What is the hardest part of staying clean and sober? What works best for you?
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The hardest part for me is finding people to share the AA message with… it stinks because that helps with sobriety. I can’t find anyone to sponsor. My routine is crucial to my sobriety. I remind myself daily that we strive for spiritual progress and not spiritual perfection.
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I need a program like AA because life is hard.
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Learning to be comfortable with myself and the world around me without having to medicate and escaping reality.
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The hardest part is the little things. Like having a brew after a round of golf with my pals. Sitting over a glass of bourbon with my wife. Having a glass of wine with my dad. I know it’s all in my mind that it is not the same thing without the alcohol, but those are the moments I find the most difficult.
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I miss getting to take a break from reality and check out for a little while. Playing the tape all the way through and reminding myself how using always turns out for me keeps me sober.
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Finding a new passion to channel my addict/alcoholic behaviors towards. Now, it’s getting my body into the best shape possible. We always found a way to get our “fix”. Now applying that towards a goal helps immensely. It’s challenging, but if we conquer the day sober, we work out our mental muscles 
. We work the steps, we build our spiritual strength. Make it fun. Life is good.
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Anxiety and depression. Now I ask for help and I’m staying sober with confidence like never before. I still get nervous but I deal with it in a new way. If I do become depressed my friends will tell me and I talk with my doctor.
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I understand
Good to hear 
Hardest part isn't the sobriety itself so much as having to finally deal with the underlying issues that my addictions papered over. But, true change requires confronting those things and constantly working to improve oneself, and while hard it is also very rewarding.
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Getting enough hot water. Lol🙏 gotta have humor.
It's getting easier but I had to get out of my own head and it's the Alcohol pulling at me and it's not the answer it only makes things worse. I am 1 yr sober and feeling good about it.
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Nice
Discovering a new routine has been the challenge here. For me it was 17 years of the same routine of working my tail(apparently can’t us the “A” word or the “B” word😒) off, releasing at the end of the day with friends/acquaintances/partners and then waking up each day and repeating. Alcohol was part of every single event no matter what and I was the one facilitating the majority of events with friends and family. Don’t get me wrong, I now enjoy the low key lifestyle and relaxing at home, but over 3 years into sobriety and there is still a lingering fog of what now🤷♂️
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I couldn’t of said it better. This was the hardest part. Of course I still struggle with it on bad days, but those are less common as time has gone by.
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The loneliness.
Finding ways to still have a good time without drinking that part but I am doing it though
Detox and withdrawals for sure
Reality breaks. Life on Life’s terms!
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So well stated Brian. I do the same thing.
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