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They talk about the health benefits of moderate drinking like poise, attraction, decision making and better-smelling breath. Hi we’re Jack and Meredith and we’re alcoholics. We wouldn’t be alive without the help of our favorite twelve step programs, but that doesn’t mean recovery doesn’t fully suck too. Listen as we discuss how sobriety and twelve step is portrayed in specific media, books, movies and television. God grant me the serenity to rock the house down tonight. Mmare2010, I feel a lot like you right now (although I’m only about 5 months sober myself).
And now that I was sober, I had to undertake the task of picking up where I’d left off. After years of therapy, I know WHY I drank. Part of it was to speed up the passage of time. Another part of it was that the only times I felt I could truly let loose and relax was when I was drunk. If I’m being honest, I also drank because I knew it was killing me and I felt like I deserved it. In the end, the alcohol didn’t even matter.
I’m Here For You — But That’s The Best I Can Do
Life isn’t static, it changes all the time. If you keep putting one foot in front of the other and doing the next right thing, your life will improve. The saying goes that your worst day in sobriety is better than your best day in addiction. So maybe a lot of people don’t say it and maybe I’m the only one who feels it, but sometimes sobriety sucks. Oh, and all these accurate memories.
“Every relationship I’ve been in was devoted to the idea that this could go the distance,” he says. As with most problems, the solution is as difficult or as simple as we make it. Sometimes you must put your needs first. Sometimes, consider how your behavior has affected others. Or maybe those crotchety old-timers like to complain about life. Or the newcomer has unrealistic expectations and judges others unfairly.
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It doesn’t take long for thoughts to become words and words to become actions. Before you know it, a lousy day in sobriety sobriety sucks can quickly turn into your last day in sobriety if you turn to drugs and alcohol to ease your emotional discomfort.
- You can find the balance in recovery you need.
- Not only did alcohol make me smart, it also made me impervious to the alternative viewpoints of almost everyone I encountered.
- I am looking into expanding and revisiting my hobbies.
- I thought I was pretty functional.
- And I fall hook, line, and sinker time and time again.
But you know what else fucking sucks? Blacking out all the time and going broke as a result of my expensive habit. Waking up with the dread of not being able to remember how I got home or what I texted to whom. Getting turned down by insurance companies because my liver was diseased. Neglecting my cats, who I love more than anything, because I’d rather get drunk. I always got to that point in my sobriety, where people would tell me i am doing fine and things will get better (as if by magic?!). It doesn’t make the rest of your life a bed of roses.
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You will have days when you don’t necessarily make the strongest choices to improve your well-being or strengthen your recovery. No matter what happened yesterday or even five minutes ago, you can choose to be patient with yourself, reassess, and pivot as needed. You have already accomplished so much by choosing to stop using drugs and committing to sobriety. Staying sober every day is an incredible feat.
You can always improve how you fare in sobriety by looking at where you can improve your quality of life. Sometimes, it is the little things you may not realize are having a significant impact on your ability to cope. It wasn’t long before I swiftly replaced alcohol with even more self-destructive coping methods. Binging and purging, restricting, over-exercising, nicotine, OTC meds, ill-advised relationships, you name it.
