That's great to hear! Yeah, the best thing to do is to try and recognize the things and times that make you want to drink and be cognizant at seeing the signs of urges before they turn to actually picking the drink up. If you've never looked into them, I'd highly recommend Smart Recovery (smartrecovery.org), it's a great program and has a lot of excellent strategies in their toolkit online for coping with and combating urges. Keep up the excellent work ;)

Exactly. I'm so happy to be feeling a bit better and have some positivity back. This morning was rough and depressing. I'm out of the hospital now though and going to a meeting with my sponsor later on today. Thanks for the kind words <3

Thank you for that. I'll keep it in mind. Yeah, I'm just going to right the ship and be more vigilant to possible triggers. Also work more closely with my sponsor and make it to more meetings. I appreciate all the love and support from everyone, it means a lot.

I feel you. It's soul-draining to work as a pleb grinding away and under the geara of capitalism. My advice is to find your passion, what makes you tick. For me it was returning back to nature, reading and getting creative. Alcohol has a tendecy to get in the way of those pursuits, at least it did for me.

I would try and change up your routine (it's not easy) to find something that really makes you happy. It wont necessarily happen overnight but when you find a genuine love than it'll be worth the effort you put in in spades. I wish you the best and feel free to PM me if you ever need to talk to someone. We're here for you comrade <3

That's amazing! I'm nearing day 30 myself. It really keeps getting better day after day. I actually found a fullbox of wine while cleaning trash up at the beach and had no compunction to want to drink it whatsoever, I knew my cravings were gone but it was joyous to see it illustrated so strikingly.

You're absolutely right about activity keeping you focused. I've been at it with whatever form of social/community action I can take and it has been a boon to my ongoing sobriety. To know that I can be there for others when they need me and be a positive influence on their lives is tremendously uplifting. Keep up the great work, comrade!

For myself, things just keep getting better each and every day. I feel immense gratitude at not craving or desiring a drink whatsoever. I feel incredibly clear-headed and like myself for the first time in years. Alcohol really drained me of my passion and siphoned the joy from my soul. I'm meeting so many new and wonderful people, both in AA and out of it. It really is amazing to finally be able to connect with others.

Not everything is always sunshine and roses though. I have my moments. I still miss my fiance a lot and still cry at least a time or two everyday. But it is much more manageable than when I was drinking. There's also the issue of being around or exposed to repulsive ideas and personalities. This morning I went to what I thought was an AA meeting, but it was really just a evangelical Christian early morning bible group and I was smacked in the face with transphobia and homophobia, as well as "remember to vote, it matters, for those that need help we made a 'cheat sheet' with conservative candidates to vote for."

I noped out of there right then. It's a blunt reminder of that these people are in the midst of us, intolerant, ignorant and mobilized against our fellow brothers and sisters. It made me sad, but I was also emboldened by the fact that I know that my fight has just begun anew and now I have tye clear head to face it head on

Stay strong fellow comrades, we got this! 😊

Thank you. Absolutely. It is a scourge akin to the scourge of Capitalism, in fact exacerbated by the chains of the system and the despair it incurs to our fellow working class men and women. I'm blessed to have made it out, I can only hope to help our other brothers and sisters as well.

Definitely! It's good to have you. I hope it helps. I wish you great strides in your sobriety!

Thabk you for te clarification. I'm new and still grasping the fediverse terminology.

For sure. It's been a great past two weeks though. I'm definitetly feeling more like myself again.

Sweet! I just created it. It's called sobriety, I wanted a space where everyone could go to stay sober, not just alcoholics or a particular drug. Here's the link:

https://lemmygrad.ml/c/sobriety

I'll he making a sticky sometime today when I get to the computer.

Welcome, member number uno! ;D

Congrats on the sobriety! I have 11 days sober from alcohol as of today, stay strong comrade ;) By the way, I've been thinking of starting a sober community, would you mind if I PMd you when I do? I'm going to try and grow it into a small, but active communuty hopefully.