Now that we are not drunk . . .

[zampa75]

Now that we are not drunk . . .

kronkcarr;1533144 wrote: Thanks, RedThread for this thread!

In my 7 months on baclofen I've started cleaning my home and yard. I'm growing some small trees and weeding--2 things I never imagined I'd do. I'm caring about my home and yard.

I took a trip to see friends/colleagues in Switzerland and this is the first visit out of 5 where I wasn't obsessed about how to drink more without them noticing! I also stuck to a budget and didn't use credit there. I'm translating a study they've done from Italian to English--a first. When I return to Switzerland I'm going to do a tandem jump and flight off the mountain above town.

I, too, am hearing what my son says and doesn't say and I can hold him to his chores better.

I'm getting out of debt. I'm going to the dentist and eye doctor. Self care is a good feeling. I'm not doing optional things I don't want to. I'm feeling good. I'm reading a lot of nonfiction and feel on the edge of something new.

Thanks again. I feel happy just writing what I'm doing.

You are translating from Italian into English?? And you live in Florida? You sound like...me!! I am Italian and I do that kind of stuff - sort of - and I live in the sunshine state

I am sooo looking forward to feeling the way you guys feel already: FREE FROM SLAVERY! I know when you don't drink boredom disguised as depression, or the other way around, tends to be overwhelming: I've been there many times. You feel so lonely and empty without alcohol. But I bet that boredom/loneliness is a lot different when you are not drinking but you are still obsessed by the thought - chained to it all the time - and when you are not drinking because in fact you just do not care about it anymore (again... I can't wait for that to happen!!!! The day I feel like that will be the first day of freedom in a long, long, pitch-black dark time...)

As for how to kill the time, I just love it when I find a movie that just transports me elsewhere - or a book. In fact, if and when I hit the switch I bet I will be watching a lot of Downton Abbey reruns And I love to write - but right now it is a damn paradox that I always do with a glass of wine next to the keyboard as soon as the sun starts setting. I am looking forward to a lot of sober writing without the struggle against going to buy the damn wine...:yay:

[bleep]

Now that we are not drunk . . .

I spend time with my family. I play with my kids. Looking after them is fun now, before it was a chore. I get up before them, and greet them with a smile when they wake up. I go to work with a spring in my step, and get useful stuff done there. I hold my head up when I go into a bar, knowing that I have nothing to embarrassed about because of the last time I was there, and will leave this time under my own steam at a reasonable hour. I go to friends houses with the same knowledge, and they are happy to see me. I take photographs that people want emailed to to them, and it makes me feel good. I feel immensely grateful to be in this situation, and I try and remain aware that it is a gift to be cherished.

Life is good.

[skullbabyland]

Now that we are not drunk . . .

During my sober time:

I exercise (lift weights, sometimes yoga)

I clean and organize my house, study, computer, living area, kitchen, and life.

I sit around online way too much. In the case of MWO, it's great, but other sites much less so.

I watch TV marathons such as True Blood, Orange is the New Black, Orphan Black, Spartacus, Arrested Development, many others.

I work on art projects (currently sculpture). Actually, I should more accurately say that I sometimes work on it, and I sometimes procrastinate working on it.

I hang out with my girlfriend, puppy, and extended family.

There are many things I'm hoping to add to this list, but as for my current life, that's about all I can think of.

Sometimes, I still drink But that's not the focus of this thread!

[Colin]

Now that we are not drunk . . .

I'm seriously considering renting a Yamaha Darkstar. They will just take my money and give me the bike for a couple of days. And if I give them some more money they will let me pilot the fucker on the German autobahnen. One or both of us is deranged.

[RedThread12]

Now that we are not drunk . . .

Right on, Colin!!! I left a five week meditation course summer of '11. I took my daily dose down quite a bit during that time. After I left the course, I didn't want to drink, but I definitely felt the anxiety re-entering along old, I hoped worn-out neural pathways. Anyway - WTF, I'm on an island is Asia, and the best way to see it is on a motorbike. Never having driven one before, I googled "How to drive a motorbike." Worked a treat until it the inevitable "How to stop a motorbike." I'm okay. Damages paid. The knee does swell if I'm not attentive.

Live dangerously, is my motto!!! But live, okay? And tell us how f'in fun it is!!!