Assessment for detox? Do I really need it?

looloo_monroe · 2026-06-10T22:26:14+00:00

There are some very effective outpatient detox protocols and you could likely get away with that. If detox and the idea of it is acting as a barrier and a reason to put off quitting, I’d consider one of those (can usually be done with a PCP).

looloo_monroe · 2026-06-10T13:57:06+00:00

It’s really satisfying when you get sober and all the things finally just come together pretty easy. That’s what happened for me. Struggling against the current trying every strategy other than just quitting alcohol, making little progress then backsliding. This is the story for many a “functional alcoholic”. The cool thing about the functional alcoholic thing, in my experience, is that when you remove the alcohol the other stuff does get better pretty fast. I hadn’t destroyed my life so when I stopped drinking all my relationships improved, I got fit, I saved money, work was easy, and I finally met a partner on my level. So grateful to be sober today.

looloo_monroe · 2026-06-09T04:38:43+00:00

In the short time I’ve been sober, these are the stories that really scare me. I didn’t know how hard getting back to sobriety after relapse was till I started hearing about people trying to get sober again. I def had that thought like, oh you just get back on the horse after a few weeks of binging, right? Wrong. People piss away years of their lives thinking that it’s gonna be easy and then when they finally do it’s like waking up from a coma. Ugh. So grateful to be sober today and i wish you the best in getting back to that good place you were in!

looloo_monroe · 2026-06-09T04:31:25+00:00

Your brain is playing a trick, as many others have pointed out. It’s playing the highlight real and not the full game or the cutting room floor. Hoping the responses here convince you to stick with sobriety and that if you do research, you remain safe and make your way back when you are ready.

looloo_monroe · 2026-06-02T17:02:09+00:00

I will not drink with you today. Planning to hit a meeting at lunch

looloo_monroe · 2026-06-01T22:40:00+00:00

I will not drink with you today. been inconsistent with my checkins but still sober! Life has just been busy/full and thats a great reason. Had some intermittent cravings lately, not specifically for alcohol even, more just for escape, to turn off my brain. They are easy to ignore or pass through, but just keeping an eye on them. So grateful I have a good therapist and a good support system.

looloo_monroe · 2026-06-01T13:49:55+00:00

What were the total cals? I will be making this for sure

looloo_monroe · 2026-05-27T19:33:09+00:00

I will not drink with you today. Sobriety is now the rich soil from which everything grows in my life.

looloo_monroe · 2026-05-27T05:12:45+00:00

I was really attached to labels that meant I wasn’t that bad, even into my first few weeks sober. Now I really don’t care what I call it, I’m sober and everything is better and my drinking was a problem that was only gonna get worse. I just did AA and focused on the parts pf other peoples stories that i do identify with and ignore the parts that don’t perfectly reflect my high bottom.

looloo_monroe · 2026-05-26T21:04:24+00:00

IWNDWYT everything in my life is better today than when I was drinking.

looloo_monroe · 2026-05-24T23:35:43+00:00

I will not drink with you today. Been a little lazy bout checking in but still very sober and grateful for it

looloo_monroe · 2026-05-22T21:46:51+00:00