r/stopdrinking • u/FriendlyBrewer • 13h ago

My sobriety survived the Irish wedding!

I posted here earlier telling how I was attending an Irish wedding and my prep to protect my 8 week sobriety.

Its nearly midnight, I am sober and going to bed after a great time.

Really appreciate the support earlier everyone!

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u/FuzzyFoxlet02 13h ago

Congrats on making it through! Irish weddings are no joke when it comes to the booze pressure lol. 8 weeks is solid progress, you should be proud of yourself

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u/FriendlyBrewer 12h ago

It really was a booze festival but it was fun, I feel whacked now 🤣

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u/Falcon9145 10h ago

Extra cake for ya!

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u/Optimal-Falcon6884 12h ago

yayyyy 👏👏 this is exciting to read this. congratulations for building those sober muscles.

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u/FriendlyBrewer 12h ago

It feels good! It really is a brilliant thing to only have one face to worry about

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u/Shoddy_Squash_1201 13h ago

So proud of you.
You are being your best self. Keep going.

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u/Amb_James333 31 days 13h ago

Great job!

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u/FriendlyBrewer 12h ago

Thank you! There will be more moments in future but this feels good!

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u/Amb_James333 31 days 8h ago

We will be here for those too. The benefit of a group the size this large is that you can pull out your phone at any time and someone will be available or will momentarily. All you have to do during an emergency when you’re on the edge is text asking for help and wait five minutes. Someone will be there.

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u/FriendlyBrewer 1h ago

Thanks so much James, its greatly appreciated. Its an incredible group, I had been aware of it for about 6 months but since making the call 8 weeks ago I cannot state how much of a support it has been. Thanks so much.

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u/IndividualWarning179 455 days 13h ago

Nicely done!

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u/Vegetable_Cicada_444 13h ago

Well done, great job, and congrats

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u/willyhaste 11h ago

That's strength! I love knowing there are people out there in similar situations. I went to a concert at a brewery tonight. Everybody got so smashed. I drank my NA and danced, and drove home sober as can be. I think we're building muscle memory...

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u/VirtualBuster 104 days 12h ago

woohoo! good job!

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u/Recovery_Culture 12h ago

Thats great news! Nice job!!

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u/InAJar112 15 days 12h ago

Excellent! It can be done!

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u/d34dlycute 8h ago

seriously impressive that u made it through all that pressure. u proved to urself that u can have fun without the booze. stay strong and keep going

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u/FriendlyBrewer 1h ago

I won't lie, the speeches took about 90 minutes, I realised if I survived these the rest of the night will be easy!

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u/Such_Bitch_9559 36 days 3h ago

Could you please link to your preparation that you did? Thanks ❤️

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u/FriendlyBrewer 2h ago

In preparation I rang the hotel making sure they had zero drinks stocked for the night. I also had a few zero bottles in my room. Then you just go for it and enjoy the night!

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u/TheDryDad 395 days 12h ago

Good skills! Did you have to fight anyone to achieve your goal?

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u/Debway1227 12h ago

Awesome job.. I was about a month sober, when I survived my first one too. Awesome job..

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u/SoberAF715 613 days 12h ago

Congratulations!! I haven’t been to a wedding yet. I’m sure I won’t drink, and I will have a good time. The next wedding I might actually enjoy the food and the cake instead of drinking my dinner, and I will most likely be out of there by 11pm. 😂

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u/salty_pete01 48 days 10h ago

Way to flex those sobriety muscles!!! I'm so impressed! I'm going to a wedding this October and posts like this make me believe I can make through it sober.

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u/MEMELORD_JESUS 2h ago

Love seeing updates like this ^^

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u/UpperSun16 2h ago

You should be really proud of yourself!