A comrade created this community just now and I think it's a great idea. Combining sobriety with comradery (pun intended) is something I've really wanted to find a way to do and this is a great first step.
Substance abuse genuinely kills. Literally and regarding the spice of life. It's truly a horrible thing.
I am 76 days today I believe. Never felt better.
This is a choppy first post, but I'll get better. Let me know if any of you want to talk about sobriety related things!
Ive been on this path for over a year now, i feel great physically. I am not fully sober, i drink from time to time when i have to attend some social event and i need alcohol just to deal with social anxiety.
Ive been struggling a bit mentally since my entire social circle revolved around drinking, ive realized that my friends were actually just drinking buddies. Once you start declining invitations to go out drinking you start losing these pseudofriends.
My work is also very isolated from society, there are weeks where i just interact with 5 people at most lol. I really needed a "third place" to meet new people so i started going to the gym, talking daily walks around my neightborhood, going to coffee shops, etc...