• Bubs12@lemmy.cafe
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    3 hours ago

    Congrats! The first month is the hardest. Come check out stopdrinking@lemmy.world, if you haven’t already.

    When I started, I listened to many hours of the Happy Sober Podcast. Craig Beck does a good job of exposing the tricks alcohol plays on the brain.

    Keep it up! It gets easier.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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      47 minutes ago

      I’ve sobered up for a month to eight months at a time. The difference is that the long stint was just because and I got talked into drinking by someone I was dating and then it was on top of me again. The one month stint was just to take a break. I did about two weeks right before the USA election last year, but then the asshat got in control again and I said fuck it.

      This time, I really don’t have a choice. The effect on my body made it clear that I can’t keep going. I had a good run. I drank very hard for a very long time.

      But thank you for the kind words. They are appreciated.