I’ve been sober curious for awhile and just recently decided to abstain to see what possibilities come from sobriety. I’m dealing with loneliness though, which seems to be the biggest trigger so far.m for me. It’s like a whole new world trying to do things sober.
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It is a whole new world. One that takes getting used to. I used for 30 years and am just almost 3 years sober. It takes time, you feel lost, it’s lonely AF, but it’s worth it.
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Helps to find a support group with similar goals, whether its AA, church, whatever is sober and you feel comfortable in.
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The change happens very very very slowly, patience is key.
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I am right their with you. I have been sober curious for like 3 years. I kept trying and trying. Now I am at this point where I feel uninspired to try. I know I need too. I see my family falling apart right in front of me. I just feel hopeless that the next treatment option won't work, again. I feel no motivation. I wish I had a push and better support.
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Sorry to make it all about me.... Forgive me
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I feel the same way.
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Stop waring shirts that sdvertise Coors
People. You don't have to do this alone. Agree with it or not, AA meetings are where you will find others who knows what you're going through. They have been, or are there, right now. Nothing supernatural. No magic. Just people helping people. Get your a$$ in there and get some help.
I tried abstaining "for a while" to see what would happen a couple of times before I quit for good. Personally, I don't think I gave myself time to see the benefits or make bigger changes in my life. Those came when i knew that sobriety was forever. I think it's great you're taking this step. I'd just add that, in my experience, those shorter lived (like a few months) periods of abstinence can give you a skewed perspective on true sobriety; you get a lot of the hard parts of adjustment but don't get those longer term benefits. In other words, I get that it's hard now but there's a lot of good in the longer term of you can get past some of these other changes.