Quitting Alcohol

[Team4LongGun]

I also appreciate all of you sharing, it’s inspiring. I’m going to make another run at it.

 

[Snowwolfe]

I also appreciate all of you sharing, it’s inspiring. I’m going to make another run at it.

Good luck dude. My dad drank himself to death when he was 57. Growing up with a drunk parent is no fun at all.

 

[Baldor]

I stopped drinking 7 years now, one of the best decision i ever made.

 

[2blade]

I haven't had a drink since may 5th of 1998 and I am quite certain, had I not stopped, I would be dead like all of my old friends who didn't.

 

[schmalzy]

Congratulations on all of you that quit. I came from a long line of alcoholics on both sides of my family tree and have a couple of questions if you don’t mind.
For you guys who used to drink to much, did you drink because you liked the taste? Or was it just to feel the effects of alcohol?
Guess I been pretty lucky as I consider the taste to be disgusting except for maybe a couple of brands of beer. Even then if I drink a 8 ounce glass I can feel the effects.

Both.


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[hunt1up]

27 months have come and gone. I may have mentioned it earlier in the thread, but shortly after I quit drinking I booked a Dall sheep hunt. It was something I never thought I'd do due to cost. But it was 2+ years in the future and I started taking the money I spent on alcohol and putting it into the hunting fund. The money I spent on alcohol has easily covered more than half the trip. That's next August, and it'll be 3 years sober the day before we depart, and a month before I turn 40. I look back on 20 years of drinking and I could have funded such a trip many times over. Crazy to think about.

 

[BravoNovember]

27 months have come and gone. I may have mentioned it earlier in the thread, but shortly after I quit drinking I booked a Dall sheep hunt. It was something I never thought I'd do due to cost. But it was 2+ years in the future and I started taking the money I spent on alcohol and putting it into the hunting fund. The money I spent on alcohol has easily covered more than half the trip. That's next August, and it'll be 3 years sober the day before we depart, and a month before I turn 40. I look back on 20 years of drinking and I could have funded such a trip many times over. Crazy to think about.

I’m hoping to do something very similar. It feels weird to “reward” myself for quitting something that I feel like I shouldn’t have been doing in the first place, but at the same time feels like I earned it. I don’t know if that makes sense or not

 

[schmalzy]

27 months have come and gone. I may have mentioned it earlier in the thread, but shortly after I quit drinking I booked a Dall sheep hunt. It was something I never thought I'd do due to cost. But it was 2+ years in the future and I started taking the money I spent on alcohol and putting it into the hunting fund. The money I spent on alcohol has easily covered more than half the trip. That's next August, and it'll be 3 years sober the day before we depart, and a month before I turn 40. I look back on 20 years of drinking and I could have funded such a trip many times over. Crazy to think about.

This is truly awesome. Pumped for you.


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[Team4LongGun]

Good luck dude. My dad drank himself to death when he was 57. Growing up with a drunk parent is no fun at all.

Sorry to hear that. I am sure all of our experiences are vastly different and unique. While your comment was most likely not referring to me, I should state I'm not a drunk parent. My kids are our world. I fall into the beers with buddies/mowing the lawn/fixing stuff category. I am quitting to better my health and hope to improve sleeping.
I notice as I get older it's tougher to recover from workouts, animal pack outs, small nagging injuries and get less sleep. This hopefully will improve on those, and maybe even cut back a few impulse purchases some evenings.

 

[hunt1up]

I’m hoping to do something very similar. It feels weird to “reward” myself for quitting something that I feel like I shouldn’t have been doing in the first place, but at the same time feels like I earned it. I don’t know if that makes sense or not

I know what you're saying. It's easy to look back and punish myself for stupid decisions, but at some point you gotta draw the line. I've accumulated enough regret for a lifetime, so at this point I view the "reward" as just a positive new reality that's now available.

 

[Snowwolfe]

Sorry to hear that. I am sure all of our experiences are vastly different and unique. While your comment was most likely not referring to me, I should state I'm not a drunk parent. My kids are our world. I fall into the beers with buddies/mowing the lawn/fixing stuff category. I am quitting to better my health and hope to improve sleeping.
I notice as I get older it's tougher to recover from workouts, animal pack outs, small nagging injuries and get less sleep. This hopefully will improve on those, and maybe even cut back a few impulse purchases some evenings.

Definitely not referring to you. Sorry if it came across that way. My reference was to my own up bringing.

 

[Team4LongGun]

First Xmas morning in many years I don't have a headache while the kids open gifts.

Merry Christmas

 

[Stubborn_bowhunter]

First Xmas morning in many years I don't have a headache while the kids open gifts.

Merry Christmas

What a great gift for you and your family.

Merry Christmas!

 

[OregonSteeler]

I'm coming up on 2yrs of sobriety on Jan 1st. Never in a million years would I have guessed I'd be the one to stop drinking. Absolutely one of the smartest and best decisions of my life. I still think about it and still get the urge many times a year, but I've kept strong.

Keep at it everyone and hope to have more people join this thread so they can better their lives.

Here's to a healthy and prosperous 2025!!!

 

[NealS02]

Three years coming up in Jan for me. I agree with OregonSteeler (and congrats by the way!) my life is a million times better because of the decision to quit. I’ve found God, restored relationships with my family, and am the healthiest I’ve been since leaving the Army in my late 20s. It is not easy and I don’t always want to live sober indefinitely, but I tell myself that just for today I won’t drink. That’s led to over 1k days and counting. I was truly incurable. God’s love and forgiveness are the reason I am alive today.

 

[Speaks]

I stopped drinking a little over three years ago. Was hard the first week or two but after that it was pretty easy, felt better, lost a little weight, recovered from workouts better, slept better. There are very few settings where I miss it honestly, occasionally at a nice restaurant with other couples and everyone is getting cocktails I miss trying new stuff, but not the alcohol aspect of it. Stopping nicotine is 100x harder in my case.

 

[schmalzy]

Three years coming up in Jan for me. I agree with OregonSteeler (and congrats by the way!) my life is a million times better because of the decision to quit. I’ve found God, restored relationships with my family, and am the healthiest I’ve been since leaving the Army in my late 20s. It is not easy and I don’t always want to live sober indefinitely, but I tell myself that just for today I won’t drink. That’s led to over 1k days and counting. I was truly incurable. God’s love and forgiveness are the reason I am alive today.

This is phenomenal. Happy for you man.


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