going strong :flexed_biceps:t4:. 3 months just around the corner :flexed_biceps:t4: :confetti_ball:

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105 days sober today. I’ve thought a lot about it recently that this will be my first sober NYE in many years. In at LEAST 5 years. Crazy. I’m excited to not be hungover on January 1st!

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It’s a wonderful way to wake up and start the new year! Excited for you :smiling_face:. Congrats on your triple digits :tada: :tada:

Celebrated 4 months sober yesterday! Sadly, I’ve had a virus/cold for the past 3-4 days so I haven’t had much energy. Still getting my steps in, eating well, and NOT drinking! I have an appointment next week to possibly get diagnosed for ADHD (per my therapist’s recommendation), still been going to therapy once a week, and I’ve been practicing mindfulness. Still losing weight, thankfully, I’ve lost a total of 20 pounds since I quit drinking! 20 pounds in 4 months is good, yes? :joy:

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5 months sober from alcohol today. 5 months of no hangovers that left me in bed all day long. 5 months of being more active, eating healthier, and focusing on what really matters. I don’t regret my decision one bit! I’m also going to be taking my 11th dose of Lexapro today at 2:30pm. Raw dogging my anxiety and panic attacks didn’t work out and it sucks that becoming sober actually made them worse BUUUUT they didn’t make me think even once about going back to drinking. That’s just one of the soooo many reasons why I truly don’t believe I’m an alcoholic and I was just dependent on it and turned it into a habit. Within these 5 months I haven’t had a single craving and I haven’t had to battle with myself once. The only time I wanted to drink was simply out of boredom like ā€œthis would be way more fun if I was drunkā€, but that thought disappeared moments into having it. I feel good. I don’t miss drinking whatsoever. :smiling_face::purple_heart: It’s almost spring and I CANNOT WAIT to enjoy the warm weather again! It was gorgeous out the other day so the kiddos and I walked to the park. Enjoy a photo of me from that day - I think I look so pretty and healthy!!! :sparkles:

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6 months sober today and 1 month 10 days on anxiety medication. :blush:

I feel fantastic! My energy is up, my anxiety is down, my shakes have completely subsided. I don’t miss alcohol, not even a little bit, which is so nice! I’ve lost a total of 25 pounds since quitting drinking too!

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Congrats! your doing great! :flexed_biceps:

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What you are doing is working for you up to now, so keep it up!

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8 months sober from alcohol!!! I haven’t missed it whatsoever after roundabout the first month.

Celebrared my first sober birthday a few days ago, hadn’t done that since I was like 18, happy 36th to meee!

The past few months have been somewhat difficult in general because my husband has been traveling for work a lot- gone for 3 weeks, then 2 weeks, then home for 2 weeks, now he’s been gone a few days into a 6 week trip. I’ve had to be the primary parent even more than usual, which has been trying, homeschooling a teenager, a pre-teen, and our daughter who is 10 going on 15. I’ve been surviving and thriving though!

Also! I’ve continued to lose weight and I feel incredible, beautiful, and so confident. Down from 175 to 148 :pinched_fingers:t2:

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Congratulations on your 8 months sobriety!! And Happy Birthday!!!

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Thank you so much!!! :purple_heart::purple_heart::purple_heart:

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Keep doing what you’re doing, the results are just outstanding.

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9 months of sobriety. I am in shock, to be completely honest, because I never thought I’d quit drinking. It’s not like it took over my life, but it became normal and routine to drink at night while my husband and I played video games. We’d have more fun gaming, we’d always be laughing, music made me dance to every beat, my husband loved how sexual I’d become, and I’d sleep without any nightmares. But on the flipside… Hungover became a personality trait of mine, and even though I knew alcohol was the reason I’d feel horrible everyday, I still wanted to do it that night. I started having anxiety and panic attacks so bad that I’d depersonalize and I thought I was going crazy. I’d get all chest pains where I thought I was having a heart attack.

I don’t miss any of it- the good or the bad. I love feeling energetic and alive, my skin has cleared up, I’ve lost almost 30 pounds, my panic and anxiety (thanks to medication) is gone.

It’s crazy what happens after you choose sobriety. You think more clearly. You start to enjoy life again. 9 months in to, honestly, most likely, forever.

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Fabulous!! Congratulations on your 9 months!! Happy for you!!!

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