baggypermission to be earnest? I've been sober for a bit over five years. That's a good thing. Do I miss it? Fuck-yeah. Will I fall off the wagon at some point? Maybe. But I hope not. Recently I was with some people (who didn't know me when I did drink). Why I wasn't drinking came up in conversation (tedious, but fine) & my "right" to call myself sober was challenged on the basis that I was drinking an alcohol-free beer & that I don't go to meetings. Are they right? Anyway, it pissed me off.
canning jars@baggy if you’re not doing the thing you don’t want to do you’ve succeeded. Who the fuck is anybody to tell you otherwise? Recovery is an endeavor, a journey, a state of being, call it what you will but it’s certainly not a certification that anybody has any business gatekeeping.
Luke 🧜♂️🧭 (Utah)@baggy @OddJob wow! That's some pretty harsh judgement, and it sounds very, very ignorant. Sorry you had to deal with that. 😒
Last I checked, no one has trademarked the word sober, and Merriam-Webster hasn't updated the entry yet to include the part about meetings.
What is with people that love gatekeeping so much? 🙄
St Woke of Pronouns@baggy they're being thoughtless af, they are also dead wrong.
2xfo
ducksauz 🦆Fuck that shit. Everyone's sober journey is different. I got sober a little over a year ago. I've never been to a meeting. I drink NA beers and mocktails. No one gets to tell you what recovery should look like.
rhempel@baggy I have no idea of your situation on your side, but I can tell you a very good friend of mine had a problem with alcohol and simply quit about 8 years ago. He drinks 0% beer and enjoys it. Is he sober? He is in my books, and to hell with anyone that says he isn't.
Keep going, you are doing great.
TrèsFluke HAS MOVED@baggy I no longer drink because I don't like how it makes me feel afterwards. If anybody asks me, I just tell them straight up (har), I quit drinking. Offer me a cranberry juice or a ginger ale instead.
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