The Sober Squad- Alcohol Free Living

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  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    @seltzermint555 Welcome to our group of wonderfully supportive people. Sounds to me like this is the place for you to be if you & your hubby have committed to an AF 2019. It doesn't sound like either of you have a drinking issue though so wondering what prompted you to go AF. I think it's a great decision, just curious. :)

    Thank you for the warm welcome, all!

    Honestly one of our favorite YouTubers (husband and wife from Finland) did a dry year in 2018 just for health and to see if it would be difficult for them. So we were inspired by them and thought we would try the same for 2019.

    Yes, I do think it's partly FOMO that has me a little disturbed at times! And it's very true that the wineries & breweries will always be there. They have never been my top destination so I'm hoping the dry year (or more) will just reinforce that.

    Welcome!

    Do you miss the drinking or the social aspect? If it is the social aspect of wineries and breweries and you have self-control, you should still keep going. If you dont wanna attract attention, you can even order a beer or a wine and not drink it. Nobody will care. Obviously, it will require a lot of discipline.

    So many of social events revolve around alcohol. But that is changing gradually, thanks to this thread. A day will come you will have to go out to the balcony to drink.
  • laurenq1991
    laurenq1991 Posts: 384 Member
    edited February 2019
    Ed_Zilla wrote: »
    @laurenq1991 - I had to "urban dictionary" FOMO - I assume it is - Fear of Missing Out. Correct?
    NormInv wrote: »
    Also, the heck's a FOMO? I know MOFO but never seen FOMO

    Yes it means fear of missing out. I thought it was more common terminology.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_missing_out
  • salleewins
    salleewins Posts: 2,308 Member
    edited February 2019
    whitpauly wrote: »
    Happy Sunday all,well I chose to drink Thurs then into Friday cuz I just felt so crappy,it didn't help,couple of triggers which sshouldnt have been a big deal were on Wednesday my youngest daughter in Portland got rear ended really hard by a pickup truck,she's fine but her new car got totalled,my nerves were so shot all that night,the next day at work the old bartender from my old haunt came in for highlights and for some reason old memories just kept popping into my head so I struggled in my head all day and finally gave in to stopping for beer on the way home,ugh,all it did was make me lazy,tired and grouchy,completely not worth blowing my 61 day streak over! Dumb as always.Welcome to the newcomers,stick to your goals no matter what,the self defeat feeling is the worst of all,letting other people down sucks but letting ourselves down is just awful <3

    Aww, just hang in there!!! Start over and that is it. Sorry about the accident. My nerves would be shot if that happened here. Love and hugs.
  • LC_8U2
    LC_8U2 Posts: 26 Member
    edited February 2019
    :D
  • ElC_76
    ElC_76 Posts: 3,054 Member
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    This is helpful too. :)