300 days sober today. I was a Binge Drinker

3 years ago by SpaceBar to c/stopdrinking

Just realized today I am 300 days sober!

My wife and son have been away looking at colleges and they come back tonight. I have to pick them up at the airport at 11:30 at night. In the past this would have been a problem for me because it would soon trigger a binge.

I'd be able to be sober to pick them up, but in a day or two I'd end up drinking way too much and be undeniably drunk. I could always go a few days without drinking, but soon enough I'd hit a cliff and end up black out drunk.

Sometimes I'd drink every day for weeks and hold it together, but soon enough I'd go way overboard. This would cause such a mess with my wife and family as I'm a very obnoxious person when I'm blacked out.

I never figured out why I binged. The psychology of it has to this day escaped me, but what I did figure out was that it would always, eventually, happen and the only way to prevent that was to stop drinking.

I will not drink today and I know why I won't.

OsakaWilson 9 points 3 years ago

More power to you. I thought I'd be reading a post on AI, but instead I'm a witness to you being strong and reminding yourself of the things that will keep you that way.

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buycurious 8 points 3 years ago

Hell yeah, brother, keep up your resolve!

Your patience will reward you with being able to be present for your family for more events in the future.

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Spacebar 3 points 3 years ago

The difference is so noticeable

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holiday 6 points 3 years ago

I was almost the exact same as you when I drank. If I had work the next day I'd drink as much as I possibly could without being too hungover the next morning. If the weekend hit, well there was never that "you need to be functional tomorrow" floating in the back of my head and I'd get torn up for a couple days straight (20-30+ drinks).

I know it's a struggle. Take it one day at a time and youll get there. 2.5 years sober here and if you ever need an ear just DM

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Spacebar 2 points 3 years ago

Thank you, I will.

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EtherCityRule 4 points 3 years ago

That's a helluva milestone SpaceBar, well done and keep up the excellent work, attitude, and support for others. IWNDWYT.

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Spacebar 1 point 3 years ago

Thank you!

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sylverstream 4 points 3 years ago

Congrats on 300 days, that is an awesome achievement!

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Spacebar 3 points 3 years ago

Thanks!

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sylverstream 4 points 3 years ago

Hi, sorry to do it this way, but I sent you some dms, did you see them? Or perhaps a lemmy bug?

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ColoradoBoy 4 points 3 years ago

Awesome, congratulations. A friend of mine who would binge described it this way: you can choose whether you want to dance with the gorilla or not, but the gorilla chooses when you stop. Except he didn’t say, “dance with.”

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Spacebar 3 points 3 years ago

First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you

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blenderwig 3 points 3 years ago

Hell ya, congrats on 300 days! Thanks for the inspirational post, IWNDWYT

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Zerlyna 3 points 3 years ago

Congratulations!!! 💜💜💜 Onto 365!😁

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Spacebar 1 point 3 years ago

I will get to 301 no problem

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