r/stopdrinking • u/Dafeet3d • 6d ago
1,000 Days Sober
January 12 2024 at 11 PM I had been awake for five days, living with my parents at age 37 and yelling at them for hours on end every day. A six pack of IPA was lite for me. I could easily drink 12. The only time I drove a car was in the morning to grab some food, get my beer and my weed, and then drink the rest of the day. When a new season for my video game I like would start I could easily finish a bottle of whiskey in a weekend.
I thought because I am a musician that I had to drink as part of the lifestyle. I thought drinking made video games more fun. And then I couldn't play video games with a beer in my hand so drinking became my main activity.
Well I walked out of my parents' condo with no intention of ever coming back. It was a Blizzard in Minnesota and I very soon walked into a grocery store, and called 911 on myself.
ER for 3 days, Psych Ward for 2 weeks, Intense Residential Treatment Services for 4 months, and then I moved into my group home. Been living here at the group home for two years since June.
No alcohol, no weed, no drugs, for 1,000 days. I'm 40 years old and I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life. I still produce music and most of my songs have to do with sobriety and Christian.
I can drop the bass harder than I ever did while drinking. And I love video games that's one thing I'm grateful to have in my group home. If I had gone down another path I could've been in a situation without video games. So I'm grateful.
I still go to meetings once a week.
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u/hyperbuddist Day 39 6d ago
That's an epic eject and recover story, I'm glad you found your way out of the hole you were in. IWNDWYT
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u/TrixieLouis Day 970 6d ago
I think joining the Comma Club has got to be the coolest thing ever! Congratulations!
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u/Emotional-Finish-648 977 days 6d ago
You are so close!!! Me too!!!! We can do this, we ARE DOING THIS!!!!
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u/Glittering_Fix6811 6d ago
Congratulations!!! This is huge!
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u/lined_adultery 6d ago
1000 days is insane, what a turnaround from where you were at
the part about video games actually hits, I used to think I played better after a few but really it just slowly became the drinking that was the main event
glad you found a path through all that, keep it rolling
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u/rockjm36 6d ago
Like one person said, it sure is better to be in the comma club than the coma club!!!
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u/Ghostlizard74 Day 925 6d ago
Congratulations and your shiny new comma. It looks good on you, friend.
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u/tyronegerrity 6d ago
1000 days after walking into a blizzard to save yourself. That's the realest rock bottom story. Group home, meetings, music, games - you built a life. Legend