re: Another one on the sober train

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Me at the height of my drinking:

Income: $0.00

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We could have hung out back in the day. Now 8 years sober.

I feel like I've had 2 lives, the life where I drank and the life where I'm sober.
I'll take sober life any day of the week, even the hard ones.

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i'm not big on praising someone who has no self-control and quits something because they more or less have to congrats on being a responsible adult, i guess?

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I’ve never understood this. I’m happy for these people that get their life together but celebrating someone for not being a deadbeat or piece of shite or a-hole no longer after god knows how long they were makes absolutely no sense.

You have zero clue.. having self control IS very important in quitting. If you want to say I’m a weak human. Go ahead
With your bad self. I can tell you right now that I’m a stronger and way better person than you are at this moment.

Have a great day.

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frick you. Seriously.

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Glad you got your shite right. We’d be better off rewarding consistency of doing the right thing instead of doing the right thing when you’re forced to.

Oh I agree. I was a total dhithead with a major problem. But I finally realized that I would lose everything because of ME. I woke up on November 6th of 2021 and said no more. I did
This with no meetings or rehab or counseling. Pure will power and my faith. My life is so much better now, I have zero problem talking about all the stupid shite I did, just like I have zero problem talking about how great my life is now.. I need no approval or congrats from anybody. But it is nice to hear.

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With your bad self. I can tell you right now that I’m a stronger and way better person than you are at this moment.

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you've lived a life of degeneracy and substance abuse, but because you had to quit or you'd die, you're better and stronger than me, who never had any of these problems

makes sense

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Yes it does.

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I mean, that’s an asinine thought process. Happy 4u tho

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you've lived a life of degeneracy and substance abuse, but because you had to quit or you'd die, you're better and stronger than me, who never had any of these problems

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I honestly hope that life doesn't knock you off of your anonymously proclaimed pillar of self-righteousness and superiority. You having to pick yourself up just like the rest of us is going to be painful, but justifiably humbling.

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I call bullshite. No way in hell half of those 4th down decisions of his were made be a sober person.

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We are aware lol

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also, lol at the lack of accountability

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I’ve done shite I shouldn’t have done, we all have. My first thought when I reflect is always why would I be such a dumbass and do something like that, don’t do it again. I certainly don’t think “wow how brave and heroic of me to not be an a-hole again”

Coping mechanism to justify their behavior