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Good things about being off drugs/getting sober

So much less anxiety
Not having to lie about use
Way better sex
Not waking up sick or hung over
Not stuck in that awful compulsive loop of thinking about, acquiring and using drugs all day everyday.
My soul is back and chilling nicely.
Not thinking ok whats the best drug to use while doing that or what's the best drug to get me through this
just feeling pretty calm most of the time<3
 
I don't have much sober time at all, but a few I have noticed:

Increased sense of touch. So better showers, lol. I'm sure sex would be great too, but slutty anonymous sex went with the territory of drinking all the time for me, and I don't know any other way to get laid.

I feel a little bit less unworthy of everyone's presence, making me a tiny bit less socially awkward.

And some fairly common ones:
There is more time in the day without wasting all the time scraping together money and debating with myself.
I have more money so I have more money so I went out to eat and tried a type of cuisine which is new to me, Vietnamese.
My mind goes blank less often and when it does it doesn't take me as long to remember what I was doing.
 
- Lots more money to spend on other things
- Finding pleasure in other things
- Feeling healthy physically...no more ridiculous weight loss, massive shadows under my eyes, pasty skin, track marks/bruises, being able to go up a flight of stairs without wheezing, no more random and worrying heart pains, being on a real sleeping schedule, being able to eat without throwing up - speaking of which, no more throwing up all the time, and hopefully no more random faintings on comedowns causing me to fall on my face and break my nose!
- No more comedowns every other day
- Not having to worry about withdrawals if I can't score
- Caring about people again
- No more paranoia about getting caught
- Not having to lie to everyone all the time
- Feeling proud of myself
- Being productive again
- Not being scared every time I take the train or plane
- Not having to spend hours in the tube or waiting under the rain to get the drugs
- Not having to worry about getting mugged or screwed over all the time
- Not having to worry about my pupils looking suspicious
- No more (or way less) unpredictable and scary physical reactions
- Not having to worry about frying my brain
- Feeling like 'me' again
 
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-Not being totally insane.
-Sleeping properly. Shit feels good.
-Eating more
-feeling healthy(er)
-No crazy side effects all the time
-THERE ARE OTHER THINGS IN LIFE THAN DRUGS! huh!
-I can make much more sense of my emotions (most of the time hehe).
 
Being a good role model to my younger brother
Being able to be there emotionally for friends and family when they need me for support
Actually genuinely caring about family and friends and how they are doing
Not being dope sick
Having money to do what ever I want with (movies, sports, dinners, etc., etc., etc.)
Being a productive member of society
Being able to pursue sports and activities I genuinely enjoy (rather than nod off to Netflix all day)
Developing my spirituality
Having morals and values and sticking to them
Having emotions
 
I quit synthetic shitty drugs 3 months ago, quit weed&caffeine 1 month ago. Also worth mentioning, I quit fapping three days ago. So yeah, I am early in the sober life, still feeling shitty and bored and fucked up, but some benefits are starting to show:

I have more money.
I sleep better.
More time.
Maybe a lil' bit more motivation.
I am sporting now to replace drug high, it kinda works :D.

But still feeling fatigue all the time and brain fog. I hope it will get better. Feeling like sleeping all the time...

Also people, awesome list of pros! It really motivated me!
 
i cant say much that hasnt been said before..but not being too high or sick to function are pretty big positives..having money and presence of mind is a plus as well..
 
Day 1 for me and I'm thinking, while it has been said numerous times here, the ability to travel far away w/o fear of dope sick reprisals.

Also, no longer thinking jail may be a good thing for you, just because it will give you time to get clean and sort your life out.
 
The tatters of my life are starting to come together quick.. its starting to snowball back into something that is starting to look like an amazing life once again.. and it really didn't take that long<3

You realize how strong you actually are=D
 
For me, it's definately not having to lie about the large part of my life which drugs where. Also, things just magically seem to go my way (I attribute it to all that energy not spent on using)
 
Clear head
Ambition
Energy to fulfill my ambitions
Positive outlook
Overall feeling of well-being -- feeling like I'm finally on the right track =D.
 
-clear thinking
-sane relationships (love, friends family)
-intelligent discussions
-finding unexpected things interesting
-being happy about other tings than a fix
-not thinking about how to get next "fix"
-not ending up in the hospital every ....

sooooooooooooo many more i could go on and on
 
I'm only on Day 3, but coming clean to my family feels good. I hate all that fucking lying and scheming....

When I had some time put together a little while back that's the part I loved the most...Just going throughout my day the way it should be. Family, friends and work...No coming up with stories to sneak away cause some pills came through, no 'running late at work' so I could drive out of the way to score, no waiting for some asshole dealer 'friend' for 30-45 minutes because they're a douchbag.

So I guess, ultimately. FEELING LIKE I"M BACK IN CONTROL OF MY LIFE
 
I'm not currently clean, I'd like to be and have had periods of time where I was, so I will list a few:

- Desire to exercise and eat healthy returns
- Actually want to do social things, instead of being a recluse
- $$$$$$$$$ (which ironically presents the toughest battle with staying clean along with cravings)
- Focus on progressing my career
- being able to pass drug tests goes along with that
 
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