On The Wagon... then in 'ere!

Getting into all those fancy instant coffees of late like Nescafe Azera. Also Aldi's decaf instant is pretty good for the evenings.

That and tea, all I've been drinking now for over 4 months. Love sobriety, just a different life, no hangovers, no worry, etc. Booze is so overrated.
 
I am joining the club from today!

I posted earlier about some issues I've had - excessive binge drinking on Friday/Saturday really isn't helping. It feels fantastic at the time but come Monday and the working week I'm just feeling terrible.

So I will stop from today :D
 
I stopped drinking last April. The hangovers were getting too much, cava was my thing along with cans of Stella. My problem was not knowing when to stop, once I got the taste I was on it all day and night. I couldn't stop, didn't cross my mind until the brutal hangover the next day, makes me shudder now.
 
redrabbit29 said:
I am joining the club from today!

I posted earlier about some issues I've had - excessive binge drinking on Friday/Saturday really isn't helping. It feels fantastic at the time but come Monday and the working week I'm just feeling terrible.

So I will stop from today :D
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Good for you. Welcome to the club!
 
how do you guys do this? as even in my ~"good" times i do end up dependent pretty heavily on substance abuse.

not to the point it grossly affects my life but tio the point where outside f commuting to work i generally cannot drive due to intoxication (i do my shopping online or small bits on the way home from work, i would never go to work with any substance present alcohol or otherwise due to the nature of my work).

i am not an addict in that i cannot function without something in my system but i find i need something to "change" me regularlyin order to "pass time" more than anything.
 
Tefal said:
how do you guys do this? as even in my ~"good" times i do end up dependent pretty heavily on substance abuse.

not to the point it grossly affects my life but tio the point where outside f commuting to work i generally cannot drive due to intoxication (i do my shopping online or small bits on the way home from work, i would never go to work with any substance present alcohol or otherwise due to the nature of my work).

i am not an addict in that i cannot function without something in my system but i find i need something to "change" me regularlyin order to "pass time" more than anything.
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The thing about my drinking was that it was so time and energy consuming by the end that I'd become a full time drunk who worked to support his drinking. I'd lost all the other things that make me, well me. When I finally stopped drinking and started getting sober, my mental horizons expanded, my energy and time became mine again and I began rediscovering those things that make me me. I sometimes forget just how bad it was, and how good things are today in comparison, that's (one of the reasons) why I go to meetings.
 
Cheers, it's pretty easy, quite nice being well enough to play my PS3, usually I was too hungover to be bothered.

Also having a good friend die for alcohol has been quite motivating, he wasn't very big but he used to drink a biblical amount of booze, more often than not starting in the morning when he got up.
 
I'm really sorry for your loss mate. I can't imagine what that must feel like. I'm glad you're able to find strength in his passing to help yourself and in doing so hopefully encourage others in a similar situation to try and do the same.
 
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