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My “Joys” of Not Drinking

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I know what the joys of not drinking are. My thinking is clear, my decision making is reliable, people trust me, I can commit, I am responsible for myself and others, I am relieved of guilt, I don’t have to lie, I don’t look at authority as the enemy, people don’t avoid me and don’t have to lie to me, I laugh more, I don’t worry about my health or mortality, I can enjoy the company of others and remember the gathering, I don’t have to apologize for upsetting people when I was under the influence, I can look people in the eye and this is just a short list of my joys. All this I already knew was possible if I stopped drinking, but the knowledge wasn’t enough to stop me. I had to become desperate enough and sick and tired enough of my life to want to change it. To want what other non drinkers had. The desperation humbled me enough to seek help and that is what altered my life so I could enjoy what others so preciously had. The joys of not drinking.

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You are amazing, inspirational. Keep going and never give up!

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Thank you, Bifield. I’ll do my best, one day at a time

You've done a great job!! Happy New Year!!

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🥳🥛😉

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Milk does a body good...

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Lol

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TROLL ALERT

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From a year ago or am I missing something?

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hang in there friend

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Yup.I’ll do what I can to stick with it. Thank you, good buddy. You hang in there, too and you know I only mean it in the best way. 😁

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congratulations on your ongoing sobriety …where there’s a will there’s a way ….ss

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A will helps to get me there, but it takes a village to keep me me there. 🩵

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