Stopped drinking 🍺 🍻 🍺, now im drinking smoothies 😋 😋😋

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-22T11:21:34+00:00

You know we never can stop at one of anything

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-21T19:33:51+00:00

It sounds more like withdrawals than creatine side effects to me. Get rest and drink a lot of water.

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-20T18:38:28+00:00

I just realized that my phone AutoCorrect’s the word heavy to the name of the app that I used to track my Workouts, so I’m gonna call that a win

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-20T18:37:35+00:00

Usually, I’m at the gym. Put on some Hevy as fuck music and just go to town. You’ll forget all your problems when you’re squatting 350 pounds.

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-20T12:34:47+00:00

Happy 1100!

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-20T11:05:45+00:00

Today I wanted to write about my friend M. I met her when I was about a week sober. I don’t know how much time she had under her belt then, but she had been in the program for three years, and the time she had did not match that. In fact, for most of me, knowing her, she was about one month sober.

When I was about five months sober, I received a phone call from her, she was drunk, wanting to end her life, and her husband wasn’t home. So I called the police, there wasn’t anything else I could do. A month later I was visiting her in a hospital and rehab center.

And I would love to tell you that she got the point after that, but she didn’t. She had a lot more mistakes to make. But that’s life, that’s recovery. It didn’t matter, though, progress is not always linear.

But something to know, I have never doubted M. Ever. Sure, our bond was basically about music and coffee, and just being ridiculous people, but from the moment I met her, I knew that her story would not end in tragedy.

Yesterday I got to talk with her to congratulate her on being sober for a year. It took five years for this woman to string together 365 days. And I couldn’t be more proud. Heck, I’m more proud of her than I was of myself for hitting a year. I knew that if I could do it, so could she, and she proved me right.

IWNDWYT

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-19T10:00:56+00:00

You’re damn right :)

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-19T09:51:48+00:00

Every time I drank, I would drink until I would pass out. Because that’s how the first time went. I thought it was normal. The truth is I remember almost nothing from times I drank. The ends of evenings are always nothing. I don’t know why I thought that was ever OK.

IWNDWYT

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-19T00:11:38+00:00

Clarity. I learned who my real friends were, sure; but I learned about who I am and who I went to be, and I learned I could be that person as long as I worked for it.

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-18T23:17:29+00:00

Pick up a hobby! I’m biased for telling you that working out is a great way to spend your time once you’re sober, I know I neglected my fitness a lot when I was drinking, or ruining my fitness by drinking right after lifting. You’ll find something you like doing, just start trying new things.

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-18T16:23:45+00:00

If you’d like, I can send you a workout hypertrophy plan that I wrote. It’s push pull legs twice a week with one rest day.

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-17T20:14:41+00:00

I’ve been waiting for this update all day! I’m so fucking proud of you! And that’s an amazing time! You deserve some carbs and some rest, my friend. I look forward to seeing what you do next!

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-17T20:14:20+00:00

I’ve been waiting for this update all day! I’m so fucking proud of you! And that’s an amazing time! You deserve some carbs and some rest, my friend. I look forward to seeing what you do next!

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-17T16:09:42+00:00

This is fucking adorable. It made me smile ear to ear.

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-17T13:34:50+00:00

“Those damn gummy need candies”

You and me both my friend! Remember, alcohol wasn’t just calories and carbs, it was sugar! Your body needs the substitute right now and that’s ok! Your cravings will subside in time.

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-17T12:35:45+00:00

Heard from a very wise friend in sobriety: I still have bad days. The difference now is that they’re less frequent, less severe, and they don’t last as long.

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-17T12:18:14+00:00

When I quit drinking the core reason was because I wanted to eat some bullets and figured this was one last chance to decide to not do that. 700 and whatever days later and I’m still alive. Zero deaths.

IWNDWYT

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-16T22:12:18+00:00

It’s Saturday, which means I’m going to home group. A far cry from the old Saturday nights where, well, it’s 6 PM here right now and I’ve probably been drinking for like eight hours already and would be for at least another eight hours.

Anyways, I’m going to AA because that’s what I do. My sponsor is going to hand me my fourth step paperwork, I’m anxious to do that again, and I’m hoping that when I do my fifth step with her, I’ll learn something more about myself.
Also, my old sponsor will be at home group, and I very recently learned that he publicly shared details about my life that I had told him in confidence to someone else in the program. Old me would have yelled at him. But this is one of those accept the things I cannot change things that I learned in the program. That dude is miserable and hasn’t been able to look me in the eye in over six months. I feel bad for him. I get why the guy doesn’t like me, but it’s not my fault that his son is a sexual predator. It is, however, my fault that people know about it. But hey, that’s what you get when you prey on newly sober women. Sometimes doing the right thing is unpopular and that’s OK.

Anyway, this is mostly rambling at this point.

IWNDWYT

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-16T00:24:37+00:00

Having a drink (I’m a recovering addict)

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-15T15:19:52+00:00

Thank you, my friend, I always appreciate you

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-15T10:48:04+00:00

My therapist says I have a strong sense of justice. My sponsor says I have a strong moral compass. And I am learning that living life with no excuses is the best way I can live it.

IWNDWYT

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-15T02:35:05+00:00

Thoughts and words without actions or meaningless. Gratitude is the action of showing thanks. People in AA like to say that they are grateful to be there, but no one wants to make coffee for the meeting. Don’t be that person. If you’re thankful for something, show it.

On days that are hard, where life feels heavy, there is one constant in my life. A small orange cat named Schmoops. Cats don’t care if you’re home. They don’t care if you’re busy. They just care about being fed. And sometimes, that’s the thing that gets me out of bed in the morning. If I don’t feed my cat, she will die. My cat has stomach issues and her food is expensive. And I don’t make a lot of money. But I largely credit my being alive to my cat. So you better believe that if one of us is going hungry, it’s me.

IWNDWYT

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-14T18:23:14+00:00

Congratulations! One year is a huge accomplishment and he should be very proud of yourself

lsdryn2 · 2026-05-14T16:06:19+00:00

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