Current Events > Been sober for a month, for the first time since I was a teenager.

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Idk, MAYBE I had a month or two in my college days, 18 - 21. But for the most part I remember toking on the weekends or at least drinking regularly since I was 17. Smoked weed for over a decade straight. WHen I quit that last year, I substituted it with alchohol.

Then a month ago, I just didnt feel like drinking. It wasnt really something I was thinking to make an effort about. Now I have gotten the urge every few days, and I'm not actively making an effort to not drink, but it's kind of fun game to see how long I can go completely sober.

So, idk, this isnt some dramatic thing where it got really bad and blew up where I had to make a change. More just like.... it was a steady element in my life where the urge very suddenly went away. I would say I was addicted, but I wasnt drinking EVERY night.

Correction, I dont wanna say I "was" addicted. I *am* addicted, I still want to smoke weed and drink regularly.

Pretty much how I got off the drinks too, albeit a much faster change. Went from drunk every day to hardly ever drink in the space of about a month, and yeah, no real reason besides just not feeling like drinking anymore.

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Pretty much how I got off the drinks too, albeit a much faster change. Went from drunk every day to hardly ever drink in the space of about a month, and yeah, no real reason besides just not feeling like drinking anymore.

Yeah. I say it didnt "blow up". Truthfully. I was only at a level of addiction where, when it was starting to get bad, I could pull back enough to keep my life together, then pick it back up. But this is the first time I've gone cold turkey on it.

And now I realize, I DO know the initial reason I stopped: Money. Been trying to save it. But I am realizing now stopping drinking has actually been a bigger change for me than saving money has been, even though that was the cause.

I've found the best part about not drinking anymore is being a functional adult every single morning. No more having to plan ahead knowing that the morning would be wasted because I was wasted the night before.

7 months sober for me and I've pretty much lost any interest in it.

Congrats

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Ugh had a few last night after month and today reminding me why I taking a break. Use to drink everyday tho