#sober punk

[joe-thewolfe]

A piece I wrote last year (2022)

I’ve been hesitant to make a post about this, particularly here…for a buncha reasons, but one of the big ones is I’m always afraid if I declare something publicly it won’t happen, and the only way to make myself commit is to do things privately and for myself.

But I hit one of my big milestones this week.

I decided to quit drinking alcohol all together on June 25th, 2022 (well, I probably decided it way before that lol, probably hundreds of times, but I actually did it on that day).

This past Sunday, September 25, was my 3 month mark, and today I went to my weekly meeting and got my 3 month chip. When I committed myself to sobriety I had set 3 milestones for myself, 3 months was the first of those…and they’re all based on punk song lyrics (of course):

3 month milestone

“I just gotta try it once, but I say no cuz I got 3 months, and like the California drought I’m drying out”

-California Drought by NOFX

1 year milestone

“Took the needle out of my arm about a year ago today, and every day since then I’ve been taking the needle out of my brain”

-First Song, Pt 2 by Ramshackle Glory

5 year milestone

“Five years ago I was broken enough to just shut the fuck up. I got sober by going to rehab, not arguing so much for once. Punk rockers ask me how I did it, hoping for an easier way. And would you, would you believe that they don’t like what I have to say”

-I’m Going Home by Pat the Bunny

I hit my first milestone this week. And I got my chip for it. It hasn’t been easy, and in fact the first month or two was absolute Hell, nervous breakdowns and panic attacks, trying to start fights with people who were once the closest of friends, being constantly miserable all of the time…and just smoking way too much pot and trying to act like because I wasn’t drinking I was doing good. But it takes a lot more than just not drinking, and I’m trying to figure out how to do that part.

Staying sober is simple. I just don’t drink or sniff drugs or whatever. Easy.

Living life is proving to take a little more effort. But we’re working on it.

I don’t really know what else to say about this, so I’ll close with the next line from that Ramshackle song…

“So when I’m staring down at my hands I can’t explain just what it is that I’m thinking of, except thank god that all my veins have to pump is my blood”

[audri-af]

January 18, 2023

Day 18

Did a "newly sober" meditation today. Having some anxiety from a possible job opportunity.

[chelseajackarmy]

Bam Margera

[dog-park-dissidents]

NEW MERCH STORE. NEW MERCH. OLD MERCH BUT ACTUALLY AVAILABLE. MAKING ACTUAL PATCHES FOR YOUR VEST. NOTHING IS IN STOCK YET BUT NOW YOU CAN BUY IT AND IT MAGICALLY WILL BE IN A MONTH. AAAAGHSYFJDDUDUD dogparkdissidents.com/merch

[monoamine-qveen]

If you’re still in the qveendom I’m 4 months clean from drugs and almost 3 months clean from alcohol. I’m also staying in sunny San Diego, CA🌺🏖️

[penelopeunfiltered]

Hey! ^_^ I wanted to share a thing or 3!

So first off, I just kicked meth and quit cigs (also I'm at about a year with alcohol)

I've been like hungry AF since I kicked, all 18 days of it, and just a moment ago I became food satisfied.

also I feel great and have been hella energetic! feels good to be feeling my feelings clearly again. I feel great about this kick! we got this!

[dilf-in-peril]

Does a little curtsy.

[selamat-linting]

you can tell if the writer of a punkintyre fic is a drew girlie or a punk girlie depending on who drinks

[imn0treallyh3r3]

3 years sober today ^_^

[germ-t-ripper]

20MAY24 Sober rockers unite!

[audri-af]

January 12, 2023

Day 12

I've been feeling restless and tired because I haven't had a day off of work in a week, but I am at least glad I'm not drinking right now. That would definitely make it worse.

[dyke-husband]

“He talks about nothing using too many words. He talks revolution for an hour without using any verbs”

-Jonny Hobo and the Freight Trains, The Politics of Holy Shit I Just Cut My Hand On A Broken Bottle

[xbadnewsdeliveryx]

SXE Zine Call

Details below

If you have art, poetry, music, manifestos, thinkpieces, or anything Straight Edge related that you would like to share, please consider contributing! Any profits will be going to charity.

Not in the South West UK? That's okay! Send a message anyway, I want to hear from you too. This Zine is based in Bath, but I would love to hear from any Straight Edge individual from anywhere.

Not Straight Edge? Also okay- more political rebellion is to be had beyond SXE, though the first issue I wish to be SXE-centric, there will be more. If you were Straight Edge in the past, I would love to hear from you too.

[finaldisorder]

hallo, i am adding two more muses to my roster because i said so;

Tim LaFlour from Senseless

and Steven "Stevo" Levy from SLC Punk!

[thegeminisage]

what i miss about NOT being sober is the ability to become numb nearly instantly. times i have desperately wished for this ability: about 20 minutes ago when i discovered a days-old puddle of cat vomit on some of my semi-expensive electronics.

[kiwikreates]

Hey I’m kiwi I’m the person behind this blog. I made all the stuff in the picture minus the shirt and shoes. I’m also an alt hairstylist in training