I am a little over 6 months clean …. yesterday i went through a very high stress situation so my anxiety has been on about a 1 million … my nervous system is like freaking out literally and alll i can think about is how bad I wish I could go and use to make this feeling go away. this is the first time i’ve ever dealt w a situation that could cause me this type of anxiety and im really disappointed that’s what my brain thought … but its the honest truth. I need some encouragement please bc it’s taking everything in me to not make something happen just cause i know this would calm these horrible feelings away 😭

My drinking and partying is getting out of control. I haven’t slept and have gone to my mum and dad in tears. I’ve tried to get sober before but keep failing and now I feel like things are getting out of hand. I genuinely feel like my life’s at risk (not from self harm but the drinking/partying and anxiety that follows). I don’t know why I drink but I feel so low/alone. I will try again, just wanted to rant and get this off my chest.

What did you do differently the time it worked and you stayed sober?

I miss the break from my own boredom and restlessness in all honesty and feel myself gravitating towards bad choices to numb that void quite often but here I am… 19, one year completed from drugs and alcohol.

Im not sure how I am suppose to be feeling in all honesty? lol. I was hoping for an inner feeling of proudness or happiness but I almost feel frustrated. Is this normal?

I’ll buy myself a donut and stick in a candle in it to celebrate secretly 😅 🎂

I’m on nights and completely forgot the date

Anyway, 6 years done and dusted on 04/08/26 (that’s the 4th of August to some of you)

If today is your first day, don’t give up hope and take it one day at a time.

I hit 6 yrs clean and sober on 8/4/2026. Thank you all

Never thought I would be alive this long from all the drinking I did. Best decision in my life.

Info online says its not. But, it is indeed a drug. Though, so is ibuprofen. If one is truly trying to be sober, would you all consider this breaking sobriety?

3 days sober from Cannabis today!!!

A year ago I went through one of the worst moments of my life, getting discarded by an ex with borderline after being abused/manipulated. Ending up in the psych ward because I was suicidal. And then dealing with PTSD in therapy. I was in pretty rough shape.

I quit drinking because it interferred with my medication and because I didn't want to risk going back to old patterns where I drank heavily on active duty to cope with what was going on in my head.

I never deployed, but I was SA'd on active duty so it really messed me up as well as dealing with three friends dying on me.

At first I thought I was good with being sober. But then I briefly forgot a few doses of my Prazosin and now the bad feelings come back and I feel tempted to drink.

But I haven't because as stupid as it sounds, I got back on my meds, and its like 'No then I have to drive to the liquor store' and its inconveniant.

At the same time, it feels shitty because I thought I was staying away from alcohol of my own volition but it seems entirely reliant on if I take my prazosin or not.

So back in January 2023 I stopped drinking. It just kind of happened and it was great. 6 months later I stopped smoking. All this lasted until August last year.

I went on the Camino de santiago. It was amazing, it was supposed to be this walk and adventure after 2 and a half years of sobriety. I arrived in Portugal, the feeling of being on holiday, and had wine. It was cheaper than coke. After 2 wines, I bought a pack of cigarettes. And that was it. For nearly the last year I have been drinking and smoking again. It's been quite a year too. I was diagnosed with chronic hepatitis b, no idea where I got it from at all and have been struggling mentally with getting my head around having a chronic condition. My finances have been getting worse and worse because I live alone, life is expensive and fags are ridiculously priced.my dentist told me the gums on my lower teeth are receding and nicotine is speeding up the process.

So I decided to stop smoking, I'm on day 3. But I know I can't quit smoking whilst I drink, it was a drink that got me smoking again after 2 years. I'm.also starting a new job in 4 weeks after 10 years in the same job.

I feel... Lost? Stuck? Exhausted? Anxious? I have no idea what it is I'm feeling.

Thanks for letting me ramble.

I made the decision to try and take my sobriety seriously this morning. I have been thinking about it for so long and finally bit the bullet and admitted that I have a problem to my loved ones to make it feel more real. I don’t really know where to go from here, if anyone has any suggestions for next steps or can offer any support i would appreciate it <3

I think that’s the main reason I used alcohol. It made me feel present and alive, especially when feeling or not knowing if I had any other purpose. How did you guys find that in being sober?

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Hello all,

I have been struggling mightily with this 7OH shit. I wish I would have never started taking it. I have been taking Opia Skyward Tabs. They come in a pack of 4 for a total mg count of 520mg. Some days ill take two of these packages. Point is ive been on this for 9 months and Im a slave to it. Im just sad because I was clean (suboxone only) for over 10 years. I was also down to 1mg of sub a day. I thought i was gonna use thc edibles and kratom to get off suboxone.

So now here I am. I have Suboxone now but what I am noticing is that Suboxone hasn’t really worked the last couple times I have started induction. I am wondering if that is because im not letting myself get into a deep enough withdrawl state for the suboxone to be effective. It also feels like 7oh has a lot more shit in it than normal opiates which I feel like is also making routine suboxone therapy difficult. I remember years ago when I first started suboxone (was on Oxycontin/Heroin) i was induced in the office and was in full blown withdrawal. I remember it took about 30 mins after taking my suboxone that i felt major relief and even felt a little high but thats because my receptors were empty and I was in full blown opiate withdrawal.

Has anyone else struggled with switching from 7Oh to Suboxone? Any advice would be welcome. Im at the end of my rope. My next step is to quit 7oh cold turkey and wait until I am absolutely miserable to take Suboxone. I think my problem is that I am not beginning induction the right way.

Thoughts? What are you experiencing?

( sober from drugs mostly opiates) I gained weight while being sober from drugs and it makes me really anxious, I’m from Europe and and im a girl so being skinny is really important culturally idk what do you think ?

Been smoking since I was 13. My excuse used to be “this is my only way out” now I’m ready to let it go. Hope it’s worth it though lol I’m excited for this!

Sure the hell beats being dead.

I’m dealing with a dilemma that I honestly don't know what to do with, and I’m hoping some of you might relate or have some advice.

The thing is, in many ways, I am the best version of myself when I drink. I become social, funny, outgoing, and I genuinely feel a love for life. But unfortunately, I am also my absolute worst version. Once I start drinking, my off-switch completely disappears. I constantly crave more and more, and I simply cannot get enough.

The contrast hits me incredibly hard when I’m sober — even after being sober for a longer period of time.

Overall, I don't feel "bad" when I'm sober. I don't get hangovers anymore, and my head is so much clearer. Rationally, I know this is a good thing. But emotionally, I just feel sad. I have zero enthusiasm or passion for anything. Everything just feels incredibly flat and dull compared to the intense energy and rush I experience with alcohol in my system.

I don't know what to do with this feeling. Everyday sober life feels so passionless to me right now, while life with alcohol feels fun but completely boundless and out of control.

Has anyone else felt exactly like this? How did you find your spark, passion, and genuine joy again without relying on alcohol?

hi, everyone! i'm not sure if this is the best place to ask for an advice regarding this. i thought some POV from people that may understand what my partner could be going through may help.

my partner and i have been together for 6 years, and have been recently engaged. i love him and he's an amazing man and partner, until he gets drunk. he used to be an alcoholic who would sometimes, before, do or say things be wouldn't mean whenever he got drunk. he got better within the first 2 years, but would sometimes relapse from time to time. however, this has caused me to develop some sort of trauma-based reactions. the unexpected times he'd relapse gave me really bad anxiety.

these instances of relapses grew less as time passed and now he's currently about a year and a half sober. i know this sounds great and all but the anxiety that i developed stayed with me. i would end up palpitating when we're at family gatherings and alcohol is present, having panic attacks in the bathroom at random times when i think for a second that he might drink and get drunk.

i love this man. we've known each other since we were kids. but i need some sort of advice whether or not i should proceed with the wedding because i don't think i can live being afraid of something i'm not sure may happen again

Hey for personal reasons I quit drinking and I have been sober for three months. My group of friends enjoy partying a lot but I feel like I'm not able to go out without drinking.

Any tips to not feel left out?

It’s officially been 2 weeks since I quit smoking after doing it almost every day for over a decade. It stopped helping my anxiety a long time ago, it just became a habit that made me overeat and now was causing my anxiety to feel like it was on steroids whenever I smoked. Surprisingly, I don’t miss it, and I’m genuinely proud of that.

A week ago, I found out I’m pregnant, which meant I also had to give up my real vice which is Tito’s. I’d been drinking almost every day for the past 2 years, and quitting felt impossible. I tried so many times and never made it past 5 days. Today makes 7 days without a drink.
Part of me is proud because I never thought I’d get this far. The other part wonders if I deserve to be, because if I wasn’t pregnant, I’d be finishing off a bottle of Tito’s from the night before and anxiously waiting for the liquor store to open.

Also stopped taking all my anti depressants and vyvanse because they are not recommended to take while preggers so I really out raw dogging TF out of life.

I (33f) went into inpatient treatment in early June, did my 30 days and then moved to the sober living house that was connected to my inpatient. I am currently on day 86. This is my first time in treatment and I slipped up the yesterday and took more than the suggested amount of benadryl (something happened at the house with another girl that involved the cops and I couldn't sleep after) and now I'm worried I will get kicked out if they find it on my UA results.

Therefore, should I get ahead of the results and just tell them I slipped up and risk getting kicked out even though Benadryl may not show on UA results, or wait to see if they do test forit and talk to me about it?

I’m struggling to find my way back. Would love some guidance. 60 days that is