#soberthoughts

[sober-in-a-nutshell]

Monsters

June 28th, 2023

I have been sober for a week now. Even in extreme cases, it really only takes around 14 days for the body to rid itself of all of its alcohol.

I’ve found that the hardest time of the day for me is the early afternoon. By 2 o’clock I would generally be stopping by the store and getting ready for my dinner-time routine with wine or a hard-kombucha.

Talking to my friend about it yesterday helped. She let me know that she felt the same way about her drinking that I do about mine. It helps knowing that I’m not the only one that is struggling with this revelation. 

However, after our talk, and the feelings of elation that came from it, I had the biggest urge to drink. Every time I’ve quit drinking I’ve noticed that around the completion of week one I cave. 

You would think that talking about the positives that came with sobriety, I wouldn’t feel so inclined to drink again. But that monster is still always there.

[fixquotes]

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut"

- Ernest Hemingway

[rafole]

when moot deleted the post but I still reblog #SoberThoughts

[thelastday1]

This weekend I went to Atlantic City to visit my best friend. She loaded her fridge with heinekens for me, got champagne to celebrate my belated birthday, and prepped for a fun boozy girls weekend.... imagine how awkward it felt for me to say nah, I think I'm good, and a dozen different variations for why I wasn't drinking other than simply.... I quit drinking.

We went out for dinner & I got a grapefruit juice while she had two fancy cosmos, she continued her evening with nightclaws, then we went to walmart to pick up board games to play back at the house. Again she asked me if I wanted a drink, and I went deer in the headlights for a good 20 seconds before finally saying no. In those 20 seconds the wheels in my head were spinning a thousand miles an hour, picturing me drinking just 1 and resetting my sober day clock, picturing that 1 turning into 5, picturing myself hungover with my head throbbing on the 3 hour drive back the next day.

No. I'm having too much of a good time to ruin it with poison and guilt and shame and go back to square one. Thank you but no thank you, thank you but no, no no no, not today not tomorrow, I'm good.

[itsthatsoberguy]

What will you do?

[thegratefulnuts]

Happy Hump Day errybody! 🐫 Anyone else needing a little encouragement to make it to Friday?? We talk an awful lot about our experiences, mess-ups, and victories on our recovery journey’s… (which is kinda the point for this page, I guess LOL) HOWEVER… let’s give that a break for a moment, shall we? We’d like to hear from YOU. What’s on your mind today! What experience, strength, or hope do you have to share? Are you struggling? Did you grow through some challenges this week? How’s work? What are the kids up to? How’s ya momma and’em 🤣😂 • • • • #sharethegoodnews #experience #strength #hope #sobersupport #recoverysupport #soberblogger #recoveryblog #sober #sobriety #sobercommunity #recoverycommunity #addiction #addictionrecovery #soberthoughts #whatsupwednesday #wednesdayvibes #humpday #positivevibes #soberinstagram #soberinspiration #sobermovement #sobermotivation #sobertribe #odaat #carrythemessage https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiD41duDkK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[poetsdiscretion]

1st Video in 3 years

here’s the link https://youtu.be/EyKYsJFVT4s

[thesoberbitch]

You’re welcome.

[kindhearteddegenerate]

https://weheartit.com/entry/99024220

[thegratefulnuts]

The great paradox of addiction is that while it’s is not a conscious choose/decision we make or personal failing we’re too weak to overcome, we do have to make a decision to choose sobriety. Being an alcoholic or struggling with addiction means that I am bodily and mentally different from “normal people.” My brain functions just fine in every other situation other than where drugs and alcohol are involved. I have a disease, one of the only diseases in the world that tries to convince me I don’t have it. My brain plays tricks on me that convinces to to self-sabotage, self-destruct, and burn my own life to the ground. The absurdity is that with the proper resources and support, I can turn the volume down on that little voice in my head. Essentially, I had to learn to get out of my own way so that the rational, logical, and “sane” parts of my brain could take over. The only thing holding me back, was the part of me that I didn’t know how to let go of. I was my biggest problem. I was the roadblock that kept putting the bottle in my hand. The biggest problem between drunk me and sober me was… ME! • • • • #iamtheproblem #selfsabotage #selfdestruction #addictionisadisease #addictionsucks #wedorecover #recoveryispossible #recoveryisreal #sobersupport #sobersunday #addictionsupport #addiction #addictionrecovery #sobercommunity #recoverycommunity #alcoholfreecommunity #soberthoughts #soberinstagram #sober #sobriety #soberinspiration #sobermotivation #selfawareness #odaat #recoveringalcoholic https://www.instagram.com/p/CpatoXyuf3s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thesoberbitch]

Don’t worry, eventually your weight will even out and your brain will start to function again.

[trying2bsober]

i used to tell myself “tomorrow”, but i really, really, really wanna make this work! so i decide to start today, now. i decide. i decide.

[s0berthoughts]

7:49 am

the universe really enjoys fucking with me

[liberatedlesbian]

9 months sober today ❤️

[thegratefulnuts]

We need to talk about rock bottom… When I first got sober I was under the impression that everyone had a rock bottom. I then quickly realized that everyone’s rock bottom looks different. For some rock bottom looks like pawning family heirlooms, homelessness, divorce, unemployment, jail time, DUI’s, losing custody of children, or some combination thereof. For others rock bottom looks different, a single blackout, an embarrassing video from a night out, or a tipsy off-handed comment at the wrong time to a loved one. You don’t have to be the worst case to be a worthy case! Rock bottom doesn’t have to mean the guy under the bridge with the brown bag; it can be the successful woman who runs her own business. Rock bottom is wherever we stop digging. • • • • #rockbottom #soberthoughts #sober #sobriety #breakthestigma #silencetheshame #soberinstagram #sobermotivation #sobermovement #recoveringalcoholic #worthycause #youareworthy #soberinspiration #wedorecover #recoveryworks #odaat #soberjourney #sobercommunity #recoverycommunity #addictionrecovery #soberliving #recoveryispossible #recoverystories #sobervibes #recoverywarrior #recoverywin #soberwarrior #soberquotes #recoverystories #recoverysayings https://www.instagram.com/p/CqVc3FXs5yC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[notdrunkthoughts]

I don’t have to explain myself to anyone. You are not entitled to an explanation or reasoning behind why I am the way I am. I’ve given you all the pieces to put it together. If you still don’t understand me by now it’s because you were never trying to in the first place.