Ever regret going AF?

[InChains]

So I'm seeing alot of posts about how grateful people are to be sober, and how it's changed their lives. I'm on day 21, and I think I made the wrong choice, I was just going to ask a few people but I thought hell, matter of public interest - anybody here at any point regret being AF?

I don't mean this thread to promote drinking by the way, just interested to see what people think/thought...

[jennyneric]

Ever regret going AF?

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[mario]

Ever regret going AF?

Not in a mini second do I regret that I stopped drinking, My drinking life was killing me slowly and more likely have speeded up killing me by now. And never do I want to go back to that life again.

And personally I dont understand anyone who has lived through the hell of alcohol abuse and stopped would willingly want to go back to it,But that's just me and everyone to there own.

[InChains]

Ever regret going AF?

only explanation I can give is better the devil you know...

[Doggygirl]

Ever regret going AF?

The devil you know (AL) will kill you inchy. Alcoholic death is not pretty. I'm going to die someday, but God willing, it's not going to be at AL's hand.

Here's the problem with continuing to drink. The experience doesn't stay the same for people like us. It gets worse over time. Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. But it gets worse, and worse, and worse. I assume you believe AL is a problem for you since you are here. I hope you will give some thought to where this leads in the long term. I wish I could get back the many years I threw away on AL.

I do not regret getting sober for an instant. There is nothing I did drunk that I can't do sober. (although there is a lot I did drunk that I refuse to do sober!!!) When I was drunk, there was so much of life I could NOT do. No way am I going back there. Not if I can help it.

DG

[madmans]

Ever regret going AF?

Very simply to answer no, i only regret not doing it years ago. Some days i might feel like shit but that's just the way i feel , drinking would not make me feel better

[InChains]

Ever regret going AF?

Zen: i have been sober 21 days. I have been happy for 4 of them, 2 weeks ago. To me this is not good for my health, I have considered doing very stupid things since I got sober that I hadn't though about in 2 years drunk...

[Cassia]

Ever regret going AF?

Hey Inchy

I would never be sitting here in NJ starting a better life for me and my husband if I hadn't gone AF. It has been the best decision I ever made and I hope I never drink again.

I have had my life ruined once by someone else's AL addiction and nearly repeated that with my own AL problems. I am glad a broke the cycle. A constant fight it is but it does get easier - it did for me anyway.

you have to find your own way out babes but first examine the reasons why you think you made the wrong choice.

[InChains]

Ever regret going AF?

I don't classify as depressed, I still work and function on a normal level which I wouldn't be able to if I was depressed, I don't know what I actually -am- I can just work backwards and figure out what i'm not xD

[red67]

Ever regret going AF?

Not for a single second..I prayed for years for an end to the ridiculous cycle of daily drinking. Now that I am almost 60 days al free I know I will never go back to the hell I was in. I appreciate everyday I have now and I am getting my life back. As I read each persons story here I do realize that we are all different and I thank God that my journey has been this wonderful. I was a highly functional alcoholic with my own home, great credit and an awesome job, but life was aweful and dead inside for me. Even though I thought drinking took my problems away and made me "happy" I knew deep inside that was the lie of al. It has not been perfect but way way way better al free. I am so proud of my al free days and I will not even consider having a drink no matter what the al devil tries to make me think.

[red67]

Ever regret going AF?

I also don't miss my family and friends asking me if I am drunk again whenever I talked to them. I thought I was hiding it so well and they could always tell by the way I was talking. I don't miss missing out on so many family get togethers and other outings because I wanted to go home and drink myself into oblivion by myself. I don't miss wasting my whole weekend being drunk and feeling like crap on Monday til I could get home and drink again. I don't miss the puking, high blood pressure and headaches I got from drinking. I don't miss killing myself physically and emotionally from drinking. I have told my family and some friends about quitting and though they don't understand fully the problem I had they do see a much happier and functional me know. They know the me now is much happier than the shell I was before. I truly pray everyone with a drinking problem will find a path away from the destructive lifestyle that al gives us. It took me 4 years from the time I first tried to quit...I was a daily drinker for 10 years til I quit March 17.

[Lavande]

Ever regret going AF?

No refrets IC - absolutely none!

And my life is far from perfect right now - believe me!
Good & bad stuff is going to continue to happen regardless. Being fit to handle things without a hangover is a true blessing

[choice]

Ever regret going AF?

I've experienced those thoughts. I think they are sorta mind games AL plays with us. Looking back I think the early months in my sobriety were very disorienting and I wasn't having a good time. It was really hard. All I can say is give your mind and body a chance you'll be surprised at how much better you can feel even during your darkest moments without AL playing those tricks with our emotions. I still have hard times. But I think I can cope heaps better now so no.... I do not regret being AF. One day at a time I think is the best advice when your feeling the way you do in this post. :l

[aspman]

Ever regret going AF?

hi there, just posting from the cheap seats.
I for one totaly get what you are saying, for me it would be way easier to pick up and drink. AL tells me little things I know are lies, I feel giving up again would be a bit harder each time. so i chose, repeat CHOSE to beat the filthy AL at his own game. I tell my self all the great things i will remember, and the important things i could do for myself and the ones i love since i gave up.
the first 3 days were hell for me, the next 3 months were confusing and cloudy.
now with close to 18months sober, there is now way i will take one drink, for a chance at a cheap easy high, which could tumble every thing i have worked for.

so pleased for you having held out for 21 days,
to the BEAST AL, if you come near me again I will KILL you!

[sunshinetoday]

Ever regret going AF?

Hey IC,
I think I see where you're coming from. So far I don't regret going AF. I do miss the taste of wine and cheese. I miss a good scotch. Though I don't miss them more than my want to be the person I am when I am AF.
Many have gotten to the point with AL that they lost important things in their life. I don't believe you've ever gotten to that point, but I'm not sure. I know that if you continued this habit for years, lost everything you thought you loved, lost your health, made an ass out of yourself almost always, I think you would not miss it. I see your struggle. All of us have our own path. I hope you stick with it and give it a chance. Each week I go I feel a bit stronger.
Take Care