Congrats
Congrats
Thanks!!! 101.
It's worth stopping drinking. Did you see former Browns QB Bernie Kosar is suffering from liver failure? He admitted to years and years of alcohol abuse.
102.
12 weeks
Great work, keep it up!
Well done Rooting for you!! That's great. 103 today.
14 days today.
This is my second time deciding to give up alcohol. The first time was about 11 years ago and at that point came to the realization it was alcohol or my girlfriend at the time. Had went to a low key party back in 2013 and I was far from low key, don’t remember much. Didn’t hurt anyone, but disappointed and let down plenty. Girlfriend gave me an ultimatum, it saved my life.
Stayed sober for around 15 months and felt that I had a much better handle on it. Decided I could responsibly drink again. At this point I was 27.
Fast forward. The girlfriend is now my wife of 10+ years and we have lovely children.
The reason I’ve decided to quit now is not because of some wild night or terrible decision. It’s due to just feeling that alcohol had taken control and I wasn’t making the decisions anymore. Like I was on autopilot. It’s been a long time since I’ve drank to a black out, but just the 4-8 beers a night or Margs on the weekend leaves me feeling terrible the next day, and I’m just tired of powering through a hangover.
I feel a bit on edge, but not entirely sure that’s from giving it up, as I would routinely go 4-6 days between drinking. More so, it feels like the world is just trying to get under my skin lately, knowing that I won’t just take the edge off after work. I have been getting angry this week and had a short fuse the last couple of days.
I do enjoy my newfound clarity, though it’s sad that it took around 6 days to have the fog dissipate, knowing that I never really put enough time between drinking to experience life without the filter of the numb.
I just want the best life for my children and realize I don’t want every moment of my or their lives to center around alcohol. With how short life is, trying to speed it up through consumption wasn’t the answer.
I’ve been on LR for probably close to a decade now and I’ve never seen this thread. Just happened to be scrolling, and after a particularly hard day today, found it comforting to know there’s so many out there that are experiencing it as well.
Though I don’t feel strong urges to drink, it is hard to break alcohol out of the routine of your weekly rhythm of living. Having this outlet to kind of get it off my chest and out of my thoughts is refreshing.
I don’t know if I’ll never have another drink again, but I know right now that I don’t.
On to week 3
Well done second time!! I echo many of your sentiments. Clarity and calm would be two great additions in sobriety so far. I was probably drinking 3 to 4 nights a week and a good bit then powering through the hangover the next day. Perpetual cycle. Day 104 today. Keep it up!
Day 105. 15 weeks down.
three days in this time wrote:
Day 105. 15 weeks down.
One positive thread on this board. Well done! Easy going from here in my experience.
Day 1172 for me.
106. Well done jogger262 and love the positivity!!
107. First tough day in probably 8 weeks. Very stressed but made it through.
108.
109.
three days in this time wrote:
107. First tough day in probably 8 weeks. Very stressed but made it through.
Well done. If it was easy, everyone would be doing it.
3 months (13 weeks) as of today.
Well done Rooting for you!! Stress at home and in work combined with some nice weather brought back some cravings but much better able to manage than I have previously. Decent speedwork this week and going to start build mileage soon. Day 110 today.
3 weeks today
Well done Second time keep it up. 111.
112. 16 weeks today.