The state of being sober
Mainly not drinking alcohol, although some people include weed, mushrooms, caffeine – anything that alters the mind.
Why do people go sober?
- I hate the way it makes me feel the next day – even if I’m not hungover. I feel tainted and gross. My liver feels like it’s being slowly churned.
- The price. What the actual fuck. You can spend a week’s worth of groceries in one night if you’re out with friends, or pay off credit cards, or car loans, and start to build savings which made my life a lot less stressful financially.
- No matter how I try to control myself, I’m always embarrassed the next day by something I said or did.
- My skin is always clear. Like, always. Not sacrificing that.
- Ubers are expensive too
- Calories
- Since I wasn’t sleeping the days away hungover, I’ve had time to start new hobbies, passion projects, further education, and travel more.
- just done with it – who wants to be sad napping until 4 pm? it wastes a whole day.
I’m not sure if I’m an alcoholic – I don’t “need” a drink, and there are plenty of times when I have just one or two. But inevitably, when I notice that I am drinking more frequently – a drink or two here, then a drink or two there – it always leads up to a point where I get mangled and am throwing up the next day.
just a month ago, I was wrecked and woke up to use the bathroom – I ended up passing out and hitting my head on the floor, and I had a huge bump just above my temple. What if I hit my temple? That would have been a poor way to go out.
I just can’t handle alcohol like I used to and there’s really no sense in keeping the tradition going.
Yeah, it’s fun, but it’s not worth it.
Missing workouts, not eating right, poisoning my body – these are things that I value.
Embracing the concept of sobriety, let’s see where this goes.
Joe DiAndrea 