The Sober Squad- Alcohol Free Living

Rosie_McA

Another weekend without alcohol, which is always the time of greatest risk to my resolve. Will celibrate with some chocolate!

whitpauly

Hope everyone had a nice weekend been battling a small cold and it annoys me cuz I wake up feeling hungover-no fair! Have a happy AF day all

lagoscarrie

I spent much of last week visiting a rather difficult SIL. In the past, a glass or two of wine has helped to blunt the edges. It was really not the fear of running off the rails that stopped me but gratitude. I thought about how incredibly productive and happy these last two months have been and realized I would be fantastically ungrateful to do anything to mess that up. This is my new life and I choose it.

Ed_Zilla

My wife was gone on a trip this weekend. In the past, I would get a movie she would hate and blast it on the home theater while getting a helluva bourbon buzz going. This weekend I got a movie she would hate and blasted it on the home theater while drinking club soda with limes

Rosie_McA

I need to pay for my transition, so why not get the additional benefit of stopping alcohol by saving money as well? :-)

VeggieGirlforLife

whitpauly wrote: »

Hope everyone had a nice weekend been battling a small cold and it annoys me cuz I wake up feeling hungover-no fair! Have a happy AF day all

I felt that way last weekend when I woke up with a terrible sinus headache! Super unfair! Although it did remind me that while having the sinus headache was out of my control, I could choose not to be hungover by staying AF for now.

NormInv

Ed_Zilla wrote: »

My wife was gone on a trip this weekend. In the past, I would get a movie she would hate and blast it on the home theater while getting a helluva bourbon buzz going. This weekend I got a movie she would hate and blasted it on the home theater while drinking club soda with limes

haha....I like that!

NormInv

Hi Driends!

So at the gym, the beer ads are all over the TV screens. I guess the beer companies have launched a new campaign. There is this Michelob ad where they show a robot doing human activity like running, golfing, sparring....and then the robot walks by a window of a restaurant and looks inside and sees all these people enjoying a beer...then the caption says, its only worth it if you can enjoy it.....

That got me thinking...so many thoughts....true you cant just be a robot with your life, you have to stop to smell the roses....but the punch line of the ad is also a call to stay dry for people like you and me....because drinking is not worth it because we end up not enjoying it..

so thats my speech tonight

achocolateaffair

I love this!! One day at a time I've stayed sober for 4 years back in November. It makes losing weight a HELL of a lot easier!!!!

SunnyDays930

I was away for the weekend in Connecticut visiting family for a funeral. My husband took a picture of 5 of us women sitting on the sofas, each with knitting or crocheting in our hands. There is neither a drink nor a cell phone in the picture. It makes me so happy to look at it. It was lovely to all be really PRESENT without the distraction of phones or booze.

SallyLuvsFitness

@JenT304. Sorry about the loss I your family. It has been also nice 👍 to be present without the distraction of booze! I am knitting my first scarf and having fun!

Yellowstone1983

@JenT304 Very sorry for your loss!

SunnyDays930

Thank you, everyone. It was my husband's 94 year old uncle. He had a life well lived. The reception was in the church so it was alcohol free which I found to be a relief. I have been to too many post funeral receptions with drunk, innapropriately acting people.

harley79

Hi everyone I'm 7 months newly sober and now trying to lose 100lbs imight actually lose my mind lol lol jk happy to be sober just for today

laurenq1991

(warning, descriptions of deaths and injuries in following links)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrollton_bus_collision

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Taconic_State_Parkway_crash

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/nyregion/30leandra.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/nyregion/13crash.html

Did these people choose to drink knowing it would end in them taking lives? Sure a lot of people claim they have never driven drunk, but...a) a LOT of people do even if they don't want to admit it or are in denial about how much they had before getting behind the wheel, and b) alcohol lowers inhibitions so even if they didn't intend to drink that much or didn't intend to drive drunk, who knows what they would end up doing. People get angry if you say it, but alcohol is one of the biggest pestilences in our society. Personally I think it's even worse than opioids. It certainly causes more deaths (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2018/11/16/alcohol-deaths-emergency-room-increase-middle-aged-women-addiction-opioids/1593347002/).

lorrainequiche59

@JenT304
@Norminv Great Speech
Welcome to all the new ones.

harley79 wrote: »

Hi everyone I'm 7 months newly sober and now trying to lose 100lbs imight actually lose my mind lol lol jk happy to be sober just for today

I need to lose my mind with you...I've been sober for a length of time now also... and I really need to work on losing some weight again. My last hold out and then I`ll be almost perfect...NOT!! But much better

Hope everyone has a happy & healthy week ahead.

Ed_Zilla

While I was drinking, I rarely, if ever ate sweet things like cake, ice cream, candy, etc. I didn't want it and never cared for it. Now that I am AF, sweet things are truly AMAZING. I really have to watch it because, you know - ice cream.

I am not sure why I find sweets so delightful now. Has anyone else experienced this or a similar change in tastes when going AF?

SallyLuvsFitness

Ed_Zilla wrote: »

While I was drinking, I rarely, if ever ate sweet things like cake, ice cream, candy, etc. I didn't want it and never cared for it. Now that I am AF, sweet things are truly AMAZING. I really have to watch it because, you know - ice cream.

I am not sure why I find sweets so delightful now. Has anyone else experienced this or a similar change in tastes when going AF?

I have heard that from several people and for myself definitely eat a lot more fruit now. I think from us not drinking that the lack of sugar from alcohol our body craves it! I was never a dessert person when I drank.

salleewins

@JenT304 hugs to you and your family.

RubyRed427

Good morning friends! @JenT304 my sympathies to you and your family. I bet you got pounded by the winter storm! Stay safe.

For sure, alcohol is sugar so when we quit alcohol, our brain craves sugar. So, we tend to eat more sweet treats. I went on the whole 30 diet in November which is an elimination diet. That seemed to stop the cravings after about five days.

Wishing you a wonderful day! I am going through a lot right now but I do know that if I were drinking nightly like I used to, I would be even more of a mess. Xo