Good morning, fellow sobernauts, IWNDWYT 😁!
We may be anonymous strangers on the internet, but we have one thing in common. We may be a world apart, but we’re here together!
Welcome to the 24 hour pledge! I’m pledging myself to not drinking today, and invite you to do the same.
Maybe you’re new to c/stop drinking and have a hard time deciding what to do next. Maybe you’re like me and feel you need a daily commitment or maybe you’ve been sober for a long time and want to inspire others.
It doesn’t matter if you’re still hung over from a three day bender or been sober for years, if you just woke up or have already completed a sober day. For the next 24 hours, let’s not drink alcohol!
2 weeks today. I feel weird. Sad almost. I don’t want to drink, but I’m bored out of my mind. I feel angry that I can’t enjoy anything without being drunk.
Congratulations on two weeks!
This will pass. Your brain is sorting out how to deal with stuff without adding booze.
A lot of it is habit “oh, I normally have a drink while doing this, it feels weird.”
A lot of it is the fact that alcohol screws up a lot of your systems and so your brain and body are expecting an exaggerated “up up up” from the booze, and because you’re not getting that, you feel “bored”.
I’m afraid it takes time for everything to rebalance, and for your reactions to get back to normal.
Of course it could be that you don’t actually enjoy the thing and you’re only there because of the alcohol, in which case, you’ve learned something about yourself.
Or it could be a symptom of depression (drinking to mask symptoms of an illness or a disorder is, of course, a thing), in which case, now you’re not masking with alcohol you are in a position to seek the care you need.