I’m moving back into sober living after being on my own for 2.5 years. Things haven’t been great and my sobriety has been awful. Any of you guys ever do this and have any advice?
Check your PMI’m moving back into sober living after being on my own for 2.5 years. Things haven’t been great and my sobriety has been awful. Any of you guys ever do this and have any advice?
Sounds like we have some things in common. I ended up getting into recovery and been sober for a while by God's graceWhen you say sobriety has been awful and your moving back to so we living, have you actually been sober or do you keep relapsing. Because sobriety can't be awful if your not actually sober.
I was a 20+ drinks a day person. 4pm till I passed out and on the weekends I drank from 4pm Friday to 3-4am leading into Sunday most weekends.
I got to a point where I just decided I was done and in order for it to work I had to replace my bad habits with more constructive habits. I accepted the fact that I was going to trade one addiction for another but I made the other positive.
Unfortunately it's hard to fill the time slot when you drink 8+hours a day so I had to get multiple hobbies. I 1-2 hours a day into the gym, 1-2 hours into learning about diet and nutrition, 1-2 hours of reading or studying something I wanted to learn. Then before bed I turn on YouTube or a show, get a note pad and write or draw or I'm here on the forum trying to learn or help someone else learn.
It's a boring lifestyle, but I've gotten used to it. I spend more time cooking and hiking or swimming. I go to a boxing/MMA gym.
I just keep busy with constructive things.
I haven't drank since March 9th 2019
I still miss it, but you know what I don't miss.....
I don't miss being broke.
I don't miss a 530 credit score.
I don't miss disappointing my kids
I don't miss being skinny-fat
I don't miss work! Haven't missed a day in who knows how long.
You gotta find what's going to work for you and you have to want it to work.
I don't know if any of that was helpful but I wanted to share lol
Yeah, I know there’s a few people here who are former addicts, so I wanted to reach out. It seems like fitness and addiction go hand in hand in some way or another for many people.Sounds like we have some things in common. I ended up getting into recovery and been sober for a while by God's grace
Amen brother. 2-2-06The only thing that ever worked for me is AA. Everything else led me back to drinking and drugging and was mediocre at best. Now I have a life I never thought possible. Seven years sober and serene.
I locked myself up for 2 weeks, I had to do it my way lol. It wasn't pleasant. I dragged a mattress, a TV and a recliner into the abandoned apartment above my parents house and stayed there, I knew rehab and AA wasn't for me. I'm lucky I was right because I know that it's a must for many ppl. Now 3 years later this apartment is remodeled and I live here. I did most of the remodelSounds like we have some things in common. I ended up getting into recovery and been sober for a while by God's grace
Hell yeah man. 12 step groups don't hold a monopoly on sobriety. They work for many people, I'm grateful to be one of themI locked myself up for 2 weeks, I had to do it my way lol. It wasn't pleasant. I dragged a mattress, a TV and a recliner into the abandoned apartment above my parents house and stayed there, I knew rehab and AA wasn't for me. I'm lucky I was right because I know that it's a must for many ppl. Now 3 years later this apartment is remodeled and I live here. I did most of the remodel
Hey brother .. i really don’t know much about drinking/drugs issue as I never got into itThank you. I appreciate it and I respect you. I just keep relapsing is my problem. I can’t stay consistent. I used to be much worse, but the way I am right now just isn’t good enough for me. My demons are kratom and alcohol. Used to be Xanax also. Thankfully, the sober living place im going to is partnered with one of the best MMA/boxing gyms in my city, and I’ll get to train as much as I want. I used to do MMA and have wanted to get back into it for about 2 years. I was derailed by an injury and it got bad, that was when the Xanax came in. So atleast I’ll get to train. Which I never have money for anyways since I waste it on drugs and alcohol.
Lol you're not wrongIf you spend half as much as some of us do on supplements, home gyms, and good food, then you wouldn't be able to afford a cheap bottle of anything or even a Miller Lite.
...Seriously tho, one day at a time.