I literally forgot it was friday…where did the days go?I’ve been getting into working out lately and using it as an outlet.I suddenly realized the gym near me closed soon so I drove to another gym and worked my ass off.I feel amazing!I’ve actually never used a machine by myself before and I did today.
1 month 24 days and the days are starting to blur together, in the best way.Not how I imagined I’d spend my second half of my 20’s but it’s not so bad.
I’m in a part of the world where Friday has passed and it’s now Saturday morning😁
Last night I finished work and went a drive to a sports store and bought some new cycling clothing (cycling is my outlet from alcohol) then watched a few things on Netflix.
Woke up fresh, energized and ready to smash the day… Just had breakfast and heading out for a 20 mile cycle through the countryside.
I went to a close friend and coworker’s party which meant being surrounded by alcohol for the whole night. Stuck to the path though and rewarded myself with a little junk food so I’m happy. One week of sobriety down.
Went to a fair with a bunch of friends who were constantly drinking, but it was fun anyway. These situations are waaaaay less critical for me than being home alone and bored.
Yeah at least we know whats works for us. Unfortunately I can’t avoid being alone and bored ALL the time… Actually it’s saver for me to go to a pub, fair, poker party with friends (did all these things this week) than to stay on my couch.
It’s starting to all run together for me also. I’ve been lucky the last few weeks the temptation to drink has chilled. It might be tuff today though, have to go to a wedding, that’s going to end with a recipient in a barn with a band. It’s going to be in the 40’s & I know I’ll be craving my whisky for warmth.
@marty
I just did a wedding sober, part of me felt bad because It was one of my best friends weddings and I wasn’t entirely in the moment since all I could think about is how I wanted to drink, but mainly how I wanted to run because I wanted to drink.
I asked for a Shirley Temple so I could have something in my hand since I’m so used to it.I
Think the second you think you can’t take it anymore you should leave.I tried to stay as long as I could I think I lasted 4 hours but I also had my husband there.
Let me know how it goes for you, good luck I think you can do it .
Thks for the encouragement, I made it through the day & stopping at the bar afterwards to appease my other half. It was a self service bar at the wedding & it was pretty hard standing there while she mixes a drink & I’m thinking how good that whisky would taste. But I made it & tomorrow is a new day
@marty
Good job…i can only imagine, the smell would have driven me insane!
My wife is a bartender as well, i guess you could say she’s retired cuz she works as a chef now but yeah, if she was still tending i can only imagine how hard it would make it on me…
Feels good to win those battles huh?
@marty that’s awesome!!I’m so happy for you. Our minds tell us it’s impossible to go to a wedding without drinking, I mean even people who aren’t alcoholics drink.Yet, it’s completely possible…and it feels good to know we are stronger than we thought.
My friend didn’t even remember parts of her wedding.So she didn’t even know I left early, which I felt so guilty about.Its funny to think that while we are so busy worrying about staying sober, people barely even notice.
Not everyday is as hard as that, but every hard day overcome gives us more confidence for the next.
I was so shit faced at my own wedding i don’t remember most of it!
And when my wife and i were supposed to duet a song i couldn’t remember most of the words to the song…so embarrassing!
At the time i didn’t care…but now when i think back in it all i kinda feel i owe my wife a repeat on our wedding…a sober one.
But definitley cheaper then the 1st one lol!
@Rikk awww you should take her to karaoke and sing the song you were supposed to , that is unless you hate kareoke…just a thought!
I really wanted to get shit faced at mine but we were running around so much we didn’t have time to drink, I drank a glass of wine at the end of the night to make up for it, and I felt so ashamed that I felt I needed to make up for it. I was unintentionally sober lol
