Stop Drinking

Congrats!! I’m on day 2 and hope to join you soon!

This isn't Reddit, but IWNDWYT!

That's awesome, may you make it to 4 weeks!

Every time I went to bed craving a drink at night, you have no idea how relieved I was in the morning when I woke up sober. It's what kept me going. I never thought I'd make it to a year, let alone six years. It wasn't without it's struggles, but if I was able to do it you can too.

great job. do you go to any meetings?

Good work! Hopefully it gets better.

Nice! Keep going, friend.

For me, that is about when time started moving much slower. 3 weeks seemed like 3 months. 3 months felt like 3 years. 1 year has seemed like 10.

Since I wasn't spending every evening erasing my memory with booze, I had to find things to occupy my time. Eating became important again, so that consumed a bit of my time. (I started at 175lbs, went as high as 210lbs and am back at a respectable 190lbs now. 190 fits my body type, so it's a good spot for me.)

Reading helped. Redesigning my CNC machine from the ground up over 6 or 7 iterations helped. Actually doing my chores absolutely helped. Exercise helps many people as well. Learning how to grow gourmet mushrooms helped. Since the shakes faded fairly quick, I could work on electronics again and solder extremely fine components again, so that helped.

Fill your time with anything but drinking. Sleep or eat as much as you can if all else fails.

From what I understand, learning how to pass the time is awkward for many people, so I just wanted to pass along my personal experience.

Take care!

I am so happy for you

Good for you, keep it up!

That’s wonderful! Congratulations!!

Wishing you good sobriety and positive things!

I have a friend who drank so much she ended up with an aneurysm at the age of 40, and another woman I know who had a stroke at 42 who drank a ton. If you need motivation, please know what the neurological consequences can be.