Woke up today to start another day sober. First thing I thought about was what meeting I was going to go to. Next thing was I wanted a cup of coffee.(Yeah, drinking a cup in the morning and one at a meeting, don't want to get hyper) Last Sat. was mylast day I drank so getting through this weekend was really a big step for me. I am trying to do this one day at a time but with the weekend looming I could not help having the possibility cross my mind. Sat. was always my big drink day. I would wake up early, drink tons of coffe and then about 11am it all started sometimes going to about midnight. But ya know what? I got through Sat. without hardly even thinking about it. I think alot of the reason is my week spent on changing my thinking. Not to mention early morn9ing F2F meetings and online chat and meetings. Plus I kept myself busy. One other thing I am doing is looking for things to do and writing them down, making a list of all the possible things that I can do to get out of the house. Amazing how many things thjere are to do are town, most are free or inexpensive. Not that I should worry about the cost. Nothing compares to money spent drinking. Probobly spent at least 50 bucks a day. You can have a pretty nice sober day on 50 bucks.
omg, $50 a day! Put it in a money market account and pay yourself that wonderful reward for being a sober individual! Should help to keep you on the good road. Save up for something you have wanted or want to do...
Congrats on another sober day. And, the great news is that the days keep getting better.
I have just finished a ten mile walk in the countryside near where I live. It was wonderful, just so peaceful and beautiful. I would never have done that if I had still been drinking.
Take care,
Carol
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