I’ve been tracking my drinks for 2 years, first time I reach such a sober streak - and I feel really better!
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Great work! Congratulations!
Great job! It only gets easier. I would have called myself an alcoholic when younger. But after not a drop in 3 yrs now, and only once in a blue moon 3 yrs before that, I don’t even think about it any more. It gets old, boring and pointless at some point. For a lot of us anyways. Congrats on the sobriety! It’s worth it.
Congratulations!
Keep it up! I’m pulling for you!
i don’t think that’s mildly interesting at all.
that’s badass. way to go, dude.
Congrats!!!
Given how much everything around us tries to push us to drink, you can be proud!
Downvoted because it’s too interesting
Been struggling myself to start getting sober what template are you using?
Thanks for being honest. For yourself and for all those also struggling.
When I quit smoking tobacco, I waited as long as i could to have my first smoke of the day. Some days I made it very far, some days I lit up right when I woke up. Eventually I made it through a whole day.
It accelerated pretty fast after that cause once I got a few days under my belt, I felt positive reinforcement. Relapsing didnt crush my spirit, I could be so happy with how much time I “earned” last go around. Not bad that I failed to “quit”. This really flipped the script for me. I felt stronger as I kept trying rather then pulled apart and broken down.
If being hard on yourself worked, we would be perfect by now.
I’m currently quitting and I’ve gotten to the beginning of that point. It’s still hard, and today I’ve already started smoking, yesterday was a stressful day, but tomorrow I’ll try again. I’ve definitely noticed that it’s getting easier not to smoke.
Given the logo in the pic, I would assume drylendar? It seems an app for iPhone
I am glad you are free to do what you want with your own body. I will get to be free to choose for myself one day when the drug war ends.
Fuck, my calender is red. Very red… I try but not that hard apparently. Good on ya and keep going friend.
Fantastic job, it is very difficult.
Remember this moment, know that you did it, and if needed you’ll do it again.
that’s worth posting to !programmer_humor@programming.dev if it hasn’t been already :)
A the classic road map of working in tech. Programmers be like “Lead dev: How did you write this code? It’s really good”, “Senior dev: I don’t remember.” “Lead dev: No worries, keep up the good work! Want to go to the pub later?”
Heh at least my friend doesn’t get blackout drunk anymore.
The longer I look at this, the worse it gets
12 coffees, 3 espressos, and a stout to level off the caffeine buzz sounds like thursdays.
I was thinking about the ten day weeks, uneaven grid, distorted text and icons everywhere, three different notification bells, etc.
Congrats!
Wild catch this post as I’m with ya, I just broke 24 hours. This is the worst part (3 days of anxiety, etc) , I really hope I can make it your numbers being sober.
You probably already know this but as a general PSA, don’t hesitate to seek out medical help if you’re having other symptoms or severe anxiety; alcohol withdrawal can be fatal without intervention
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25052-delirium-tremens#symptoms-and-causes
I have been keeping tabs on my body temp and heart rate. They seem to be the first signs that you best get to the ER immediately.
Also there is a CIWA-Ar calculator. I hit pretty low when it comes to what I’m experiencing. I was tapering pretty good before I said enough is enough.
But I really appreciate your concern and taking the time to msg me about it. I did find a new concern on the page you sent, the B1 effects. God knows I have no desire to eat anything right now, but I may just have to force it.
Thanks again!
Soup, or ramen. Easy foods man. Stuff like miso soup since you can basically just drink it.
lol thats exactly I did, I had a bowl of soup not even 20 minutes ago! I got some really good ramen too in the pantry that will be next! Great advice, than you!
Also you get all the ice cream you want
Dude after I went from 10+ drinks every day to almost every day having zero, I was ASTOUNDED at how much I could eat while still losing weight. Turns out 1,000-2,000+ calories of drinks in a day translates to a LOT OF TREATS! I’ve plateaued now and never was a really huge person, but I just gorged and had treats all of the time every day after the initial hell week and lost 20% of my weight. I’m back to tiny and I still eat almost a half pint of ice cream daily heyo yeeee
Werd up
I had trouble stopping for a good while, then one day I realized it was Saturday morning and I was out for a walk on a chilly, sunny day and I felt good. It was like a switch flipped. In a flood I realized that I had trapped myself in a habit I didn’t even like any more. My health had already suffered a bit from it, and the upside of having a ton of friends and family at gatherings cracking open a few had faded, friends moved on as they do, family expanded and the growing complexity of it all made alcohol an anchor rather than a buoy, and it went from a catalyst for fun to a stress factor that only had downsides.
I realized those old days were gone. My cousin wasn’t going to hurl over the railing at my other cousin’s wedding reception while our uncles roasted and toasted him from an open trunk. I wasn’t loosening up in the hopes of talking to a cute girl at a party. I was sitting alone in my basement on a Saturday with a jug of questionable vintage, drinking because there was in that habit a faint recollection of good times past, and a compulsion that was just strong enough to keep me there, but weak enough to fly under the radar.
I love a fizzy club soda. I love a cup of mint tea. I love feeling the day as it happens, the drag of a bad time felt fully ricochets into the actual good feeling of an accomplishment, however small.
It’s not a tough choice any more, because I’ve seen it in the light of day… But it’s still there.
Also, to echo another poster, you CAN do it.
“an anchor not a buoy” what a great way of putting it! I will remember that phrase.
There are too many similarities in your back story that I have had. I can’t wait til I don’t have to cancel plans or go out to eat because I had 6 beers and counting. How may times I caught myself w/ the keys in my hand of because I was drinking so much I would forget and nearly get behind the wheel.
I cut off all my “bar friends” years ago. Too much to deal with when not wanting to drink and they are riding you “Come on just have one”
Health issues too, hopefully its not too late.
Also I have 2 restaurants owned by of close friends that I can go to. They saw how much I was drinking and banded me from ordering alcohol. I do get all my soft drinks for free, they really were worried when they said “no more”. And its not like they don’t a lounge full functioning drunks, they do. But for me they must liked me more than what I was spending a night at their bar. And it was a lot of money.
I’m sure there are a ton of grammatical error in my post, forgive my brain is in a state, but you know that :)
Thank you for taking the time to respond, I really appreciate it. And I have to do it, I don’t think I have it in me if back slide and have to do this again…
You can do it!
The hardest part is what you gave already just done, good luck!
Thank you and I’m gonna do my best, the 1st 3 days seem like the hardest. Day 1 down now just a couple more.
Then the after care, thats all new to me. But I’m sure thats easy to find out about.
Find some hobbies, books, etc., whatever you’re genuinely interested in. Don’t push yourself in these first few days; if all you want to do is sleep, then sleep. But in the coming weeks/months it will help tremendously to have something you can pour your whole being into, just completely immersed in. A book, a video game, hell even binging a tv series if it’s all you can motivate yourself to do. Arts, crafts, woodworking, soldering, language learning, whatever it is that gets your gears spinning.
If you ever feel yourself wanting to reach for a drink, ask yourself if you’re just bored. If the answer is yes, find something to do just to occupy your mind. It doesn’t matter if it’s something “lazy” or “unproductive.” If it gets you to bedtime without taking a drink, it was worthwhile.
If it’s not boredom, ask yourself if what it is. If you’re tired, sleep. Frustrated, depressed, stressed, lonely? If you can identify the cause of the craving, it gets easier to find something else to do instead of reaching for a drink.
Its nice to hear this from another that knows because thats what I’m doing. I got a call from my mom and just couldn’t deal with it because its sometimes like a interrogation with all the questions.
Keeping my YT/Rumble vids as non political as possible. Light interaction on Lemmy, absolutely no reddit. Fortunately (or unfortunately) not working so that stress isn’t over the top. My industry is a heart attack industry so I am ok with burning up some savings to get “right”.
Thank you for reaching out w/ some great advice. I will put it to work now :)
The first day is the hardest part. I have full faith in you and for your next 24 hours, I’ll pledge with you, IWNDWYT (I will not drink with you today). Don’t worry about next week or even two days from now. Lets do another 24 hours not drinking together.
Also, not to swamp you with books but the book Allen Carr’s Quit Drinking Without Willpower changed my entire mindset around alcohol and that made it much easier to get thru the cravings that happen in the first couple weeks.
I can do that pledge with you! I got some food and me and thats helped, still need to eat a bit more. My next 24 hours would be right around noon EST. I’ll keep the eye on the prize and not over think what its going to be like on day 3 or day 30.
I’ll look into that book. Last one I read was Russell Brands book “Recovery” its a good read. And someone sent a .pdf link on here for same recommended reading. The outpouring of support has been great, I really hope I don’t miss anyone and not respond.
Thank for the encouragement and the challenge :)
The sweats get better pretty quickly, and you’ll soon be amazed how much of your dreams you remember!
Looking forward to that time :)
Right now its a light headache, stomach inst happy and go back from hot to hold every other minute. Oh and can’t stop yawning, so its a ton better than 12 hours ago.
You can do it! Bite its fucking head off!
keep going, youll be clear in no time
While rehabilitation is a very personal journey, it is from my perspective that addiction is a life long thing. There is no “clear” to get to.
I am the same addict I was when in active addiction, just with a better grasp on who I am and what my strengths and weaknesses are. People who are growing through recovery just have more tools to succeed in situations that may have tripped us up in the past back when we were “unarmed”.
Great job! Try to make a year!
If for some reason you fail to make a year, come back to this message and read this:
spoiler
Don’t beat yourself up over a day or two. Have a goal and strive for it. But don’t let a slip-up consume you. A year sober minus two days is still 99.5% sober. That’s an A+ in my grade book. No reason not to strive for improvement, to make it to 100% next year. But never lose sight of what you’ve already accomplished so far. You did it once. You can do it again. Reflect on your thought process. Think of what emotional or material state lead you to relapse. Maybe write or journal about it now. Hopefully this will help your future self avoid that trap again. But otherwise, don’t let this drive you further down. You are human. This is normal. Most addictions take multiple relapses to cure. Give yourself some compassion. You slipped up once, but that just means it’s time to start a new winning streak.
i agree with all of this. it’s human nature to fail, and as long as you’re still genuinely trying and heading the right direction your behavior is admirable.
