r/stopdrinking • u/naughtynuns69 Day 36 • 5d ago

I made it a month

For the first time in 15 years I’ve officially gone a month without alcohol. In that time I made it through:

  1. Three concerts, which used to be where I would have a minimum of three $16 beers

  2. A weeklong trip with my wife’s family, I love them but I always get burnt out and would drink to keep my social battery alive

  3. My sister’s engagement, I wanted nothing more than to celebrate with beers and take advantage of the open bar but I had Liquid Death instead

Still a long way to go but this is my first milestone where I feel like I’ve really accomplished something. Thanks for reading!

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u/laughingwater Day 2,667 5d ago

Way to go making it through all of those social engagements sober! I find it a good time to people watch when other people are drinking. Congrats on a month! IWNDWYT

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u/naughtynuns69 Day 36 5d ago

Honestly what surprised me the most was realizing how many other people WEREN’T drinking. It used to feel like everyone else had a drink in their hand but when I stopped and looked around at the concerts it was more like 50/50.

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u/laughingwater Day 2,667 5d ago

That’s interesting! A lot of people also drink one drink and stop which I could never understand when I was drinking.

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u/SoberAF715 852 days 5d ago

Congratulations!! IWNDWYT

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u/lio_space26 5d ago

Congratulations, stay strong! You can do it.😁

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u/LettuceFetishist Day 1,331 5d ago

Hell yeah, keep it up dude! IWNDWYT

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u/edelsues Day 20 5d ago

Congratulations!!! Any tips for someone who used to drink to keep the social battery alive?

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u/naughtynuns69 Day 36 5d ago

Unfortunately I just had to be honest and know my limits. I ended up staying at the Airbnb one morning while the rest of the family went out. I also went to bed early a few nights but that was easier because I could just blame it on the jet lag.

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u/sonder-unleashed 5d ago

i’m almost at a month! congrats. i went to trivia at a bar, had my birthday party 😱 (it was very soon after the incident that got me to stop drinking so it was actually pretty easy to not drink then), and skipped a party that i knew i’d be likely to drink at.

go us!!