Day Tripping
I’m Evolving
Sobriety brings with it many changes, most of them good but some of them are a little WTF?
For example, i’ve noticed my favorite time of the week has changed.
When i was drinking, i lived for Friday Night. Even the word “Friday” had this magical power to buoy my spirits over the turbulent week until i washed up on the beaches of my Friday Night desert island paradise. Free drinks at work, two days to recover from whatever damage i did to myself, and even more importantly, potential. When i picked up that first can, popped that first top and swallowed my first sip, i had no idea where the evening was going to take me.
i realized last weekend that my favorite time of week is now Saturday afternoon, for much the same reasons. While Friday night has become a night like any other (i don’t have to work the next day), on Saturday afternoon i’m awake and ready for the world, can stay up as late as i want, don’t have to wake up early the next day and have a day and a half to get things done. Which comes back around full circle to “potential”.
One of the gifts sobriety brings is more “potential” than i ever had drinking.
Posted on June 17, 2012, in Alcoholism, Lessons in Recovery, Recovery and tagged AA, alcohol, Alcohol Recovery, alcoholic, Alcoholics Anonymous, alcoholism, Gratitude, Recovery, What i learned in AA. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.
Heres to more potential. Thats allota potential you got there! So happy for you friend!!
A drink (of Diet Mountain Dew) to Potential! Thanks for the visit, Mel!
Keep coming back,
Al K Hall
So true! Nothing could beat the Friday feeling and I allowed NOTHING to come between and my Friday after work (which of course meant drinking lots of alcohol).
Thanks for sharing this insightful post, you made a very interesting point!
Take care Al K
Glad you could relate, my friend.
Keep coming back,
Al K Hall
I can’t relate, but at least I look forward to Friday because it means school or work is over
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In this case, “not relating” is good news! Thanks for the visit, JPB.
Keep coming back,
Al K Hall
Last Friday closes the door on the old me. I’m apprehensive, scared and excited to see what the next Fridays bring. I will keep my promise and live them sober. Thanks again for being there!
Oh, good job! I’m glad you’re remembering the date. That helps you count the days.
For the first couple of weeks, I recommend taking a different way home from work, so you do not pass the liquor store or bar or wherever else you went to get your fill.
Take it easy. Find something relaxing and non-stressful to fill time time you would have spent drunk. I found watching every episode of Lost to be a good way for me to pass the time.
And if you can find a support group in your area — doesn’t have to be AA — attending the meetings can help. But if not, try to stay in contact with supportive friends and on these blogs…
Good luck to you!
What ITSB said!
Congratulations, my friend. Good luck, be strong, keep working on it and…
Keep coming back,
Al K Hall
One other bit of advice. It should be obvious, but it can be hard to follow. You have to remove all the alcohol from your residence. You can’t quit with that stuff nearby.
For me, it’s the mornings that surprise me. I was never a “morning person” because I had a hangover every morning. Now I love them.
Frank Sinatra once said, “I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.”
Touche, Frank. But how I feel in the morning now is a lot better than how I felt in the morning when I was drinking. Hell, some days I couldn’t even wake up until afternoon . On more than a few occasions I did not get out of bed at all. I’d just lie in bed drinking and passing out, waking up to drink some more, and then pass out again. After binges like that, I would suffer withdrawal. Shakes so bad that I couldn’t move the mouse on my computer when I’d try to do some work.
I just finished a hard run on the beach, followed by a nice meal. It’s almost 10pm, and I feel better now than when I was drinking. So fuck you, Frank. I don’t need your pity.
“So fuck you, Frank. I don’t need your pity.”
LLOL (literally laughed out loud). What you said!
Keep coming back, brother,
Al K Hall