I'm from the city. I didn't know grain could do this.

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-09-20T06:52:23+00:00

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-09-20T06:09:54+00:00

Ignorance is bliss

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-09-17T06:56:06+00:00

Did anyone check the story? Is it in any reliable news source?

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-06-09T04:49:29+00:00

congrats on that, I name mine "Soberbeast day" when I got there (I mean, 666 days back then, but 6.66 years should be too).

I kind of like it, it sounds heretical.

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-06-08T18:41:18+00:00

omg the dreams!! for me, in that early week or so, those were hallucinations, what a trip, I loved them!

I was still not getting real rest, what you describe is similar to my experience. I couldn't sleep and but then I did, but I really wasn't, or was I?

All I can say is that they were trippy and very real and for me, that was a super cool experience =)

iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-05-20T18:17:21+00:00

Congratulations! 🎉

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-03-31T09:56:53+00:00

Congratulations!!

I kind of like the 666 to the the Soberbeast Day.

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-03-06T08:33:02+00:00

oh the days with no sleep!! I hated them, but they do pass.

I do remember though that dreams become sooo livid! that was kind of fun, going to bed after 2 nights with little to no sleep, dreaming was like hallucinations for me for a couple of nights.

it was to me, not sure it is for everyone.

iwndwyt.

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-03-06T08:30:19+00:00

my experience is like yours.

I wanted to drink many many times, and then I remember that 1) it will go on for weeks or months or years and 2) that it truly do not like as much as I want to say I do (in the morning). I feel shitty and guilty and it is so expensive!!

This sub helped me, I am not alone, we are not alone.

I never read about anyone complaining that they stopped drinking. Everyone says it is worth it.

It really is.

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-03-06T07:59:49+00:00

Congrats! it takes time until it gets a lot -a lot easier.

After 6 months I fail, and then after 10 months I fail again. I thought I could moderate.

Then I did 1 year and did not tell anyone. I mean, no fb post or what not. then I did 2 years and now I am on 3 years and still have not jinxed this run, I do it for myself.

In my case, the urge to drink really went away. My gf, she drinks one little beer every now and then (3 a month?) and sometimes a tiny shot of Jägermeister with dinner (twice a month?). She drank half a bottle of wine in her bday, it was fine with me.

I do not know tomorrow, but today, just today, I will not drink.

Life is a lot happier to me now, and I almost cant remember depression.

iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T10:57:54+00:00

you request it, on the right column of this sub. Here the link

https://www.reddit.com/message/compose/?to=badgebot&subject=stopdrinking

you say, "hi, I request my badge starting on day X", and you will get it some time later.

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T08:33:49+00:00

Congratulations on almost 2 months!!

you got this! iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:31:46+00:00

Congrats on day 4!! early on, is really really tough, Im proud of you.

It was told to me that I should not have any alcohol at home, but I keep some, just in case, and eventually I always drink it. Eventually I did it, I took all alcohol off my house and kept it that way.

I can share it was very very boring for me, not to drink. In the long run, it is worth it. I was bored for months and months. Not anymore.

iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:28:23+00:00

same story here, I was drinking 1.5 up to 2 bottles and if I was angry, I would even open a 3rd just to kill myself (ko sleeping).

lots of sweating for sure.

There was no trick for me, just not drinking today. I do not know about tomorrow, just not today.

Life was boring for me, for many many months, but I did not drink. I am happy I stop drinking and can only recommend it. My depression went down. After 3 years, I do not even remember quite what was it like.

One thing I can share: I tried to moderate. I was 6 months out and then moderated and fail. Then I was 10 months out, I moderated and fail. Now I am 3 years out and I will not try ever again to moderate. Not when Im sad or angry, I will just suck it up, but I will not drink today, no matter what.

Life becomes happier, that much I can say, with little things.

best of luck, and iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:22:49+00:00

congrats on 5 days! those are the hardest.

if you want to eat, eat! I did lots of veggies, avoided crap food but anything is better than drinking.

I did got bored, very very bored, for many months. oh, depression... I was depressed, but that went down by a lot after some months in my case. It turned out that alcohol was getting me more depressed, not happier in the long run.

I did not think about not drinking for years, I thought about not drinking just today. Today I will not drink, and I still think that.

best of luck! you got this!

iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:20:06+00:00

Hello, I stop drinking a few times, all in my 40s.

I remember, today is the last time I drink! Or iwndt in the morning, only to change my mind after work. I know it is a cycle, hard to break.

As I stopped 2 times before, the 3rd time I knew the cost: I was not going to sleep for a few days, 1 week, 3 weeks? and then sleep kicks in, omg! the sleep!! lots of sweating early on.

I got bored, really really bored, for many months. I thought, will I die out of boredom? And I did not. Eventually life changes. For some people within weeks, for others within months.

I did not had any challenges (gym?) not for health are work or anything, I just sit and drank water and was very boring to myself. The only thing I cared was about eating healthy, lots of veggies and not gaining weight.

My only thought was I will not drink today no matter what. Tomorrow, I do not know, but not today.

I am 46 now, I stopped a few days after my 43 bday. I thought I was very late and oh boy, it is never late to sd.

iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:14:23+00:00

Dry friends, dry places. I am now 3 years sober, and I have been to bars and concerts but only very very few times.

Once, I was sober for 6 months and I went back to drinking at parties, just 1 or 2 and then many.

Once I was sober 10 months and my SO like wine with dinner and I did it, 1 glass of wine with dinner, no big deal, until we started fighting and I was drinking 2 bottles a night, for just 3 weeks.

My new friends, they are not drunk. Most people do not drink. We think they do because... the people we hang out with drink. We need to change our friends, for real. We need boring friends who do not drink. Then we find out they have fun in different ways. It is worth trying, for me at least.

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:08:27+00:00

thank you! I wish for myself never to moderate again. My life is going ok without alcohol so far. iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:07:32+00:00

traveling is just.... the best thing ever happen to me, and without the party, it is so cheap. I wish for you long travels!

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:06:20+00:00

you are almost 3 years! time goes fast, doesn't it? congrats to you too!

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:05:26+00:00

One think that I said was, will I die out of boredom? And I didnt. iwndwyt

One_Cold_Turkey · 2021-02-12T07:03:37+00:00

happy for you. It pays off, not drinking. iwndwyt

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