My first sober Saturday, struggling already
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Maybe try ameeting plenty of them on at weekends meet new like minded people wish you well
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Welcome to your first Saturday sober.
Time for a solid plan that can help you create new routines.
Here are some things to keep in mindā¦
HALT is an acronym that reminds us to avoid being
Hungry
Angry or anxious
Lonely
Tired
There is a good chance you will feel all of those today in these first days of sobriety, so making some plans about how to manage that is important. When we are in any of those conditions, especially in the early days, we are at big risk of picking up a drink.
Eat good food today
Use strategies to calm yourself, take extra good care of yourself today
Try to find healthy, kind, emotionally safe places to be today
Plan for some rest
Spend time on this app, reading about this journey and take the pieces of information that resonate with you.
Get materials to read or watch about sobriety and recovery.
Plan a decent meal for yourself
Plan to get outdoors for a bit of fresh air
Break the day up into parts and focus on just getting through the part you are in.
Getting sober and getting into good recovery routines is a change process. At first it is pretty challenging. You are taking a big step to take care of yourself. Over time it will become a new normal and you will find that your weekends actually become relaxing and longer when we are off the crazy cycle of drinking.
Take today to start your real recovery plan. Get materials to read or watch, find a meeting to join, talk to supportive friends. Take care of yourself.
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The first weekend is tough. Make plans. Stay busy. Surround yourself with support. I was here a lot asking for encouragement. It works.
Id also recommend meetings as thats where i found my true community
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Hi, welcome to this amazing place! As others have said, keep busy. Plan a nice dinner this eveningā¦ your favourite take out or maybe fire up a bbq or pizza oven if you have them and the weather is ok where you are. I moved all of my front room/lounge area around on my first sober weekend. I made it a place to relax in instead of drink in (I did most of my drinking at home). I came here a lot also. I donāt go to meetings, I havenāt needed to use them yet but I would always stay open to them if I needed extra support. I come here daily and it helps me so much to know that I have the whole talking sober āfamilyā here to lean on if needed. So much wisdom and support here, 24/7 the lights are always on. Lean on us my sober friend. 
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Get a plan together for exactly how you can keep yourself busy at the weekends,even now if im ever off work on a saturday im always up and out early and i give myself plenty to do including exercise,it becomes the norm after a while if you stick at it 
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Welcome and congratulations on choosing to get sober. I see you have already recieved lots of great advice. I just wanted add the everything AA app also has access to online meetings 24/7 if you would prefer that to an in person one. Also the Big Book app has the speaker tapes that you can listen to. You can do this today. Take it one hour at a time if you need to. Everyone here is doing it right along with you 
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Welcome to TS 
Have a good read around and stay away from your DOC & triggering situations. Keep us posted here!
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Donāt drink! If this is your first sober Saturday, youāre gonna have the most glorious Sunday morning.
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Welcome. 
In my early sobriety, any ādangerā time that I had I planned out what I would do, starting with recovery work (reading a chapter from a book, listening to a podcast) then things like what to clean, what work to do, what I would watch on Netflix. I didnāt leave myself any open time.
Keep a good supply of nice food and beverages so you still feel like you are treating yourself. And look forward to that hangover-free morning!
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The crucial idea is to have a plan for how you want to spend your day. Unstructured time is bad; itās when the alcoholic brain starts talking to you. Donāt give it an inroad.
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@bbyers1993 Change up the routine and find an AA meeting to go to today and tonight.
Donāt worry man it does get easier and it IS worth it EVEN if you donāt feel like it is or does.
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Really appreciate this, excellent ideas. Heading to the cinema, followed by a nice night out for dinner. Alarm set to get up early tomorrow to watch the F1, really looking forward to it
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Tomorrow morning will feel amazing!!
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How do you feel today? The one thing I did in early sobriety and actually still, if I ever think about drinking, I say look Iām just gonna put this decision off for 12 hours. If I wake up in the morning and I still feel that way well then go ahead And get some beer. Well, Iām batting 1000% with that. Nothing like waking up fresh and clear minded.
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Feel amazing today! Got the cars washed, one out up for sale, work done around the house and more work done to the man cave. There would be no way I could have done any of this last week after a weekend on the drink
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Welcome to the forum @bbyers1993 
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Welcome. Glad you are here.
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Nice job!!! Yep, I get so much more done on the weekends in the morning. And and goodbye to that not only hung over feeling, but that anxiety or whatever you call it when you just feel like you hate yourself. Keep it up, it only gets better!
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hello, just a friendly reminder, you will feel so glorious Sunday morning if you donāt drink! Best wishes! Look forward to hearing from you
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