Is anyone else here alcohol free?
Before I got diagnosed, I convinced myself they’d never find out what’s wrong with me - I’d drink to feel ‘normal’ when it was alcohol was actually making my mobility a lot worse. So on July 5th of this year i decided to go completely sober (making it 140 days 🎉)!!
but sometimes I struggle knowing it’s because I have MS I can’t drink with my friends, having a bad relationship with alcohol.
Although I’m proud of myself it’s still hard.
I went T Total approx 1 year before diagnosis. Remained to date. if I could turn the clock back I would have a glass of wine a day instead.
That’s so reminiscent of my story, I did exactly the same thing. Sober for around 4 years now. Initially it’s difficult, but the urges or fleeting feelings of missing out pass over. In the end you can look back on your journey, and commend yourself for being so strong, when the influence is so overbearing. Losing the alcohol helps you ‘find yourself’ much easier (for lack of better phrasing). In the end and in my case you learn to have the same level of fun without the push of alcohol.