Congrats on seven months. Family is a tough one for me. The wife’s family drinks and it always gets under my skin. I am just jealous they can drink normally.

I hope for you to get the year sober in just a few more months.

Odaat

1is2many

Good stuff.

@1is2many

It's tough when you see other people having fun with a beer in their hand (especially if its in your own family). On the other hand, when people like you and I are regaining our health yeah?

3 more months to reach a full year of sobriety

@jeffneedshelp

Totally good stuff. How are you holding up during the holidays btw? Any struggles or tips?

In recovery I had to acknowledge it is perfectly alright for others to let it rip and be obnoxious if they wanted to. I had to do some inventory to see that if I had a choice, I wouldn't have been, and that I was blessed and privilaged to be given a way to not be obnoxious anymore!

In my first year of sobriety, I had a relative that was using around me a lot. In their case it wasn't an obnoxious behavior, it was a secretive and manipulative behavior that did make me have nausea. I've come to understand they were very sick, and I needed to help. I am happy to say that relative was relieved of their sickness by God, and seeing them as sick, rather than the cause of unhappiness, was key.

Keep up the good work man, you're right where you need to be.

@tailorsailor I havent looked at it that way before.

My family, they get super loud and that's what gives me nausea.

I'll keep pushing on, the beer totally wasnt worth it

Congrats on your seventh month! Very cool, and wish you continued success!

Very good to have the seven months under your belt. I hope you did not miss the hangover that comes with the drinking behavior!
i have gone through times when I feel judgy about others' drinking, and that's OK, but after a while I realized that I am mostly bored because I know they don't know or remember what they're saying, and instead of really talking to me I could be a brick wall or whatever, and I feel de-humanized carrying on a conversation with someone who is high. Disconnected.

@kevin105 thanks! Still determined to recover and be healthy

@bambusue I definitely don't miss the alcohol after what happened to me before I quit. Being in the hospital because of heart palpitations scared me enough for me to wake up to say "enough with the alcohol!" I've gone cold turkey since then and never looked back. I consider myself extremely lucky because I never got DT's, seizures or any other serious withdrawal symptoms. I did get nausea some insomnia and confusion however but its getting better

congrats as well...yes...if someone brings alcohol into the house for celebratory family functions, it goes back out with them if UN-opened, and down the drain if left. My partner and I don't drink, I'm blessed with a normie for a partner who fully understands my issues about having any alcohol in the home.

That sounds reasonable. Unfortunately I don't have a girlfriend to help out me out with stuff like that. But, I do enjoy being able to socialize without alcohol (unfortunate for my family because they need alcohol)