When an alcoholic stops drinking......
When an alcoholic stops drinking it is AMAZING how better life can be !!!
To wake up morning after morning without terrible hangovers; to wake up feeling physically fine !!
It is so true that often you don't realize just how sick you were from alcohol abuse until you get to feel SO much better after a period of sobriety.
To save a LOT of money and not have continual money worries is only the beginning what is SO much more important is :
To live without the sadness and guilt when thinking about how your words and actions have hurt people close to you......
To live without the humiliations of being regularly told of the stupid, crazy and even anti-social things you've said and done in black-outs.......
To live without the fear of an upcoming court appearance and not knowing if it will be just a fine and good behavior bond or, maybe, being forced into long term rehab to avoid jail, or whether it actually will be a jail sentence.......
I have lived in the town I am now for the past 18 months. I should remind myself more often how not just good but how GREAT it is to live in a town and community where I have NO history as a stupid, crazy, unpredictable, drunken idiot and nuisance !!
Where I live now I could only be known as someone who is quiet, sober and polite; as someone who is law-abiding and does not cause anyone any trouble.....
There is so very much that is good about a life without alcohol abuse !! To be able to go for long walks, jog a bit, come home and do some sit-ups and a few sets of light weight lifting (I am 55) and get that nice, healthy buzz and glow after 60 - 90 minutes exercise.......
To be able to read books and newspapers and watch sit-coms and movies etc with a clear head......
to watch a football game and enjoy it, drinking diet coke, and not care at all about having people with you drinking beer or wine, to not be envious of them at all !! To have days end clearly and sanely and not drift into a drunken, dazed state with all the chaos and madness that often ends a day of heavy drinking......
To be able, day by day, to communicate and interact with people in a sane, quiet and polite way...........to have a life without all the drunken raving and talking rubbish and making a fool of myself by what I say when drunk......
To be sober and have the chance to be the best person I can be..........as opposed to often drinking insane amounts of alcohol which most times guarantees I get to be the very worst sort of person I can be !!
To wake up morning after morning without terrible hangovers; to wake up feeling physically fine !!
It is so true that often you don't realize just how sick you were from alcohol abuse until you get to feel SO much better after a period of sobriety.
To save a LOT of money and not have continual money worries is only the beginning what is SO much more important is :
To live without the sadness and guilt when thinking about how your words and actions have hurt people close to you......
To live without the humiliations of being regularly told of the stupid, crazy and even anti-social things you've said and done in black-outs.......
To live without the fear of an upcoming court appearance and not knowing if it will be just a fine and good behavior bond or, maybe, being forced into long term rehab to avoid jail, or whether it actually will be a jail sentence.......
I have lived in the town I am now for the past 18 months. I should remind myself more often how not just good but how GREAT it is to live in a town and community where I have NO history as a stupid, crazy, unpredictable, drunken idiot and nuisance !!
Where I live now I could only be known as someone who is quiet, sober and polite; as someone who is law-abiding and does not cause anyone any trouble.....
There is so very much that is good about a life without alcohol abuse !! To be able to go for long walks, jog a bit, come home and do some sit-ups and a few sets of light weight lifting (I am 55) and get that nice, healthy buzz and glow after 60 - 90 minutes exercise.......
To be able to read books and newspapers and watch sit-coms and movies etc with a clear head......
to watch a football game and enjoy it, drinking diet coke, and not care at all about having people with you drinking beer or wine, to not be envious of them at all !! To have days end clearly and sanely and not drift into a drunken, dazed state with all the chaos and madness that often ends a day of heavy drinking......
To be able, day by day, to communicate and interact with people in a sane, quiet and polite way...........to have a life without all the drunken raving and talking rubbish and making a fool of myself by what I say when drunk......
To be sober and have the chance to be the best person I can be..........as opposed to often drinking insane amounts of alcohol which most times guarantees I get to be the very worst sort of person I can be !!
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