Quitting Alcohol

[Cantshoot]

I am completely sober for two years in February. Life is better. I get along with my wife better , and with myself better. I don’t miss it any more. Onward and upward!

… if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold , the new has come! 2 Cor. 5:1

I am completely sober for two years in February. Life is better. I get along with my wife better , and with myself better. I don’t miss it any more. Onward and upward!

… if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold , the new has come! 2 Cor. 5:17

Congrats on two years. I just passed 2 years a few days ago. The second year for me was a lot easier than the first. Life’s a lot easier sober and it’s easier to stay sober than get sober that’s for sure.

 

[betelgeuse]

Magnesium has helped my sleep after stopping drinking. I sleep much better since I quit. I dropped about 20 lbs in a few months after quitting alcohol. It's not easy, but it's worth it for your health.

 

[(NOP)]

It's been over a year since I last had a sip, 2 years+ on the sobriety journey. My blood pressure an is now at the point I can't take my medicine as prescribed. When I lose the another 10-20lbs I should be able to get off it completely.

Also my Gerd is under control and no longer need to use PPI medicine or antacids every day.

Fortunately sobriety had been relatively easy for me. It's something I've enjoyed once I made up my mind. It's funny how coworkers react when I'm on business trips, they went from questioning what's wrong with me and I must have a serious problem, to on this last trip a coworker was like "you know your starting to make a lot of sense, I didn't drink the last 3 weeks and am only going to be have 2 drinks this trip."

 

[Rich Lamiroult]

I quit in June 2013. I was maybe 160lb but drinking like a liter of vodka at a bartending job I had.

I quit cold turkey.

I’ll never touch it again. I’ve been bad about exercising lately but when I was I felt amazing paired with no alcohol.

My decisions and demeanor were much different (for the worse) during that time. Even when I was not actively drinking I was like in a cloud.

If you don’t quit completely you should at least take a long hiatus and see how you feel.

 

[Batsonbe]

I’m thankful this has never been an issue for me. I typically only want a cold beer during the summer or when we go eat Mexican food. I didn’t know people struggled with their sobriety until I met someone at work that talked to me about their experiences with alcohol. I’m sure it’s a hard choice daily to choose. He seemed like he was in a better place and was a better person because he had chosen his sobriety for about 30 years now.

 

[Amos Keeto]

I was probably as good a prospect as my hometown had for the next "Cowboy" Nix!
My dad was an alcoholic, he just didn't get slobbering drunk! ...but he was going to have his several "toddies" daily. Probably 5 or 6. Just enough to keep a "buzz" going.

I went to work on a union job in 1969 right out of high school.
A couple of years later, it dawned on me that alot of the men, 40 to 45 years of age, on the job were bitter and/or angry! ...and drunk more than they were sober!
Union? Upper management? Working conditions? It was pretty bad.
I quit in 1983. Soon after, it finally dawned on me that a huge percentage of those guys were WWII vets, Korea War vets with some Nam vets thrown in!
By far, the worst were the WWII vets. PTSD was decades from being recognized!
ALL they had to help deal with the demons and the horrors they witnessed was at the bottom of a can or bottle!
Two of the union crafts were road work. Leave home today.
Work back home tomorrow.
One day at home, then wash, rinse, repeat!
One night at home then two to three nights on the road was/is not conducive to marital bliss! ....and led to infidelity and alcoholism.