Anyone can not drink if they are not an alcoholic. Me? I am an alcoholic! Yet, I never drink when I am sober! Not drinking for me requires a lot of maintenance. If anyone here is like me who is a hopeless alcoholic who is actually trying to become/stay sober, welcome. Being sober for me is not harm reduction to choose a better addiction. To me being sober is also not simply abstaining from a specific substance. Sobriety is the pathway to a recovery from my former broken self. I am recovering from a hopeless state of mind. I drank for 23 years & when I tried to stop; i couldnt stay stopped. I tried stopping forever & failed; now I keep it simple. I stay sober for one day at a time.
Too many people throw the word "sober" around without fully understanding the gravity of such a word. For me there is a lot of work involved in order for me to throw such words around.
While the OP asked if anyone here just NOT drink, utilizing these tools is how "I' dont drink (for one day at a time). I
1. I admitted I was utterly defeated & that I was an alcoholic..
2. I completely surrender "my will", daily to a GOD of my own understanding asking him to keep me away from a single drink for a single day.
3. I dont drink (no matter what)!
4. I attend AA meetings regularly.
5. I thoroughly accept everything.
6. I resent nothing.
7 I try to transform my former drinking self to a new and improved/better self.
8. I talk to other alcoholics every day about nothing, everything, life, alcoholism.
9. I try to give back what is freely given to me.
10. I stay grateful.
11. I do not lie,cheat or steal.
12. I cease fighting anything or anyone.
13. I actively pray for others including my enemies.
14. I thank my GOD at night for all the unwarranted gifts that came along within that day of sobriety.
15. Lather, Rinse, Repeat
This song kinda sums it up.
