I am currently on my 4th day of being completely sober and I can't help but worry and think about a number of things that I know I am going to have to face during my journey.
1. I am worried that without alcohol I won't be as socialible as I use to be and perhaps have less tolarance for certain individuals or less patience for when waiting for the next game of pool or snooker to finish before its my turn to play again.
2. Since starting my journey being sober, Im beginning to think about a number of friends of mine whom I am concerned about when it comes to alcohol. I guess that it is due to me being sober now and thinking back to the stupid alcohol-fueled nights out and realising that there are a number of mates that are extremely heavy drinkers, just like I use to be. One of them drinking pretty much 5-6 days a week, whom drinks about 2 bottles of wine each of those nights and then on 2 of those nights goes out drinking in the pub after the bottles of wine. I can't help but be very concerned for him, as to him it appears to be just a joke, and takes no seriousness to such large amounts of drinking.
3. I am worried that I am going to lose a number of friends during my journey, not in the sence of arguing or anything like that, but our friendship will simply just slip away, as I would be avoiding the pubs and that would be the main place that we would meet up and socialise.
4. I am worried that when I do once again begin socialising with people completely sober, I would be pressurised into drinking again. Some of the people I know, are devils for buying me drinks and I would be nervous that they would buy me a drink and I would have to turn the pint down and offend them. Some of them are easily offended when they buy you a drink and you decline it.
I am guessing that these are all normal worries and thoughts when giving up the alcohol. I was wondering if anyone else thought of such things when they began their journey of giving up alcohol. I would really like to hear others storyies of what they perhaps thought about during their first days of giving up alcohol.
Thanks
Shephard
1. I am worried that without alcohol I won't be as socialible as I use to be and perhaps have less tolarance for certain individuals or less patience for when waiting for the next game of pool or snooker to finish before its my turn to play again.
2. Since starting my journey being sober, Im beginning to think about a number of friends of mine whom I am concerned about when it comes to alcohol. I guess that it is due to me being sober now and thinking back to the stupid alcohol-fueled nights out and realising that there are a number of mates that are extremely heavy drinkers, just like I use to be. One of them drinking pretty much 5-6 days a week, whom drinks about 2 bottles of wine each of those nights and then on 2 of those nights goes out drinking in the pub after the bottles of wine. I can't help but be very concerned for him, as to him it appears to be just a joke, and takes no seriousness to such large amounts of drinking.
3. I am worried that I am going to lose a number of friends during my journey, not in the sence of arguing or anything like that, but our friendship will simply just slip away, as I would be avoiding the pubs and that would be the main place that we would meet up and socialise.
4. I am worried that when I do once again begin socialising with people completely sober, I would be pressurised into drinking again. Some of the people I know, are devils for buying me drinks and I would be nervous that they would buy me a drink and I would have to turn the pint down and offend them. Some of them are easily offended when they buy you a drink and you decline it.
I am guessing that these are all normal worries and thoughts when giving up the alcohol. I was wondering if anyone else thought of such things when they began their journey of giving up alcohol. I would really like to hear others storyies of what they perhaps thought about during their first days of giving up alcohol.
Thanks
Shephard
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