My brother and I decided to get sober since the first of this month. He was struggling with alcohol a lot more than usual and I told him that I’d go sober with him so that he wouldn’t have to go solo. My family has a history of alcoholism and I’ve had my times where I was definitely consuming too much for the wrong reasons.
I’m hoping that doing this together will make it easier for us both but I’m open to any tips that people may have on what they do with loved ones when sober? We were thinking of movie/game nights with family. I’m not opening it quite yet to friends, as they all enjoy drinking and I feel as though it’d be too tempting, especially this early on.
My sister quit about a year before I did and she lived about a mile from me. We did a lot of things together early on in my sobriety. We went to gym everyday, went to lunch and had movie nights. It really helped because being alone, I would’ve gone crazy.
I pretty much stayed away from friends for the first year… and then I found out my “friends” were only friends when I was drinking. Typical.
I made some new friends that didn’t drink, that was good.
So, I guess my tip would be to gravitate to those with the same mindset and goals. Do that, and you will set yourself up for success.
Going to the gym is a great idea! I have noticed that drinking put a few pounds on me
Yup, I can already sense that I’ll be seeing some people less often now that I’m attempting to be sober. On the bright side, it’ll weed out those that weren’t ever truly my friends but simply “those that only wanted to party with me.”
. There is plenty of great advice and shared experiences here.
