Starting list of GOOD things!

[cmhguy3]

Starting list of GOOD things!

I have to add one more....

No longer waking up to find bruises, bumps, scratches and scabs and having no idea how they got there! LOL!!!!!!!

[DeeBee]

Starting list of GOOD things!

I am truly grateful for the new people, circumstances and events that are bringing joy into my life

[AstraiaJ.]

Starting list of GOOD things!

More good things

Great thread. Good to see familiar names who started fairly recently as I have and are hanging in there. Haven't been on here for a couple weeks but still stretching out those AF days longer and longer all the time.

I could relate to so many things already said -- I don't want to be too repetitive but the main things for me right now are:
+ Remembering everything from the evening before
+ Being more focused
+ Not waking up at 3:00 am all sweaty and dehydrated (and not being able to go back to sleep)
+ Remembering dreams again -- some of them are pretty weird but still I'll take dreaming as a healthy sign
+ Getting my house back in order
+ Saving money
+ Exercising, having more energy
+ Coming to the point where it's not torture to make it from 5-9 in the evening AF
+ Not having to cover my ears when the recycling truck comes, when the crashing from all of my wine bottles hits the truck

Sleep is much better but still restless sometimes. I know from reading others' experiences that it takes some time for sleep patterns to stabilize, so I'm being patient with that.
This may seem obvious, but it's good to focus on the good, and even better to see that I can still look forward to even more positives if (no WHEN) I keep hanging in there. Thanks for the topic!

[Happy Feet]

Starting list of GOOD things!

WHOA! As I read thru your lists I can't help but be overwhelmed. What the heck were we thinking drinking like we were? I agree with everyones list. I love not looking at the clock anymore. Before come about 1:30 in the afternoon I would start counting the hours and minutes. I could have no clocks in my house now and I wouldn't care. All I need is a timer to let me know when the cookies are done.

I can't believe how alike all of our feelings of sobriety are the same!

High Five everyone!

Happy Feet!:thumbs:

[WaitingToExhale]

Starting list of GOOD things!

I can't wait to get there again ....

You guys give me hope. Only a few more weeks before the journey begins!

[Glen]

Starting list of GOOD things!

3rd day AF. I am just starting to receive the benefits. This thread gives me hope of things to come if I stay AF. I have started tidying my unit, am feeling healthier. I have a lot of sham around isolating. I have three kids (who live with their Mum) who I haven’t spoken to in over three months. I couldn’t bring myself to face them choosing to drink instead. I didn’t want to face how I have let them down.

I haven’t cleared my phone messages in 3 months, nor have I answered the phone etc. Now that I am AF I am just about ready to call them (today or tomorrow) and start being a Dad again. Those of you who have Friends, family, partners, kids, COUNT YOUR SELVES BLESSED! Alcohol has all but taken them away from me, and it could well do the same for you it you let it.

I am gratefully that I have hope.

[startingover]

Starting list of GOOD things!

Feeling happy inside....

[boozehag]

Starting list of GOOD things!

The joy of being up early on a saturday morning out and about while all are still peacefully asleep in my house - walking dog around the neighbourhood and and seeing all the normal people doing the same and the wonderful day stretching ahead with all its many possibilities. I used to only ever see that from a taxi on my way home from the pub at 6 in the morning and I distinctly remember thinking what are all these losers doing out at this godforsaken hour of the morning jogging and walking going to the gymn etc have they no respect for the drinking classes. What a sick puppy I was....
BH

[rainbows]

Starting list of GOOD things!

i'm still thinking about stopping. u know what i mean. i'll do it tomorrow and tomorrow never comes!!!!!!!! anyway, i think this is a brill idea. i recognise a lot of the comments. not going out at night cos too drunk, dreading someone phoning or worse visiting. but the worst has to be worrying about who i talked to cos i can't remember everything said. or worse still not remembering things the kids have told me. sadly i'm still on the wrong side of these things but here's hoping!:goodjob:

[Nurseindistress]

Starting list of GOOD things!

Makes me smile

Hello everyone:

It made me smile to read this thread and see that I can relate to what everyone said so well--it makes me feel not quite so guilty about it all, and more determined to have more of those days with the positives. I can so relate to everything below:

+ Remembering everything from the evening before
+ Being more focused
+ Not waking up at 3:00 am all sweaty and dehydrated (and not being able to go back to sleep)
+ Remembering dreams again -- some of them are pretty weird but still I'll take dreaming as a healthy sign
+ Getting my house back in order
+ Saving money
+ Exercising, having more energy
+ Coming to the point where it's not torture to make it from 5-9 in the evening AF

Thanks for an uplifting thread.:thanks:

[bloggy]

Starting list of GOOD things!

Still on the early days but its great not having to stand 3 metres away from the person I am talking to and hoping they can't smell it on me.

[savon19]

Starting list of GOOD things!

Glen;389448 wrote: 3rd day AF. .......I haven?t cleared my phone messages in 3 months, nor have I answered the phone etc. Now that I am AF I am just about ready to call them (today or tomorrow) and start being a Dad again. Those of you who have Friends, family, partners, kids, COUNT YOUR SELVES BLESSED! Alcohol has all but taken them away from me, and it could well do the same for you it you let it.

I am gratefully that I have hope.

Hi Glen - I hope you post again after you talk to your kids. I can only imagine how happy they'll be to hear from their REAL dad... at last!!

I, too, have lost relationships due primarily to drinking. All we can do is start New and, like you said, have HOPE.

When people said (before I quit) that it was Good to be sober and that it gets BETTER... I admit I was very skeptical. It's not all easy, though. I know I was deep in denial about many things in my life. Seeing things more clearly (especially yourself!) can be pretty shocking at times. I guess that's the "work" part they talk about. But you work through it instead of burying it even deeper. Your load becomes lighter, little by little!

And even tho this is the best I've done not drinking in... Forever, I know that I have to be on guard. One bad event (or something) could send me down that road all over again (God Forbid) if I don't get strong. I feel like I'm getting stronger every day.

:thumbs:

[Alley]

Starting list of GOOD things!

Wonderful thread!

Hi all,
I agree with what so many have said about being sober. One thing for me is not drinking gives me all this extra time I had forgotten I had. At first, it's hard to think what to do with the time, but it gets easier. Right now I'm pampering myself and doing some things I couldn't or didn't do before:

reading a trashy book
taking baths
catching up with friends and family
playing with my cats
watching movies
writing

The best thing is feeling more in control of my body and my mind. Best to everyone. Alley

[Alley]

Starting list of GOOD things!

Another one

Okay, maybe here's one drawback to all that time. I finally got around to exercising again yesterday, and today, my legs are so sore, I'm walking like a zombie! :H

[madeline]

Starting list of GOOD things!

Good things

1.) Most important one for me, is the newly refound relationship with my boyfriend, we have been together for 6 years and now he has the girl that orginally started dating back!

2.) Rediscovering the love of NA beverages, like herbal tea and my new favorite mineral water!

3.) I am 1000 times more productive then I ever was when I was a drunk. The house is always clean, I have resumed working out and I am feeling great about it all!

4.) Lost 7 pounds in a month!