Trying be the same lit person

Since being sober my adrenaline not the same nomore it’s giving Idc type of person… I’m starting to have poor communication with friends n family ,sexual desires not the same ,everything just starts to disgust me … I don’t want to be bother by nobody but get depressed like I don’t have no life.. I will be 15 days in on Tuesday but I keep dodging going out with friends that I know it will be drinks guess I’m not ready or scared I won’t drink but I won’t be that same turn up person :weary:

15 days is awesome! Great job! I remember the first few weeks of my sobriety I was afraid, depressed, my bipolar was all wacky… my sponsor gave me advice that just kinda stuck.
“Don’t be where you don’t need to be. Right now right here just don’t pick up. Your brain needs to rewire it’s self give it time”
As I worked my steps and went to my program, things started to look brighter again.
You won’t be that “lit” person again, but you can be wiser. More confident, more aware. The cravings get easier. For me it was a year before I could go to a wedding, at, party and not feel the pull of the bottle. You will be good! Just be patient, and kind to yourself.

I had to screen shot that I really appreciate that thought I was tripping of feeling depression coming out of no where …. Yes I guess I have to be true to myself and give myself time to rewire myself … I always feel that lit person was always be there, it’s a mind thing where the sober me don’t have that bravery to do lit stuff so I drink to zone out but that person always been there just gotta bring it out sober style 🫶🏾

You’re creating a new you. Sometimes that means not going back to the people and the things that supported the old you. You don’t have to leave them behind forever. But if you’re finding it happen naturally, just get some ideas in your mind of NEW things and new people you want to add into the NEW YOU. :purple_heart:

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Appreciate that thankful for the response 🫶🏾

That lit person is still 100% there. This was insanely hard for me in the beginning just as it is for so many of us. Stay strong and give your body enough time to feel the changes physically. When you find that you don't need a crutch to be fire, when you actually find yourself and feel genuinely grateful for it...you will realize that the liquid has only been putting your flame out all along.

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Yess I’m patience is the key to the issue that I have to accept and I’m ready for it I have no choice but to be ready to feel the change … just like patients for weight loss and body as well it takes time 🥹

I had to draw a line in the sand. I had to tell people that if our only connection was drinking, that we can not hang out any more. I told them all this because I knew, at the time, that I was not strong enough to hang out with them and remain sober.

With time, I began to feel better than my previous “normal.” I began to really work on my self. I began to see that I did not need any of that old life. I eventually got to the point where I could let some of those old friends back into my life. I told them that if I am feeling uncomfortable, that I have to leave, and I do. I also had to have other connections with them, besides “partying.”

Give yourself some time to heal. Do not push yourself. You know your limits and what is best for you. Be boring for a while. You will come back like a phoenix. Stronger, powerful, and fantastic.

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I love it n I deeply appreciate the feed that was definitely deep to me speaking the truth :muscle:t5:

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