I wanted a place to log the great things about NOT drinking. I realize new things every day! I'm sure we all have random thoughts of "I couldn't have enjoyed THAT if I were drinking...", etc. To have a list will be a good thing to look back on in the moments we miss AL...
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1. I forgot how good the morning air smells without AL still on my breath. :hKensho
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2. Able to focus and be more productive at work.
3. Able to engage once again in my hobbies and other enjoyable activities instead of being passed out during my non-working hours.In the middle of my life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood, as I had lost the straight path. It is a difficult thing to speak about, how wild, harsh and impenetrable that wood is. Just thinking about it recreates the fear. It is scarcely less bitter than death, but in order to tell of the good that I found there, I must tell of the other things I saw there. --Dante, paraphrasedComment
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4. Not feeling incredible guilt around others. No need for white lies. You can live an honest life.
5. Remembering events, instead of AL stealing your working memory.
6. ???. No more ?200+ nights out. What a waste!"!Comment
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7. Looking better and feeling much better
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8. Never having to wonder "would I pass a breathalyser if there's a road check on my route?"Resisting all Magical Thinking...one day at a timeComment
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9. Giving my little girl eye contact and sober attention - she is growing so fast!Kensho
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10. I'm fairly certain that my decision to stop drinking has allowed my daughter to "trust me alone" with her baby girl... she knows that I will be a good role model and grandmother to her sweet angel."God didn't give you the Strength to get back on your feet
so that you can run back to the same thing that knocked you down." :hug:Comment
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11. Feeling peace and contentment by not drinking alAF free 1st December 2013 - 1st December 2022 - 9 years of freedomComment
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12. not dreading mornings because I no longer feel like crap in the morningComment
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13. Depression lifted.
14. Anxiety gone!Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free.Comment
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15) I don't feel like I'm living a double life anymore.You had the power all along, my dear.Comment
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16. Making decisions based on what's best, rather than what's easiest"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
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17. Clear, brighter eyes.
18. Dry, flaky skin patches gone.
19. Shaking hands and hot sweats gone.IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Relapse starts long before the drink is drunk!!.Fresh Start!Comment
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20. I have more self-confidence without carrying the guilt and shame of living a double life: professional by day and drunk by night.John
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