Living Sober Sucks By Mark A. Tuschel

Living Sober Sucks

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From Jon H / Colorado Springs. (10/08/09)

I'm getting divorced (final in about a month)... the Mrs. bludgeoned me with my drinking to justify her multiple long term affairs... (and my alcohol intake HAD been ramping towards problem levels, probably 3-5 a night with an occasional 12 tossed in for good measure - I somehow hadn't really been paying much attention to the ramp up) so I stopped cold turkey with no regrets a couple of months ago after I discovered her activities. Even when it was clear that I was not going to be able to stay with her or patch my marriage up, I didn't drink - until this past Saturday, when I made a conscious decision to have a drink and ended up having 4 beers over the course of an evening. Felt like an idiot afterwards. I don't plan to carry on that activity... feels much better to be sober and clear than to be tired and drunk.

I don't want to join AA... from what I've seen (and it works for people, not to knock) folks substitute one addiction for another.

I very much like your assertion that 'if you think you have a problem, you probably do', and I also agree with you that one does not have to be an alcoholic in order for alcohol to be causing problems in his life. My guess is I likely fall somewhere in between... but it doesn't matter. I feel better when I don't drink... therefore the choice is obvious - DONT DRINK.

(10/14/09) Just an update - haven't had a drink since the time I mentioned 10 days ago. Very little desire to either. Thanks for being a sounding board and an example of another way to live sober. I really did not want to do AA, and I'm just not sure that I am ready to label myself an alcoholic - (though I certainly recognize that I may be, I have strong potential to be, and was pretty much acting like one minus the eye-openers or sneaking drinks) - but like you described, I don't think that alcohol is going to be helpful to me in getting the kinds of things in my life that I want, and being the kind of person that I want to be. Alcoholic or not, when I drink it takes up too much space in my life - space that could be better spent with my kid, playing music, staying in shape, reading a book, watching a sunset, calling an old friend... And somehow, alcohol has a way of taking up more space than I intend to give it. Oh, here's another heartstring-puller... when we were splitting up, and my wife finally said something about my drinking (of course this is AFTER I found out about the multiple affairs) she told mesomething my daughter said to her a few months before. It had been on a Sunday, I had overdone it the night before and was wrapped in a blanket on the couch watching TV and NOT FEELING SO GOOD. My daughter said to my (ex) wife, "Mommy, I really love Daddy, even though he's sick a lot." Wish I had woken up to it earlier. I wish she had told me then. I guess we all have our blind spots.

Joe Lopez / (10/13/09)

Mark I speak at the local jail every monday night for the past 4 years. And it's funny last night I was saying, that it is going to be a challange at first. just like anything else it's new. If a shoemaker decides to become an auto mechanic it's going to take time and a major adjustment in many things. It's all new. Us drunks don't like change. Think about it all we did was drink party and fuck. and not much of anything else right? Now we can still party and fuck, but we have to deal with life and live life proper. This shit is new. But again, like I said it all pays off in the end. Stay sober and you will see and not regret a thing..

Joe Lopez / (10/12/09)

Your right sobriety is not easy, neither is life. This is why it's called life, shit don't come easy and if it does it's probably not worth it. How many people hit the lotto and still got it? Even relationships, they take work hard work. You ever try raising kids or creating a business? That shit ain't easy. What da fuck brother. Wait a minute look in the mirror, I bet that body wasn't easy that shit takes work. Don't you feel good when you look in the mirror? It's called "accomplishment" and these are the gifts of life. Think about it. We wanted to have fun, right? So what did we do? Did we go out and have fun or did we get something to make us have fun? We took the easy way out and what was the final result. Now that sucked, that sucked big time. Do a flip flop. Turn it around, It's easy to bitch and moan about how life sucks. It's hard to have an attitude of gratitude in this world. But think about it. Like I said Flip flop, flip it around. Work for your fun, go out of your way to enjoy and life and think of the rewards. Life is one way or the other the thing is that we are the one's that make that decision. Think about how bad life sucked when we were fucked up. now look at the extreme opposite. Think about how wonderful life can be. You made the other shit happen now you can make the beauty happen. And the rewards will be greater than you ever could have imagined..

First Name : Stephanie Subject : finally!!! Your comment : First off congratulations on your continued sobriety! Its hard I know but well worth having a clear head again. I completely agree with you that its a choice. Now that Im sober my battle has turned to getting my 2 younger sisters sober.

First Name : Mike Your comment : You are not alone. Keep up the good work. As for your ex-wife, with all due respect,nobody is/was that wonderful. Drugs and alcohol have a way of distorting time and memory. The laws of physics need not apply when one is under the influence.

First Name : Kelley Subject : hi Your comment : u are AWESOME!!!!

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