I quit drinking it all started as I got sick with a bad flu. Now it’s been 21 days I can’t go back I play my games work out and trying to eat healthy now all I need to do is quit energy drinks lol.
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Bravo on stopping the booze! What kinda program you thinking about working to help keep you from going back to it?
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Congratulations on three weeks!
It sure does feel good watching those days rack up, and learning to enjoy all the positives sobriety gifts you.
Bravo 
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Sounds funny , but getting sick stopped me for downing booze because I couldn’t now I’m working out eating healthy and reading gaming ect just anything to distract me from the devils juice thanks for the comments
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How are you doing today? So glad you are here with us on the sober journey
Thanks doing good drinking lime drinks alcohol free coke zeros
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Hi Jon - I think what @Smitty97 is pointing out is that getting sick with the flu helped interrupt your drinking, and possibly even masked some detox symptoms. We can all relate to how abstinence feels very rewarding for a time, and how fragile it can be.
Abstinence is great, it is a minimum requirement for sobriety. Eating right and going to the gym and some mild mental distractions are also good - but they do not address our underlying need for escape nor our obsession with alcohol, with thinking about it whether we are drinking or not.
AA is one model for recovery, so are structured programs like SMART recovery and Dharma Recovery. Some people find help in individual or group counseling. Some people get long-term recovery from participation and honest sharing here on Talking Sober.
If going to the gym and clean eating were enough to overcome alcoholism, then Talking Sober and similar programs would not need to exist. To personalize it, I could not get and stay sober until I abandoned all my opposition to “things I will not consider doing for sobriety.” I had to be willing to try any suggestion fairly, to see the positive strength people who knew how to stay sober were getting from their practices.
Here’s a link to a discussion about this very topic! Blessings on your house 
as you continue your quest for sobriety.
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What I’m trying to say is I’ve hit rock bottom many times my longest time being sober is 4 years . I know if I carry on drinking 2 bottles everyday I’ll be dead so now the time to start living I’m working with AA that’s the reason I’m here talking with you .
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