Continue to work with the sponsor, and keep going. What’s your plan moving forward?Continue to stay in the middle of the herd.Did you ever have an “oh-shit” moment?When a colleague told her that her eyes were yellow.What was your worst memory from drinking?After delivering a baby, all she wanted to do was get home and have a drink.Get to a safe place… get over the hump, just for a few days. Any hospital will help you to quit drinking. What do you have to say to a person who is scared of quitting because they feel they might become depressed? She sees her partner more with compassion. What advice do you have for someone in recovery which is with someone who drinks?Ĭhanged her perspective. She’s not sure whether or not her husband is an alcoholic. She used to blame him a lot for her drinking. What was it like to marry your drinking buddy? What does a day in recovery look like for you?Ī neighbor took her to a meeting. Now she feels that quitting drinking was the one thing that changed her life completely. At first, she felt sad, was white knuckling it.
She had to get it out of her immediate surroundings. She felt like she was kicking her best friend to the curb. What was it like to cut ties with alcohol completely? Year 1 was “how do I stay sober?” and now year 2 is “how do I manage my emotions?”. Once the fog was lifted, she began to ponder why she drank. What did you learn about yourself during this process? It took a few weeks for her body to repair itself. The health scare is what made her consider quitting. She had an idea for a perfect medium buzz. Did you ever attempt to moderate or control your drinking? She says the doctor is a good place to go for help. Ignored swelling abdomen and yellow eyes. She was mistaken for someone who was pregnant. What was it like to find out you had Grade A Liver Cirrhosis? Became a problem when she moved to a town where everyone drank. When did you first realize you had a drinking problem? Find things you like to do, and more importantly, find the communities surrounding those activities and do your best to become a part of them.Ĭhrissy, with 2 and ½ years, talks about how she married her drinking buddy:Ĭhrissy has been sober for 2 and ½ years. It’s important to fill this time and spend this energy in a healthy and productive way so that the reasons for the void’s existence begin to disappear as we lay a healthy and solid foundation for living. In sobriety, we find ourselves with more… more time, more energy, and more mental clarity.
If the void (also known as the emotional and spiritual causes of alcoholism) isn’t properly dealt with, one can become what is known as a “dry drunk.” The behaviors, coping mechanisms, and mindsets of the alcoholic are still present the only difference is the lack of alcohol consumption. Unfortunately, studies show that willpower is a finite resource and can not be solely relied upon to quit successfully. When the void is present, some try to use willpower to ignore it or to muscle through or around it. What do we do with this? Should we fill it? With what?
When we quit drinking, a void is then created that can be felt across many areas of our lives. We use it to relax or to deal with difficult emotions.
Many of our social gatherings revolve around it. Russel Brand, Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictionsĭrinking plays a big role in our lives. “For us to be successful in sobriety, we must fill the void left by alcohol.” Subscribe to the Recovery Elevator Podcast Apple Podcasts | RSS | More
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