Thursday night I went to a pub with a few friends and sang karaoke, stone cold sober of course! I’ve always enjoyed music and singing and karaoke is always a blast! I was not willing to give that up, but wasn’t sure if it would be as fun sober, or if I would be able to do it. I just made myself do it and it was a blast! I sang The Tide is High by Blondie. I partly wanted to do it because I feel like if I can get on a stage and sing sober, then I can do pretty much anything sober! I’d love to hear from other people and please answer the following two questions:
What is your go-to karaoke song? (If you’ve never done it, what song do you think you would pick if you did?)
What is something you did sober that you never thought you’d enjoy without alcohol?
I haven’t done karaoke in awhile, but I am fond of Sweet Caroline and YMCA, especially at my favorite all inclusive. And that is my answer to your 2nd question…enjoying being at my favorite resort in Jamaica is something I was super worried about…that it would never feel natural and fun again. But it did eventually and now I enjoy it to the fullest (without the drugs or alcohol), including dancing the night away…especially love the silent disco and glo party.
Thanks for the reply! I have not done an all inclusive yet (sober 5 weeks here), and I can see how that would be a challenge. Glad to hear you’ve gotten to a place where you can enjoy it sober! I’m loving my sober life so far and look forward to these new experiences (and remembering them afterwards)!
5 weeks is fantastic! It definitely took a long while before I was ready for an all inclusive, we did them a lot when I was drinking and using a ton of coke. I wondered if I would ever feel comfortable there again.
Glad you are loving sober life. It really does get better and better in my experience.
I’m not happy with my job but I’m sticking it out because it’s reliable, I’m saving money to move next spring, and “the devil you know versus the devil you don’t.” We’re closed on Mondays, and so every week became a countdown to Sunday nights when I could go to karaoke, sing my heart out, and inevitably get drunk enough to burn bridges, lose things, hurt myself, etc.
One of my goals is to be comfortable enough in that environment to go back to karaoke at some point. I won’t if I don’t fully trust myself, but seeing this post makes me realize it’s just not as impossible as I’m subconsciously telling myself it is. Congratulations on getting to prove that to yourself, and to me. <3
I love this! I haven’t gone out to sing karaoke in forever as it always seems to be held in drinking establishments but I absolutely LOVE live music and singing.
I do karaoke and singing from home now and started this thread for anyone to share their music on as I really LOVE hearing it :
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