People who have quit drinking and/or smoking (weed), how have your Saturday mornings changed/become better?

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1. Not just Saturday mornings, every morning. Hit 3 years sober this last October. 28 years old. Man did I love my booze and weed. Ever since that first taste of both at age 14, I loved it. Until I hated it.

   Started off with Bud Light, Corona, mixing liquors, then when I had my first IPA, Lagunitas, I loved IPA. Sculpin, Space Dust, Denoginizer. They became water, and a nice joint, bowl, blunt, bong rip, vape pen, went so nicely together. I went from being an active & social stoner, to a lazy ass couch potato who couldn’t form a sentence longer than 3 words when lit haha.

   Alcohol took me for a damn ride, and it became sad. Pissing my pants, arrested, crashing cars were my Saturdays. It wasn’t suiting the person I wanted to be, or the person I thought I was when sober. Quitting both is single handedly the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. My Saturday mornings, no hangover (the cliche thing to say), but waking up with better relationships with my family, friends is notable. Being fully present in the good and bad moments, and dealing with stressors with clarity became super different, yet liberating.

   There’s millions who can moderate both, but I was never one of those people. 10 drink minimum, black out, binge type, that was me. The world’s a mysterious place, and having a clear mind and some curiosity while sober has made even the mundane shit a little more vivid.

   I had anxiety and depression, that became pretty much cured with sobriety & diet changes. Rock climbing, photography, guitar, hiking.. hobbies that aren’t centered around drinking or alcohol have become go-to outlets.

   Can social life suck a bit? Sure, but most people that are drinking buddies fade away over time anyways. Simply put, mornings, nights, Saturdays or Tuesdays, it’s better and gets better.

2. Every morning is better. No hangovers, no guilt, just a clear head and good sleep and waking up refreshed.

3. I was a severe alcoholic. I would slam a beer, or do a shot, then pour a cup of coffee. I’d keep drinking coffee and while doing housework, usually getting done around 9. That’s when I’d really start drinking. By the time my wife got home from work, (lunchtime) I was drunk.

   Now I drink lots more coffee, and I knit (whenever I get the urge to drink) while watching cartoons (Bluey) with my kids.

4. I quit a 1/5 (Liter) a day, 25 year habit…. well, didn’t start at a 1/5 a day, but for about the last 5 years it has been. It’s never interfered with my work directly believe it or not. I’m very high functioning. My weekends are definitely a lot more productive since I quit. I get up early and go to the hardware store and do projects around the house. It’s become something of a ritual, doing my shopping on my days off. It feels good to wake up with the energy to do things instead of laying in bed until noon nursing a bottle of Gatorade or a bottle of Whiskey.

5. Meh, drinking is fun, I do like feeling fresh on the weekend though, it’s just about planning the right nights to go hard and taking it easy on others.

6. I’m a woman but I went from loathing weekend mornings to loving them. Five years sober.

7. I don’t wake up at 4am with a headache, unable to sleep. I don’t wake up at 8 or 9am with a headache. I don’t wonder if I was mean to my wife for no reason or angry online.

   Once my mind flipped from I must habitually drink at night to I am not a drinker, it was actually relieving. I don’t worry if I’m out of alcohol or think about it until I read a question someone asks about it here or someone asks at a restaurant. So it’s nice to not have that concern crop up any time of the day.

8. If you don’t have substance abuse problems – the mornings are virtually the same.

9. Drinking? Yes, made my life better after stopping.

   Smoking weed? Still makes me happy, hungry, and gets my creative juices flowing so haven’t cut that one out of my life

10. When I was drinking I would write off Saturday and Sunday mornings. Brunch and lie around till 2-3 and then feel crappy after that. Now that I’m sober, Saturdays and Sundays are fully functional, firing on all cylinders days. I can get a bunch of chores done, work out, go on a day trip, or play board games with my SO. Those lie around days were pretty fun, but it’s nice to have options and not feel like shit.

11. Thanks for all the responses guys,I do feel like when I eat well and don’t drink I feel best. Also another thing I like is vaping weed over smoking it, feels way cleaner physically and mentally

12. I love waking early and playing piano while the sun is coming up. Gives me more a sense of being an adult than sleeping in until noon does.