I have been sober for 5 days now and my house is some what of a mess. 
I don’t like cleaning but love a clean house. I was a home drinker. Drank at home by myself. While doing that I always stayed busy. I would clean my house for hours and hours while drinking and even though I felt like shit in the morning I also felt good that my house was clean!! It might sound silly but this is one of my challenges lol anyone else go through this?
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I was a very productive drunk! I would clean the house, walk to dog, write and read.. ect.. I rarely just drank and passed out. For the firt 10 days of being sober I was not motivated to do any of those things. I love routine and once I took alcohol out of the mix I didn’t really know how to do about all the those sober. I’ve now been working on creating a routine and plan out my day. It didn’t feel good at first but now I’ve started to create new healthy habits and routines without alcohol. It gets better! And even if doing cleaning projects or such doesn’t feel good in the moment, it will feel good later and you’ll be happy you did it
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Love this! Both of us can’t look good at the same time, god I needed this! Lol
I was a home drinker and did EVERYTHING at the house drunk. I’d wake up and find that I did 8 loads of laundry and have no memory of it. I’m going to assume they were all clean if I put them away lol. It took me awhile to learn how to do a normal “cook, clean, shower, bed” routine sober. But I’ll tell you what! I look and feel better, my house is cleaner, and there’s groceries in the house. It takes work and it’s worth it.
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I did the same every Saturday. Drank and cleaned. Stopped for a beer after every room. 9 rooms if u count the hall. Normally took about 5 or 6 hours. Now it takes me 2 hours!
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I drank while I did EVERYTHING! here was my typical day…
Woke up and brushed teeth then made my first cocktail. I drank redbull vodka mind you, so it was “okay” that I was drinking at 6 am. Lol. So then I took the dog outside for a bit then got ready to leave the house by topping off my cup. Then I drove to work and before I got there, stopped for ice and made another drank.
This drink had tide me over till lunchtime. Then went for more ice and another cocktail. Then another on the way home. Then I would pick up my kid😞 Then another when I got home. Then usually 2 to 3 more over the rest of the night.
So when I quit, I was fucking lost. Taking the dog out was weird without a drink. Driving was prolly the hardest thing for me without a drink. Sounds aweful right? But it was. To combat it I ended up having ice water in my old cup while driving. I had to have something in that cup holder.
Everything took getting used to without a drink in my hand. Housework to my job. Playing with my kid to chilling with my wife. Everything. I found little things to put in its place. Like the ice water.
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Im on day 5 but really looking forward to day 10 I hear after day 10 it gets much much easier as you said. Today was probably one of my easier days so far but I still havent cleaned. Im thinking maybe the weekend lol
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same here except the blackout part lol
Awesone quotes!!! So true!
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the laundry oh I never match up socks because I just don’t care …but when i drank I cared a lot and had them all matching, color coordinated and smelling good! Lol
Needless to say im now going back to unmatching socks!! Lmao
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Wow good for you finding your way to sobriety!!! You are an awesome testimony to people like me. If you could do it…I can do it! 
Yes even one for the hallway lol.
I just can’t wait till I could find my way through life without alcohol again like many of you have. One day at a time …
Oh yes. I used to be that way. Lately, my “clean drinker” tendency has waned though. My house is still a mess even when I drink. Now I rely on caffeine, and even that usually just makes me stir crazy and want to leave the house.