Hello friends, this thread is here to celebrate the little things that keep us going. I've been keeping a wee diary this time around. At the end of each day, I make a note of the good things that have happened that day as a result of me being sober. I try to do this right down to the littlest thing, purely because there are so many benefits, big and small, from being AL free for just one day. I then read it first thing next morning to reinforce my positive attitude and my gratitude for the chance to be sober for another day.
I was looking over this diary this evening, there's a hell of a lot of good stuff in there, but I thought I'd share my most standout moment with you.
After about a month of being sober, I was getting used to the 'you look great' comments, the praise from my boss at work ( I love my job, but AL was robbing me of the passion and commitment that comes so easily to the sober me!) everything was going really well. I felt really good, was running again at the gym and working out, and spending more time socialising, all of this was great.
Around this time I was out one night for a meal with my daughter (she's grown up, lives with her fianc? away from home, but we are very close and spend a good bit of time together still). We had a great time. There was none of the tension that my drinking used to cause between us, I didn't even give al a thought that night, even though the restaurant was licensed and she had a glass of wine.
As we got up to leave, breathless from laughing, she grabbed my hand and said 'it's so good to have you back Mum'. Eight words. Alcohol has never given me the high that I felt that night, just from those eight words. I've been sober for a further two months since then, and if I ever feel a slip coming on, a moment of weakness, I think about those words, and the love and pride behind them.
Every day, every hour sober is an achievement and a reason to celebrate. depending on where you are in your journey, it could be as simple as getting out of bed and brushing your teeth. It's a start. It's a positive.
This thread is all about the positives, big and small, let's celebrate them.
I was looking over this diary this evening, there's a hell of a lot of good stuff in there, but I thought I'd share my most standout moment with you.
After about a month of being sober, I was getting used to the 'you look great' comments, the praise from my boss at work ( I love my job, but AL was robbing me of the passion and commitment that comes so easily to the sober me!) everything was going really well. I felt really good, was running again at the gym and working out, and spending more time socialising, all of this was great.
Around this time I was out one night for a meal with my daughter (she's grown up, lives with her fianc? away from home, but we are very close and spend a good bit of time together still). We had a great time. There was none of the tension that my drinking used to cause between us, I didn't even give al a thought that night, even though the restaurant was licensed and she had a glass of wine.
As we got up to leave, breathless from laughing, she grabbed my hand and said 'it's so good to have you back Mum'. Eight words. Alcohol has never given me the high that I felt that night, just from those eight words. I've been sober for a further two months since then, and if I ever feel a slip coming on, a moment of weakness, I think about those words, and the love and pride behind them.
Every day, every hour sober is an achievement and a reason to celebrate. depending on where you are in your journey, it could be as simple as getting out of bed and brushing your teeth. It's a start. It's a positive.
This thread is all about the positives, big and small, let's celebrate them.
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