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Addiction & Recovery

multigraincracker

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9. Be 35 years ago I got clean.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 03:34 PM

Dec 5

Never had to worry about parties for a long time because all of my friends back the were users and didn't have to worry about parties for a long time.
Now, when offered a drink, I say sorry I'm allergic to alcohol, I break out in handcuffs. They leave me alone after that.

Start looking at all of the positives of your sobriety and you'll see its worth.

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Six years clean and I still hate/dread parties. [View all] bif Dec 5 OP

Yup chicoescuela Dec 5 #1

Im only one year clean... FirstLight Dec 5 #2

Hang in there FirstLight LearnedHand Dec 5 #4

I don't completely hate parties, even though I prefer to be home LearnedHand Dec 5 #3

Usually I signal her when I've had enough bif Dec 5 #5

An Irish Goodbye? Explain, I'm curious what this is...Thanks in advance!! SWBTATTReg Dec 5 #7

It's also called "Ghosting" bif Dec 5 #8

Yes, now I know, thank you so much! I'm a fond proponent of ghosting or an Irish Goodbye, for sometimes, SWBTATTReg Dec 5 #10

Well, I think that most people don't really lapse into endless alcoholic drinking, some do, of course, but the majority SWBTATTReg Dec 5 #6

Be 35 years ago I got clean. multigraincracker Dec 5 #9

"I break out in handcuffs" Clouds Passing Dec 5 #12

It's not the parties for me, it's the people at them Redleg Dec 5 #11

Only unless I know most of the people there and they're not wasted Clouds Passing Dec 5 #13

Not clean but feel same abt social stuff, esp w food. It helps GPV Dec 5 #14

It was as bad as I thought it would be bif Thursday #15

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