Hello Kerela,

The feeling of having that great weight lifted from the shoulders is indeed wonderful and a bit like the joy of a child who manages to stand up or walk for the first time.

You now realise and admit that you cannot drink safely but your mind is still obsessed with alcohol, which is natural and that is why you think about it every day. The next step is to move from admitting that you have a problem to fully accepting it. This can sometimes bring a feeling of loss, almost like losing a close friend, and it can be easy to fall into self-pity and the “why me” attitude. This too is normal and it may take a few days to work through it but it is vitally important to move on from that feeling to a more positive place.

By going to AA meetings you have greatly improved your chances of success. My suggestion to you is to go to many different meetings over the next three months. Don’t sit in the corner or at the back but push yourself to do things that are a bit uncomfortable. Sharing at meetings is important but keep it reasonably short (3-5 minutes max.) and not the self-centred boring tirade of 15 minutes or more that some people indulge in. You will notice that there are two types of people at the meetings, strugglers and winners. Even people who have been sober on and off for many years and who are strugglers can become winners, and the winners can also become strugglers if they let their standards slip. Listen to people sharing and try to stick with the winners.

The bottom line is that you are on your way now, and if that is what you want, you need never drink again. That is indeed a different and a very good feeling.

Yay good for you. Two weeks means you are as physically sober as anyone on the planet.
Now the interesting thing is learning to live sober a day at a time. Personally I needed to go to a meeting every day. I drank every day; and so my sponsor said GO to a meeting daily. I committed to working the steps, doing the "deal" and going to a meeting a day. I went to a meeting a day for the first two years...and loved it. Now my 6th bday sober is in 10 days. this week I went to three meetings and felt better mentally than I have in weeks. I've been so "well" I've skipped meetings. So anyway -- congrats on your newly found sobriety. Hope you find peace and sereentity and growth now too:-) For me that meant the full program of AA.

Keep coming back if it works. It's worked for me for 3.5 years.

I tried quitting a million times, and would always go back to the bottle. This time I have decided to get sober. I work on me and the reasons why and then I dont have to drink. Very important difference. Just removing the way I solved the problems didnt remove the problems. I had to find a replacement for the way I was solving the problem
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Congrats! I remember that feeling of peace when I finally quit. It got me through for some time. I eventually needed a long term solution which I found in the program AA. I found true peace after incorporating the steps into my daily life. Good luck!

Maybe it feels weird because you are not use to being sober. Good things happen to those who stop drinking. My AA sponser use to tell me that every day and he was right! I started off feeling calm and peacefull but it just got better and better as time went by!

God Bless