So after 2 months of sobriety i relapsed for a month and It ended, once again, in an extremely horrible way. I always start drinking little, then think i will we fine, end up drinking loads after like 3 weeks of slow drinking, and make a complete fool out of myself. Well, i am now determined to make it through 2017 sober! But i am also scared what life will be like… But hey… Cant be worse than the hangovers and vomiting… In public.
I’m with you. This will be my first entirely sober year. I need it or I will die. My actions are progressively more dangerous when I drink and I can’t do that to my 9 year old son.
@Laualamp, try taking one day at a time and seek outside help if you can. Looking at the entire year puts too much pressure on yourself and is a daunting task not that you won’t be successful.
@Ttforthewin, I’m in the same boat and that boat has made this so much easier this time. I have a 5 year old and bottom line is if I don’t quite drinking, the drink is going to kill me. That and the fact I now hold a deep resentment towards alcohol has made these 23 days sober seem like child’s play. Good luck to you my friend!
Thank you for the replies i don’t have children but i also feel i will kill myself or something else irreversible will happen if i continue my drinking pattern. One day at a time but still determined for the whole year as well.
Oh wow, @Juli liked this old post of mine and it was… Kinda eerie reading it. I was feeling so hopeless 168 days ago, and am in a much better place right now. Staying sober is so so worth it!!
Great job. It’s incredible when you realise how far you have come, and just think how many wonderful things are ahead as you progress on this journey. I was the same, a few drinks over a few weeks, it crept up on me, then BOOM! The ticking time bomb went off.
Thanks! Yep,and it’s good to be reminded how easily I can slip back to my old habits. There is no “just one drink” for me in the long run, even if I can have only one for a night, eventually it will be 10 again.
Exactly! Definitely gave me a boost!