Hello, fellow Sobernauts!
Welcome to 'Tude Talk Tuesday, where you're invited to share what changes you've noticed in your attitudes and perspectives since you've gotten sober.
I once heard someone say "I was avoiding living life" and that resonated with me.
As my drinking career progressed, I isolated more and more. My favorite way to drink was alone so that nobody could judge or try to stop me. In my last year of drinking, I skipped my wife's birthday just so I could stay home and drink by myself.
Oddly, when I contemplated getting sober, I was had so much FOMO. Craziness! Here I was ditching friends, holing up in the guest bedroom, drinking all by myself night after night and I was worried that by stopping drinking I would miss out on something?!
In sobriety, I'm out and about far more than when I was drinking. I've gone to music festivals, weddings, boozy birthday parties, etc and stayed sober at all these events. More importantly, I'm on field trips, at school plays, and on play dates with my kiddos...something I would surely have begged off back in my drinking days.
So, how about you? How are you engaging with life now that you're sober?