Another realization!
I love not drinking it is so much more rewarding than I ever thought it would be! I just wanted to escape from the prison of binge drinking but I didn?t realize the extent of the physical and mental freedom I would gain.
There is always a price to pay with drinking - a very big price for some of us. Despite the illusion there really is no reward at all other than an entirely false perception that you are enjoying yourself in those drunken moments which you may not even remember.
Without AL you can go out have a wonderful time and engage fully with people you love rather than engaging falsely through the fog of AL. And miracle of all miracles you can do it all again the next day and the next and the next if you want. There is no price to pay if you don?t drink or if you don?t drink to excess. There is no guilt, self hatred, no unidentified drunken injuries, no shame, no hiding, no sense of failure. When you think of how much we all suffer from drinking you would really wonder why any of us do it but I know it is because we are trapped in the cycle of the addiction and can?t see the way out.
When I was drinking my world shrank to nothing and I was just surviving from day to day without thinking or living in any meaningful way and I lived with fear and anxiety. Without it in my life I am a different person. I feel so strong and confident and capable and the world is my oyster. I can go anywhere and do anything now without fear of what will happen. It has taken a while but I am so excited and thankful for the freedom I have now and just want to encourage others that it is possible to get there and the rewards are so much more than you would ever expect. And the best thing of all is that it is SO MUCH FUN not being the DRUNKARD. I LOVE IT!
BH
I love not drinking it is so much more rewarding than I ever thought it would be! I just wanted to escape from the prison of binge drinking but I didn?t realize the extent of the physical and mental freedom I would gain.
There is always a price to pay with drinking - a very big price for some of us. Despite the illusion there really is no reward at all other than an entirely false perception that you are enjoying yourself in those drunken moments which you may not even remember.
Without AL you can go out have a wonderful time and engage fully with people you love rather than engaging falsely through the fog of AL. And miracle of all miracles you can do it all again the next day and the next and the next if you want. There is no price to pay if you don?t drink or if you don?t drink to excess. There is no guilt, self hatred, no unidentified drunken injuries, no shame, no hiding, no sense of failure. When you think of how much we all suffer from drinking you would really wonder why any of us do it but I know it is because we are trapped in the cycle of the addiction and can?t see the way out.
When I was drinking my world shrank to nothing and I was just surviving from day to day without thinking or living in any meaningful way and I lived with fear and anxiety. Without it in my life I am a different person. I feel so strong and confident and capable and the world is my oyster. I can go anywhere and do anything now without fear of what will happen. It has taken a while but I am so excited and thankful for the freedom I have now and just want to encourage others that it is possible to get there and the rewards are so much more than you would ever expect. And the best thing of all is that it is SO MUCH FUN not being the DRUNKARD. I LOVE IT!
BH
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