Sober Snacks #25

Bite size tips & stories to help you not drink today. For the sober and sober curious looking for digestible, on-the-go sober-positive content. These are the stories and lifestyle tips of people who don’t drink. Enjoy :)

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When asked “what can I get you to drink?”, you say:

Do you have diet soda or diet anything? If that’s not possible a water would suffice. These days I am trying to stay well hydrated. Lol. 

What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life?

1. Blackout

2. This Naked mind

3. Big book

The book Blackout intrigued me because I was trying to grasp ahold of my very first blackout experience, which was frightening experience had such a profound effect. I felt as if I had to read the book to understand why I had that experience & to hopefully get educated on the scientific cause.

Within your sobriety, what is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you’ve ever made? (Could be an investment of money, time, energy, etc.)

Money! It was definitely one of the causes of my divorce and contributed highly to my disease. Now sober, my financial situation has drastically changed. My worries around money have dramatically reduced. When you don’t spend frivolously on alcohol, money is so much easier to manage — imagine that! In sobriety I even enrolled in a investment class at a local college and gained even more knowledge of how easy it is to budget.

What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love and only discovered after you got into sobriety?

Not proud of this story…but in one of drunken stupors, I had to go #2 in the middle of the night. I didn’t take off my clothes (pants, pajamas) so all fecal matter (use your imagination) was all over me when I woke up the morning. Now sober, I have to be completely naked to go. Never in a public restroom, but always at home. Yes — completely nude!!

Which area has changed the most, and for the better, in sobriety: health, wealth, relationships, or spirituality?

Definitely spirituality. When out of treatment, I learned of a retreat which included how to meditate. I signed up and attended. It was one of the best things I have done since getting sober. I use my morning meditation to stay in touch with my higher power.

When, for whatever reason, I can’t meditate to start my day, I speak to my higher power. I do it constantly, little conversations all day long. Never again do I want to stray or waver from my connection with my higher power.

When someone asks you, “why don’t you drink,” what do you say?

At first it I did remain anonymous. I came up with every excuse in the book known to tell people why I wasn’t drinking other than my truth. But now I simply say, “I don’t drink because I cannot handle just one! And you wouldn’t like me if I tried having just one.”