Living Sober Sucks By Mark A. Tuschel
Living Sober Sucks
United States
Mark
Sobriety Secrets
The SECRET to sobriety:
Are you ready? I'm about to share with you the most highly guarded secret about quitting drinking known to mankind. Rehab centers and recovery institutes don't want me to share this with you because they are afraid they will lose all of their clients and prospective customers. This secret doesn't support the "12 Step" program. Are you ready? Are you sure you are ready for this?
Here it is........ The secret to sobriety is.....
DON'T FUCKING DRINK!
The secret is simple, the application of this secret principle is the tough part.
I don’t buy into the lame excuse that alcoholism is a disease and alcoholics should be coddled, understood and forgiven because they have a disease.
“Alcoholism isn’t a disease - It’s a choice.” I choose if I want to drink or not. Can I control how much alcohol I will consume once I start drinking? No! It’s alcohol you stupid fucker, it gets you drunk, it makes your thinking patterns get all screwed up, it helps you to make bad decisions, it makes dumb guys seem interesting, it makes fat broads look attractive,,, that’s it’s job, that’s what alcohol is supposed to do. Now that you know what alcohol does, you have to ask yourself if you have a propensity to doing things in excess. Are you prone to overdoing things? Do you have an addictive personality? Well chances are that if you think you drink too much, then you probably do drink too much, and you probably do have an addictive personality. You have to embrace that reality, realize that you shouldn’t drink, not even socially, and start your new sober life NOW!
Some recent research has uncovered that there may be an early onset drinking gene to be found in some young males. If this is true, then those young males should be taught at an early age to refrain from alcohol. I still say that alcoholism is a choice, especially the recovery and controlling of one’s own alcoholism.
This will be the toughest choice you make in your life. It will not be easy. It can be done.
Suggested Reading:
Reading books has helped keep my mind off of drinking, it has furthered my knowledge and has been helping me become a better person. Here's a list of some books that I suggest reading. They are not directly related to alcoholism or addiction but they have helped me to understand how to accept personal responsibility for my own thoughts and actions. Some are very thought provoking - some are just fun to read. I hope you enjoy them.
"Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)." / Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson
"How to Win Friends and Influence People" / Dale Carnegie
"Blind Spots" / Madeleine L. Van Hecke, PhD
"Blink" / Malcolm Gladwell
"Outliers" / Malcolm Gladwell
"Trainwreck" / Jeff Nichols
"Why We Suck" / Denis Leary
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Just Do It!:
I can't stress enough, that if you think you have an alcohol or drug problem, then you probably do have a problem.
Don’t end up like me. I am glad that I am sober, but I did it too late! I lost the greatest thing that ever happened to me in my life, I lost my wife. I may be sober, but I am sad and lonely. I cannot blame “the alcohol” for what happened. I made the choice to drink and to continue drinking in a Super-Human fashion. I live with that guilt every day. I am tortured with nightmares. How could I have fucked up such a wonderful thing? I understand what I did, I accept what I did, but I still can’t do anything to get back what I lost.
I wish I would have sobered up sooner. Maybe it would have saved my marriage. I didn’t see all the signs in front of me. I can only imagine how annoying I must have been. I’m sure I brought terrible anxiety upon my wife. Not just with my daily drunken drama, but having her always wonder how drunk I was going to get or how drunk I would be when I got home. I can clearly see that this was too much bullshit for anyone to put up with.
Sadly, once I decided to sober up it was too late. Neither one of us knew what to expect and we didn’t work together to learn how to get through the hard spots or how to live sober. My wife didn’t help me, she was done with all of my drunkenness. I’m NOT blaming her! It may not have been as much of a struggle to live sober if I had a supportive spouse. I still believe that we could have salvaged our marriage and it could have turned into something wonderful for the both of us. Instead I am heartbroken, depressed and lonely, struggling with the guilt of hurting her. I am constantly questioning what I did wrong. Don’t do this to yourself or to the person you love.
Now I am sober. Along with learning how to live a sober lifestyle, I am trying to reflect and learn what I did wrong in my marriage. Not just what I did wrong as a drunk, but what I did wrong as a person. I want to be a better husband to someone in the future. I want to learn how to enjoy all the stuff I missed or can’t remember because I was drunk. I feel like living sober sucks, but it doesn’t have to.
I can honestly say that I don't believe in karma, kismet, Ju-Ju, luck or whatever you want to call it. I do however believe that at some point alcoholism will catch up with you and consequences will have to be paid. My best buddy Mike said it so eloquently when he stated: "In life, everbody's bill eventually comes due." Well Mike, you are so right. I am paying the price today for what I did yesterday.
I will not lie to you, living sober is not going to be easy, but with the help and support of friends, lover or spouse, it CAN be done, so just DO IT.
To my Princess: “I’m sorry”.
Living Sober Sucks
United States
Mark
