Hey All, I am new here and thought I’d introduce myself!?! I got started a little late to the drinking game but have definitely made up for it since then. I love my workouts, I nourish my body, and then start pouring wine down my throat, then start it all over again the next day🤪 I went through a spell where I literally “checked out” and blacked out most nights I drank. I have done a lot of work on myself and have resorted to the moderation game for the last few years. I have always said I don’t want to be drinking after 50 (Probably because that used to sound so old, haha). Anyway, I turned 50 last week and maybe I just thought I would magically get zapped into a sober dimension but no… it didn’t happen. I am here to do the work. I have to get uncomfortable and probably feel a lot of shit that I’ve been drowning with alcohol. But, I am ready! I don’t wanna do this anymore. I am here to support and hopefully be supported by all of you lovely people out there on the same path as me:)
Welcome to Talking Sober, it’s good to see you.
maybe I just thought I would magically get zapped into a sober dimension
I do relate to that thinking! And you are right, it is work to get sober. But so worth it.
Here’s a topic to get you thinking about different paths to sobriety.
Thank you! I will check them out! I need all the helps I can get!
Welcome to TS! I got sober in my 50s as well…it is definitely worth it and makes workouts a hell of a lot more enjoyable not being hungover or dehydrated!!
Welcome aboard, @SoberLush . I think you will find this is a helpful, informative, and supportive community. It’s a great place to come when you feel the urge to drink; someone is always here ready to help. Many of us check on daily on the Checking In thread. I find TS a godsend. I waited until 59, last month in fact, to choose sobriety, and I am already feeling its benefits. So, read around in the different threads. A lot of TS users use AA, but others are doing SMART recovery, Recovery Dharma, and/or finding out what works best for them individually.
I’m glad to meet you and hope to see you around.
Welcome aboard @SoberLush 
Right?! There are not enough facial creams in the world to undo what alcohol does! I am excited to see the difference.🫶🏼
Thank you @TS66! I was looking around for that “Checking in” thread! I am going to be nosing around until I get it all figured out 
Thank you for all the info:)
Welcome you Sober Lush you 
Love your name 
I waited til I was 60. Fat drunk and hungover was no way to go through my bronze years. I definitely wish I started my sobriety journey sooner. I love all the free time not planning my life around my next drink.
My strongest tool is gratitude. I started off every day for my first 3 years right here on the gratitude thread.
I got so much to be grateful for when I’m sober. I got nothing when I’m drinking. After a while I actually retrained my brain. It’s such a powerful tool. Great bunch over there.
You’ve found yourself a great supportive sober community if you’re willing to keep an open mind and use what you like and leave the rest.
Hope to see you around.
Try this.
You’re awesome! 
Hi Loni! Reading your post I was basically reading about myself LOL similar age (47), nourishing food, workouts and then wine until blackout… Anyway…welcome to ‘sober dimension’, lovely to have you here xxx I came here 4 months ago and never touched alcohol since then. Cant wait to follow your sober journey. Good luck xxx
Awww… Thank you!! I haven’t came across that gratitude thread yet so I will definitely take advantage of that! I did find the journal feature though and love that it is connected within the app🤗 My brain is going to need a lot of retraining I’[m afraid… I am only on Day 3 but excited for the changes ahead:)
This gives me so much hope! Yes, our stories sound sooo the same!! I’ve tried it on my own so many times and frankly, I’m just exhausted of it all! Thank you for your sweet words🫶🏼
Congratulations on your day 3.
ODAAT.
Welcome to TS Loni. Happy belated birthday!!! It seems you have been magically zapped into this amazing sober dimension we are all sharing here. Check in with us somehow every day(I use the daily check in thread) and let the magic happen.
Thank you so much!! Everyone has been so great🥰 It truly has felt like a sober dimension already! I will definitely need the accountability:)
Hi your still a young girl maybe try a meeting they helped this old fart and as for skin tone ,after all my years in sobriety mines is like a babies bottom lol wish you well
Welcome! This community is awesome and we are glad to have you!
I’ve been there with the whole blackout thing. My routine was crazy. Wake up sick, drink, nap, drink, chill, drink to pass out, wake up, drink, pass out again and repeat. It was miserable. I’ve found I am a true full blown alcoholic myself. I am exactly as the AA big book describes. I cannot stop when I start and the insanity that precedes the first drink is crazy. It’s a big step to want to do better. With that you have the willingness. It has been difficult a lot of times, but I just don’t want to go back. I’ve been back at that day one enough times. I’m tired of it. As hard as it seems being sober is the better way. Our alcoholic life seemed the one way so we have to act ourselves into realizing that we can live without and live better. I wish you the best in your journey. This is just from my experience and what I’ve learned of course also