What are some of the funny things about recovery you never thought would happen?
I never thought I’d want to take a drug test, but I do now. 
Nobody ever asks me to. 
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That’s a great topic!!!
I will think about it, I’m sure I find some gems 
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I never thought Grateful and Alcoholic could be used in the same sentence.
Then I became one.
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I never thought I’d look forward to going through a DUI check point.
I got pulled over recently for speeding and I was so eager to tell the cop I was coming from an AA meeting. Then he proceeds to tell me his mother in law goes too but in a different area. Needless to say, I got off with a warning.
Never thought the day would come that I no longer fear the men & women in blue.
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I never thought I’d clean up this well.
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That reminds me of a funny story.
In my previous recovery, I was celebrating one year and I picked up my coin and stood at the podium telling everyone how awesome it was living an honest, good, sober life.
I hadn’t got my driver’s license back yet and I was driving home.
I got pulled over and got a 700 dollar ticket.
The way I got pulled over was strange too. For no reason the cop pulled across two lanes got behind me and hit his lights.
This was 2003 and technology wasn’t nearly as advanced as it is now.
It was as though Higher Power called me on my sh*t.
Pretty ironic and today it’s funny. I wasn’t laughing then 
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Sleepless nights and the next morning.
Drinking … hangover, tired, feeling bäh, needy
Codependent brainfuck … exhausted, tired, feeling bäh, needy
Overeating … hangover, tired, feeling bäh, grumpy
Sober … already watched 50 reels on my recent reorganizing task, looked up how to re-use my furniture at hand, cuddled the cats, swollen eyes from little sleep and screentime, energy level good, tired but motivated.
You can replace 
with making garden plans, reading, meditating, researching on a certain topic, even cleaning the house at 3 a.m. just because i CAN 
I guess one of the most ironic things in sobriety for me is: My ex and i both wanted a big dog, i built the house on the farm for 2 big dogs. We wanted a nice, quiet, peaceful life here doing what we love to do.
He is gone and doing God knows what, I don’t care. What I know for sure is that he didn’t change or work on himself so he is still captured in his destructive mindset and in denial about his alcoholism.
I’m living this wonderful life and I have my big dog 
It’s highly ironic that I only got there without him by letting go my love for him and getting sober from codependent heart- and brainfuck.
Not drinking helped a lot to achieve the fuck-codependency-goal.
On the disordered eating side work is in progress.
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A $700 ticket is hefty! I wouldn’t have found it funny then either. Your HP has a sense of humor though (mine too).
I drove the first 2 years of my sobriety on a suspended license. Thankfully, I never got caught.
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Hi all, I remember right at the beginning of my sober journey I was only a few days in…id had a full drunken meltdown at home and police and an ambulance were called and I was hospitalised, it was the only time my daughter had seen me like that (which still breaks my heart)….when I got out of the hospital I found out I was also being investigated by social services which terrified me….here comes the irony…..when the social worker came i talked long and hard with her for 3 hours, together we came to the conclusion that my daughter was absolutely loved and cared for very well….part of my issue was the pressure I was putting on myself to be the best mother I could be which was unattainable for anyone…that convo was a turning point for me and I felt so much better after talking with her, il never forget her… this from a situation where I was worried they might mention me possibly losing my daughter turned into a positive from the most (as I saw it) unlikely source 
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Giving away what you have in order to keep it.
That didn’t make any sense. It sounded dumb.
I get it now. Loud and clear.
It ties into everything about recovery.
My experience, strength and hope can help others.
My experience was drinking and drugging. I could help you, but I wanted to get free drinks and/or drugs out of the deal. If you didn’t have that I had zero help to give.
Today I give my experience strength and hope. It helps me realize how much I have changed. How many pitfalls I have crossed. How I’m not the only one who has these issues.
It helps me doing it outside of recovery. Holding a door open. Taking the time to show someone an easier way to do something at work. Helping my neighbor who always looks to be in pain whenever I get the opportunity. It gets me outside of myself. It helps me feel good.
One of my favorite things to witness is others doing it. The people with a few days helping others with a few days. They don’t even know what step 12 is yet .They are practicing it and getting the benefits.
I never saw that coming when I started to realize I had a drinking problem. I couldn’t even grasp the concept.
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Never thought id get married again and have two sons and a grand daughter and still be sober
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This is a great idea for a topic/thread. I used to put away a 12 pack a day like nothing. Now I have one soft drink and I’m satisfied and couldn’t for the life of me. Consider drinking 12 cans of anything! Including water.!
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I don’t lie to doctors.
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Quitting smoking cigarettes.
I was only focused on quitting cigarettes and it was the hardest for me.
Smoking was so deeply intertwined with everything i did. I was able to give up many bad habits and make better ones.
Internet addiction. Mindless scrolling on facebook and instagram. I couldnt sit without a cigarette and do those things.
I no longer have those apps installed on any devices.
My time spent here took a hit too. Fortunately i dont crave anymore when im here.
I became cleaner and more organized. It became my reward. When i finished a task, instead of smoking cleaning and organizing my mess became my reward.
Thats carried into everything I do.
I never saw that coming.
Ive also noticed that the smokers on my crew never finish their tasks before getting their fix. Making me more effecient. All day, every day.
I hadnt been smoking weed for a while, But i was hanging on to my right to use it. Which is silly.
My desire to repair my lungs completely closed the door on smoking weed. So quitting smoking had many positive impacts on many bad habits that I never saw coming.
Drinking and smoking always went together. So quitting both make each quit stronger 
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I quit smoking cigarettes first in 2008…it was the hardest thing I had ever done and took me years!! Ironically, it ramped up my drinking…no break outside in the freezing weather to smoke every half hour meant more time to chug alcohol. It was a big spiral.
Same with coke…once I stopped that life suck, my drinking problem was impossible to ignore.
It took a drunken meltdown on vacation (without any cocaine to ‘level me out’ haha, no joke, that’s how I viewed it) before I started ‘the process’ of gaining sobriety and still years until I could claim sobriety.
And it all started with quitting smoking.
Who knew that would get me sober.
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I thought I had a lot of friends and was super supported by my friends. Since I stopped drinking I literally have NO friends. Literally ZERO. Even my own brother stopped talking to me since getting sober. So I guess they weren’t friends after all . We were good at getting drowned together, thats it.
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I relate. Its mind boggling how many people who I thought were close have drifted out of my life because that was all we really had in common.
A big incentive for me to get sober was I was damaging my relationship with who I thought was the one.
When I quit drinking I lost interest because i could see that we werent a good match. That I wouldnt be happy. I didnt see that coming.
Good drinking friends. We never hang out. And quitting hasnt healed damaged relationships with my kids. Things are better than they were but it still feels pretty lonely at times.
I have become a lot more comfortable being a loner.
I have plenty of hobbies to keep me entertained. And whenever I do spend alot of time around people. Im ready for it to end.
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