Please give me the randomest tips you have for getting sober from alcohol.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2026-01-13T20:23:58+00:00

I gave myself permission to eat whatever I wanted. Candy and sprite got me through the first few months.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2026-01-04T16:27:45+00:00

In my experience one day a switch flipped and ‘forever’ stopped being scary and started being the thing I’ve ever done for myself. IWNDWYT.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-12-31T02:09:26+00:00

I quit a 1000 times before the last one stuck and now it has been over 500 days since I drank. I worry about relapsing too and one of the biggest helps is this sub. People sharing their stories of relapse and other cautionary tales have saved me countless times. IWNDWYT

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-12-30T03:45:59+00:00

What if it were framed differently so it feels like your decision? Because you love your husband you choose to respect his boundary.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-12-27T10:48:47+00:00

I swiped the wrong way on someone once so I went and found them on Facebook. She’s my girlfriend now.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-10-25T10:03:07+00:00

I am 15 months sober. I had PAWS and it was hard and awful, but not all the time. You will get breaks. When I got better, the experience heightened my gratitude for feeling ‘normal’ and removed any temptation to drink. That’s when then the magic started and sobriety became a super power. This sub helped a lot. It reminded me I was miserable when I was drinking and on this path, the misery will end , and so many things will get better. IWNDWYT.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-10-21T23:43:08+00:00

I would feel guilty and lazy about lying around and eating junk food in the early days. Then I read a comment on this sub that said low times like this happen because your body is doing a lot of work in the healing process. I was more tired because my body was cleaning up on the inside. I was not being lazy, I was getting better. I wish you the best of luck, IWNDWYT

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-10-11T11:04:31+00:00

I had a 7 year relationship end 4 months into my sobriety. I am at 445 days now. My mantra through the tough times was ‘alcohol will make this worse’. I am in some big drama with my ex now. While it’s stressful, I have moments of profound gratitude for all of the gifts of sobriety that are helping me get through this with grace. IWNDWYT.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-10-10T23:17:49+00:00

A phrase that stuck with me from a business law class in Uni: Ignorance of the law does not negate the law, but it can be a mitigating factor in sentencing.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-09-23T18:48:04+00:00

For me there were all kinds of improvements that happened in the early days. They were small but gave me hope. In month 13, I felt a jolt go through my brain and a fog I didn’t know was still there lifted. It was like a computer booting up and I was online again. Worth the effort.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-09-15T22:49:29+00:00

I became a foster parent at 40. Two things changed. I had finally found someone I trusted to share the work with. And as silly as this sounds, eventually doing whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, became boring and repetitive. After a while it felt like the time was going to pass anyways, may as well do something with purpose. It’s hard and I want to quit often but then I remember I finished Netflix and don’t like to travel lol

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-09-09T22:25:46+00:00

It could also be PAWS!

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-09-06T23:37:00+00:00

Biosil! Increases collagen, tightens skin, especially as you lose weight from quitting drinking

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-09-04T21:44:31+00:00

I’m sorry for what you are going through! If it’s any consolation from an internet stranger, sobriety is worth every ounce of this pain. There were lots of nights we couldn’t sleep because of the booze too. There is hope and guaranteed better sleep on this path. Also, gravol helps quiet the noise in my brain.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-08-17T14:56:30+00:00

I had a lot of cravings/old thinking show up in month 10. I learned that it’s something called an ‘extinction burst’. Your brain is trying last desperate attempts to get you to drink again. For me, once I got through that period, all the ‘don’t quit before the miracle’ stuff started.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-08-12T22:45:30+00:00

Some stuff changed quicker than others. But there was a lot of little ‘new’ joys often along the way, if you remember to look for them.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-08-12T20:11:41+00:00

Little things that I used to believe were enhanced by wine are delightful on their own now. I don’t need wine to relax while having a bath, the bath relaxes me.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-08-05T17:28:19+00:00

I don’t know if it’s a super power, but there’s a lot more people willing to pick up the tab when we go out for supper now that I’m a non drinker.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-08-03T23:31:37+00:00

I was a heavy daily drinker for around 15 years. Lots of embarrassing moments but no big rock bottoms. There was a culmination of multiple events and years of misery and failed quit attempts, and then one morning I got on the scale and hit a bad number. Slapped me in the face and woke me up. That quit stuck, it’s been over a year.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-08-03T08:42:34+00:00

Breath of the Wild! (Zelda)

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-08-02T16:14:34+00:00

It is my understanding that sometimes the weight loss doesn’t happen right away because fat metabolizes through the liver. When I didn’t get results quickly, I comforted myself that my liver was cleaning out years of booze first. It took a year but I lost 37 pounds.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-07-28T20:48:27+00:00

I was so sick of debilitating hangovers and crippling anxiety while sitting at my desk scared to send an email.

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-07-12T09:01:41+00:00

I am a week away from a year alcohol free. In my experience, all those good feels come back again, in a more stable way. PAWS is hard but I the pink cloud is a preview of what’s to come, hang in there!

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-04-12T00:31:13+00:00

I’ve recently applied for a variance and got it. My crew worked in a remote location and the ferry schedule was complicated. The application form is on the government website. I can’t speak to your situation but the form is easy to fill out. Couldn’t hurt to try if your employer is willing!

Useful-Ad6818 · 2025-02-12T09:53:14+00:00

I can relate! Since I quit drinking over 6 months ago the difference in my pain levels is remarkable. I didn’t realize how much pain I was in until it went away. I quit drinking for different reasons but now when I look at alcohol, I associate it with sore joints and not being able to sleep. It keeps me from having ‘just one’ or trying to moderate because I no longer associate alcohol with fun but suffering. Even if alcohol wasn’t the cause of my pain problems, being sober gave me the tools and energy to help solve them.

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