What positives have you noticed already?

[madonmehndi]

Ok, this question has no doubt been done to death but I thought I would ask it anyway as it may cheer everyone up and motivate us all
Please feel free to copy, add your own positive and then post

I have saved money -
I bought Pantomime tickets for myself, DH, DD and DS for Christmas Eve yesterday- they cost me what I felt was a lot of money- £69.10, but then I realised that is how much I have been wasting on AL EVERY SINGLE WEEK!!!!!!!! :egad: I know which one of the two I am happiest having spent!

[ThirdTimesACharm]

39 days in:

- I have a clear head every morning
- My face looks almost normal (redness almost completely gone, no puffiness, no bags under my eyes)
- I've lost 21lbs and I'm getting fit again
- I can look people in the eye, have a conversation with them and not wonder if they realize I'm drunk
- My blood pressure has dropped from 150/110 on day 0 to now averaging around 115/65
- I am sleeping 7+ hours a night and I feel great
- I quit my job and started my own business
- My wife and I are trying for another baby
- I've saved at least $800

It just keeps getting better!

ThirdTimesACharm

[madonmehndi]

Wow 3rd time you are doing fantastically!! Thanks for sharing!

[Wine-no!]

Day 18

I am sleeping much better
I have a clear head in the morning
My patience is returning
My resting heartbeat is now averaging 59 (it was in the 80s when I was drinking and would often go very high)
I feel like I am taking care of myself
I feel like a better wife and mother
I've saved a small fortune
I can make plans for the evenings and weekends without having to factor AL time and not being able to drive etc.

and my favourite so far, so perfectly put by ThirdTimesACharm:

- I can look people in the eye, have a conversation with them and not wonder if they realize I'm drunk

Yes! That! I am no longer a drunk!

[Wine-no!]

PS - I am sure they probably could tell that I was drunk... HATE that...

[madonmehndi]

Day 17 today and a great positive is that I feel HAPPY!!!!! truly happy, like when I smile I feel it, not just going through the motions to look happy :sohappy:

[mario]

Just about 8 years in, And I can honestly say my life has just got better and better since I stopped the self-pitying hopeless case of a human being I was turning into. For me there are no downsides one bit since I stopped, not one, health, mind, relationship's, honest living, finically, all have gone the way they should, and my life has turned into a very happy place in which I am in control of my actions and not some over dramatic drama queen.

[Neo]

Day 9 and I feel great physically.Quit Beer and smokes from heavy usage. I can breathe better, smell cigs 1/2 a mile away. Only downside ,still feeling confused and hard to focus on stuff but taking one day at a time. Cravings haven't really bothered me too much.I just hammer down grapes/bananas and replacing any crap options with good ones. It's not about stopping a habit as this can't be done. I feel, It's about replacing a bad habit with a good one

[Recidivist]

Wow. This is super helpful and hopeful!

[starty]

87 ish days in and I can honestly say that physically I am feeling 100% better. Mentally 100% better. I am finally realising that the happiness I was "borrowing from the future" was not really there. Yes I could change my emotions on tap but it was not lasting or real. Now I do or dont do whatever I want and my life is so much better and fulfilling.

[mario]

Day whatever :-) & feeling the more I get into reading self-help books & giving myself sometime to myself, no one else , no phones, no tv, no nothing, just for 10/30 minutes a day, the rewards for me are huge as in I fell like a million dollars.

[madonmehndi]

Good one mario!

I want to add keeping up with household chores, i love not having a list if things piling up that I've neglected in favour of chugging down wine!

[mario]

Another positive I feel about myself is that I am just feeling happier, feeling more contented, strong & happy, its a great feeling.

[starty]

Me too Mario, much happier and positive. I CAN control my feelings whereas I cant if I am not sober and clean.

Shall we start a thread about all the books that help us?

[madonmehndi]

More positives from me:

Only just realised but No Heartburn and Indigestion!
Not being worried about being over the limit driving the morning after!