What I Have Learned Since Getting Sober.....

Alcohol
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Okay people! My last two posts were about Greenwich time and pronunciation so I decided I should get my eye back on the ball and post something related to recovery.

Please continue the thread if you wish!

I have learned since being sober.........that many many people are alcoholics. I never noticed how much some of the people around me drink until I stopped! I guess birds of a feather right????

Your Friend
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Valarie, I used to notice how much people drank when I was drinking and they all annoyed me ~ lol, especially the drunks! Go figure, now it is hard for me to be around drunk or high people, especially when someone comes drunk into a meeting or tweaked out of their mind!

Are you online right now...I think so cause your footer keeps changing ~ lol ~ you crack me up!
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Yeah...VW....I am still trying to figure out all this stuff. I used to write that as a sign off when I got help for drugs back about 6 years ago and I like it. I didn't know that it was gonna change every time. Sorry if it got annoying. I think I am done with it. Maybe not though. LOL

I would never be able to sit next to a tweeker. I would have to knock the sense into them. Ha ha...like that is possible. I know from experience.
I have also noticed that I have no patience with drunks at all. I just want to scream at the top of my lungs, 'I KNOW YOU TOLD ME THAT ALREADY 3 TIMES YOU DRUNK IDIOT!!!!" But that is not nice to say to people that have probably thought that of you many many times!! LOLOL.

TTFN Valarie
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Too funny...no it didn't annoy me at all, just cracked me up, cause that it's exactly what was happening with Idgie and Ginge's pics...sizing, resizing, trying to save...but, hey your footer looks terrific! Oh, and I got Idgie's and Ginge's pics posted!

Oh, gosh when I sit next to a Tweaker in a meeting, I'm like this (in my head not out loud): sit down already, stop fidgeting, do you really need another cup of coffee, then I remember but for the Grace of God go I...however, it does test my patience and tolerance at times...just a reminder though of where I came from and where I can go back to if I should drink or use again.
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Ditto Vw Girl....Never forget. My problem is that I would probably ask the tweaker for of their stash! I haven't used that crap in over 6 years and to my knowledge I haven't been around anyone who was using in all these years. That drug had such a hold on me! I would do it now as I type if it was laid out in front of me. That is the scariest thing to me. I never ever forget that. The fact that I still would use it...scares the s*** out of me. Oh well...it was a lifetime ago but feels like yesterday.....if that makes any sense to you! Luckily I change everything when I got clean...Environment, friends, home town, everything. Now I just have a bunch of drunks around me! LOLOL Take care my cyber pal!
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You too Girly-Girl...remember it's easier to stay sober than get sober...and if you or I picked up drink or some speed, well all bets would be off...I don't know about you but I really believe I don't have another binge in me...let's just stay sober okay...we are all in this thing together and we are doing it!
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VW Girl...you are correct to the 10th degree. It is much easier to stay sober than try to clean up again. I still have not reached that point where I feel there are no more binges left in me. Maybe eventually I will get to that point but not so far. I am sober from both speed and booze so that is good and I intend on staying that way. My life is so much better without it!
Thank you for your kind words as always my friend!
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Hey Val and VWG, i used to enjoy being with the drunks as i could say aw hell i'm not as bad as that and also they would talk drinking, no politics, no sport just drinking and any associated benefits, they didn't care and there eyes were dead and in blackout i became at one with them. Now anyone suffering at a meeting is awesome because given time i can actually see the light start to shine in there eyes if they stick around, hope , willingness and a desire to stop drinking.

Light and love Zac
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Actually, at the end of my drinking career I use to associate with only lower companions (in my eyes at the time) so I could feel better about myself...
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I have learned that I am only responsible for my own sobriety. All my wishin' and a wantin' my significant other to quit for his own health reasons is never gonna work. It is only going to build resentment. I find myself getting real pissy sometimes but then I realize that I can only control what I do not anyone else!
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Val, I'm in the middle of learning right now that as you said, it seems like almost everyone in my life has alcohol or drug issues, even those closest to me... and I NEVER noticed it before. And it makes me want to help but that's where your other point - that I can only be accountable for my own sobriety - comes into play. Thats a tough one, it's hard not to worry and analyze, but I'm getting there...

And I too would really like to get to the place of feeling "forever sober".... I'm not there yet... I hope that will come soon for you and me both Val my friend...