Law and order me...last day of probation

we’ll it’s here, I completed my sentence. don’t think i’ll get in trouble for anything ever again.

the year has been a sober one, before probation my drinking was on the decline, from 4 days a week of binge drinking, to once a week of moderate alcohol consumption. I would have a glass or two of wine on Saturday nights. at the time, I really looked forward to it. it was my little reward for making it through the week.

but now im starting to pull out of my funk, I don’t know if I will go back to it. sobriety doesn’t bore me like it used to. I feel better and my short and long term memory are really improving. in the past I couldn’t remember a conversation for like 20 minutes. I would catch myself repeating questions i’d already asked previously. I don’t do that anymore.

don’t want to say it was a good thing, but I welcome my new way of life as a result of it. really nothing will change, i’ll keep taking my meds and go about my weekly business. will probably watch more sports again when I get bored instead of drinking.

im not ashamed of myself, my charge was a victimless crime. I was kind of holding a grudge against the prosecuter for giving me a record, but im over it now.

it seems my adventures have come to an end. nowadays I stay in and rarely go out. will sometimes get to take trips with my parents, so I look forward to that. but im starting to live for my routine, like I said in a previous thread, I much prefer the weekday to weekends.

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Done a couple of prison terms myself - for stupid crap i did whilst i was not diagnosed and off my face on amphetamine. Soon as i was medicated properly and moved area - touch wood not had any trouble with the law for 5 years now.

Like you im getting to bloody old to start getting nicked again.
These days i prefer the quiet life. And apart from the very very occasional spliff - dont do the drugs either.

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I have a big problem with alcohol too, but it has been twenty-six months since I last took a drink. I never had the slightest desire to drink moderately. My goal was to always get snockered. It got me into a lot of trouble.

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Yes I know my memory improved once I gave up alcohol too. It’s been 12 months since my last drink. Congratulations!!

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I used to drink a lot. I wasn’t the guy who could have one or two drinks socially. I was the guy who drank to get as drunk as possible and then dives into the shallow swimming pool, almost breaking his neck in the process. (Yeah i did a lot of dumb stuff.) Staying away from alcohol is the way to go for some people. Hope things go well for you from here on out.

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