I can resonate with lots of your story. I’m naturally a quiet / not very social person (unless I’m with people I know very well). It’s been interesting to learn how to just accept that that is how I am. Being around sober people, fostering those friendships, that makes all the difference 🌝 thank you for sharing!
“The cloak was off” is such a powerful way to describe early sobriety. A lot of people are not just grieving the drink. They’re grieving the temporary version of themselves that felt socially protected inside it.
i resonate with this so heavily at points i thought you read from my own diary!!! being sober has been the most positively defining decision ive made in my twenties yet it still haunts me everytime i see others able to turn on the magic in the way i once was. here’s to remembering that the next day was never worth the “magic” of the night before. that all those feelings still existed as i drank, they were just subdued.
Thank you for your story. I remember that alone-alone feeling even when I was with people. Sobriety allowed me to be ok being alone and being with people on my terms.
Thank you for expressing the part of sobriety I rarely find discussed - the unfortunate return to social anxiety in group events. I feel great physically after two years of sobriety but still try to avoid parties and restaurant dinners. Making small talk is so difficult for me without the sedation factor.
Thanks for a beautiful share, Maja. Here’s to your inner magic!
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I can resonate with lots of your story. I’m naturally a quiet / not very social person (unless I’m with people I know very well). It’s been interesting to learn how to just accept that that is how I am. Being around sober people, fostering those friendships, that makes all the difference 🌝 thank you for sharing!
I am so glad it resonated! Thank you, Brennan!
“The cloak was off” is such a powerful way to describe early sobriety. A lot of people are not just grieving the drink. They’re grieving the temporary version of themselves that felt socially protected inside it.
that's exactly it!
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i resonate with this so heavily at points i thought you read from my own diary!!! being sober has been the most positively defining decision ive made in my twenties yet it still haunts me everytime i see others able to turn on the magic in the way i once was. here’s to remembering that the next day was never worth the “magic” of the night before. that all those feelings still existed as i drank, they were just subdued.
YES!
Hello from a fellow Croatian girl ✨
Ooo, pozdrav! 🌞
Thank you for your story. I remember that alone-alone feeling even when I was with people. Sobriety allowed me to be ok being alone and being with people on my terms.
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Very relatable, thanks for sharing.
Thank you for reading!
Of course! It was really well written and it felt like I was reading about myself.
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for expressing the part of sobriety I rarely find discussed - the unfortunate return to social anxiety in group events. I feel great physically after two years of sobriety but still try to avoid parties and restaurant dinners. Making small talk is so difficult for me without the sedation factor.