Sobriety can take time, and April 1st marked 100 days since I stopped drinking alcohol. I started thinking about the many good things – and a couple of not-so-good things – that have happened to me since then.
See, you didn’t expect me to list the not-so-good things, now did you? Sobriety isn’t all peaches and cream, you know! Please note: this article was originally written in 2004, when my sobriety adventure began.
Read more Sobriety: 100 Days Later
If you truly want to stop drinking on your own you need to realize that your lifestyle will HAVE to change. You may have to lose friends whose company you have really grown to enjoy and welcome.
The friends you had in the past could be the ones who ended up encouraging you to drink. The people who were your friends during college – and all the drinking games that occurred back then – may not be a very good influence now.
If you’re wondering how you can beat alcoholism, you first have to analyze your drinking habits.
There are many different kinds of alcohol, and many different circumstances under which we will drink it. Over the years you have probably gravitated toward one or two specific types of alcohol. And you tend to drink it most often in one or two specific environments. A lot of us may tend to drink the most when we are out with our friends on a Friday or Saturday night.
Should you cut back drinking, or quit altogether? It’s not always an easy answer. Some people have a hard time with the idea that they should quit drinking, once and for all. To them, alcohol has always been a part of their lives, and it just doesn’t register in their minds that a drastic change is necessary for their lives to improve.
Thinking about how to quit drinking alcohol? Then you know that occasionally you will have the temptation to indulge even when a part of you sincerely WANTS to avoid drinking. To reduce alcohol cravings try one of these 4 proven remedies, which can eliminate your desire to drink, or at least reduce it to a more manageable level.
Here are 5 essential daily habits that will help you fight alcoholism. These habits will help your body heal itself from past alcohol abuse, and move you in a much healthier direction.
No matter what sobriety goal or resolution you set for yourself, it’s important that you be specific on exactly what it is that you want to achieve, or stop doing. The more detailed and precise your goal is, the stronger it becomes and the more likely you are to achieve it.
A lot of people try to SECRETLY quit drinking alcohol, keeping their decision to get sober “in the closet” because they fear they might not succeed. And if they DO fail, they’d rather it be a private matter, without the embarrassment of anyone else noticing.
Every one of us has made mistakes in our lives and gotten involved in things that, in hindsight, we wish we hadn’t. For the most part, these mistakes consisted of drug and alcohol abuse which brought pain and misery into the lives of each of us, as well as our loved ones. As we get older and wiser, and desire to be more healthy, we try to overcome these addictions, and yet find that some are easier to fall by the wayside than others.
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to quit drinking? You probably have, because most people have a great imagination.
They imagine getting a new job, being better looking, or meeting that special someone. Or, they dream of wining the lottery, since being rich can bring all the material things they’ve always wanted.
They also dream about being thinner, or younger, or smarter. They may wonder what their life would have been like had they done things differently in the past.