A big welcome to each new member! Use this thread to introduce yourself, tell us about your struggle and your goals. May you find peace and serenity in your sobriety!
I’ll start off.
Hello everyone, I’m Kvasir and I’m an alcoholic. I had a real tough couple of years. My fiance died and I hit the bottle hard to numb the grief and the pain of losing her. I drank more in these past two plus years than I ever have before.
It was an everyday, all day type of madness that culminated in the second worst day of my life after her passing from a terrifying first encounter with delirium tremens hallucinations.
From that moment on the desire to drink was forever taken (blessedly!) from me. I have just two weeks so far, but these two weeks are the greatest I’ve felt in years and each day keeps getting better as I go.
I hope everyone who comes here finds a sanctuary that they can use to explore new tools and strategies to deliver them into the life truly want and need. Thank you all for joining this little digital nook. I hope you enjoy your time here ;)
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howdy!
just to give the short-and-sweet version: drank pretty heavy and pretty steady for 10ish years til one day i woke up after a bender and felt completely separated from my physical self.
after that, i wanted to take a break until the next weekend. after one weekend, i realized i should really probably stop for a month. now, here i am 15 months later sober.
for anyone reading this who is either about to start their sober journey or just getting started, some tips from my experience:
- get plenty of drinks that you enjoy stocked up. for me, flavored sparkling water (like liquid death) and/or diet soda
- get ready for your cravings for sweets/dessert to through the roof. every sober person i’ve talked to agrees on this: you stop drinking and you fill the void with ice cream or candy
- it’s ok to fail. don’t give up because of a slip up - just get back on the horse and keep going
Howdy!
I’m SpeulchravesLibrary, and I’m an alcoholic!
I may write a longer intro at a later date 👉 👈