Day 30. I will not be drinking today.
this post was submitted on 15 Sep 2023
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Yaaaaassss this is awesome! You're kicking ass! We're all here with you too! 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Sounds like a full month to me!! 💜🎉
Yes I reached my first goal lol
Haven't had a drink since last Friday night. And it feels good right now!
It's not often, largely unheard of amongst my friends actually, for me to have a sober Friday. I've planned a nostalgic kinda night to keep me occupied and entertained.
I enjoyed the weekend before I discovered alcohol right? So I'm hooking up the gaming systems, and my husband and I are going to order pizza and wings, lots of soda, popcorn, and chips. No calorie counting! I'm partying like I'm 14 again 😂
We're gonna start with BG3 since he hasn't played yet. And then when the group were playing with is done, gonna break out the SNES and him and I are going to try and beat Donkey Kong Country.
This is my longest sober streak since 2020. If I can do it, you can too! And we'll have a great time doing it!
IWNDWYT!
Congratulations. We are all with you in your new journey/adventure.
Love this!! Congratulations for a week!!💜
day 9, still in hospital. dad just visited, went on a rant about how far behind I am on bills and other stressful shit I don't want to think about but he brought my dog Maia who I haven't seen in over 2 weeks, shes almost 3yo german shepard, she went berserk yipping and licking and jumping all over me, shes my best friend I love her so much shes the reason I keep living. dad had to leave and I got in one last cuddle and that's when my heart broke I started bawling my eyes out it's been half an hour I still can't stop crying. im just so embarrassed and ashamed I let my addictions get so bad that I'm incapable of looking after her. she's such a good girl I'm getting a tattoo of her when I get out of here. im going to smoke 2 cigs and cry more in a hot shower. never fucking ever drinking again for her.
My cat means the world to me. He is my faithful buddy. I hate leaving him behind for even a night. I feel you. Physically, how do you feel? You should be past the physical withdrawal now and it’s out of your system. Your body starts it’s major healing now. Remember, it is literally poison. If you haven’t read it, try to get This Naked Mind. It changed my life and thoughts about drinking.
i got a one braincell orange boi the size of a house cause mum won't stop giving him treats and I love him just as much but I know they're in good hands at my parents house. the withdrawals are long gone but they're still loading me up with diaz and seroquel so I've been zombie mode wet brain. I've been recommended this naked mind many times I'll bite the bullet and have a crack. shit I haven't read a book in 20 years. hey btw thanks so much for hosting and being so active replying to everyone here, you're a saint. much appreciation from Australia, where it feels like drinking is mandatory. shit drug. not even in the top ten.
I am bipolar too and staying sober and letting the meds doing the work has been enlightening. I never realized how bad the interaction can be.
i got adhd and bpd and drinking and smoking weed seemed to be the only thing that stopped or slowed down the tornado of thoughts. can't wait for my body to get used to the seroquel, shit yesterday it had me so seasick I collapsed and couldn't reach the staff assist button, was stuck there for 45 minutes holding onto to the earth for dear life and then the fkn fire alarm goes off. i was like WELP it's been real peace out homies. thank satan it was a false alarm and a nurse found me and gave me something like phenergan and within 15mins I was up and about feeling fine. bizarre morning. plus the most effed up nightmares about CSA trauma every night but I got a lil lucid the other night and pulled out a glock and turned him into swiss cheese. sorry for the word vomit it feels good to write down and wrap my head around what's going on
The other problem is drinking stops the thoughts got maybe a hour? Then you gotta drink more to keep it up. It took several years to find the right “cocktail” for me. Geodon saved my life.
Oh that’s right the other BPD. 😁 still let the meds do the work. Seroquel is some hard stuff. I took it for a few months to sleep and the sleep hangover in the morning was AWFUL.