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Day 6

iofthetiger
iofthetiger

So far so good.... Sunday was a little tough with everyone else drinkin around me, but I just sipped on my crystal light. It was a great day! Nice to not feel the shameful guilt for once. Its my choice....I got this....


1is2many
1is2many
Great for you! I hope that you find a great place in sobriety. For me I needed to find something to replace the drinking. I would quit and get to feeling better and think that it wasnt so bad... or its different now... or just one... then I would be back on the merry go round of daily drinking. See for me drinking was the solution to the problem. take away the booze and the problem was worse. I would get jealous and sad and mad. But not this time. I have friends that can help when i have the blues. I have tools to help me when the urges hit. I pray for all to find the great life in sobriety. I am still amazed every day how much better I am and the fact that I engage life. Cmon!!
1is2many
jeffneedshelp
jeffneedshelp
Congrats. If you can avoid the first drink, you'll avoid the shame in all likelihood.
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
I stayed away from people who were drinking around me in early sobriety. That was a big trigger for me. I took a few years when I could comfortably be around drinkers without craving the poison myself.

I remember, while in treatment, there was a girl in my group who worked as a bartender and she was convinced she could do her job and not drink, so the counselors put her through a little role playing exercise, which she could not handle. She eventually quit the bartender job and became a waitress in a restaurant that did not serve alcohol.

The first thing I did when I left treatment was get rid of all my drinking buddies. I wasn't going to let them drag me down with them. That was 8 years ago. I have a great life now and I have never been happier!

God Bless
Impermanence
Impermanence
That's great. If we have a social live, we cannot completely avoid being around drinking, "No thanks" is my response. Day six WOW!!!!!
gr8tful2be
gr8tful2be
Congrats on Day 6!
seaQ
seaQ
I haven't been around a buncha drinkers yet. Dread!
God job iofthetiger, Way to stay on top of it, and enjoy yourself, it's an inspiration
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