Quit booze five months ago and my cholesterol dropped 32 points and my triglycerides went from 142 to 74. (PS: I am what they call California sober)
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I've just stopped drinking. 10 days now but you have inspired me to keep going. Already feel great and got my body back.
jul 30, 2025, 5:33 am • 53 0 • view
Well done!💕
jul 30, 2025, 1:23 pm • 1 0 • view
That’s amazing! 🤩 we’ll be seeing you post 6 mos soon! It will go quick. Don’t look back.
jul 30, 2025, 12:41 pm • 2 0 • view
It only gets better! You can do it.
jul 30, 2025, 6:22 pm • 1 0 • view
It's been about the same for me. All drinking had started doing for me, was making me feel sick.
jul 30, 2025, 1:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Yes! On to day 11!!
jul 30, 2025, 1:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Keep going!
jul 30, 2025, 5:33 am • 8 1 • view
keep going! Being sober gives you back your life! I have been sober for 24 years now and I love it!
jul 31, 2025, 2:34 am • 1 0 • view
🏆🙂
jul 30, 2025, 1:54 pm • 1 0 • view
"And the Lord spoke, saying, 'Behold the herb of the earth, which I have given unto thee; partake in moderation, for it shall bring mirth and calm to thy spirit, yet let wisdom guide thy hand.' — John 4:20"
jul 30, 2025, 10:06 pm • 3 0 • view
Lol. Why is there no weed emoji?!
jul 30, 2025, 11:14 pm • 1 0 • view
Yup. I do this also, with similar results
jul 30, 2025, 7:32 pm • 0 0 • view
Been about 20 months since my last drink, and don’t miss it at all, but I’m also Cali sober
jul 30, 2025, 3:22 pm • 1 0 • view
self care isn't selfish...it's a healthy choice
jul 30, 2025, 9:32 am • 1 0 • view
Bravo!
jul 30, 2025, 1:21 pm • 0 0 • view
I lost over 50 pounds so far (sober 1 year), 40 in just the first month.
jul 30, 2025, 10:57 am • 1 0 • view
Grats! It's a nice feeling, unless you are at a party (i am bearer of chron disease and forced to watch others drink while i can't)
jul 30, 2025, 8:07 am • 1 0 • view
Good for you, AG! Enjoy feeling better and the improved health!
jul 30, 2025, 3:30 pm • 2 0 • view
Congrats! 🎈🎊
jul 30, 2025, 6:01 am • 1 0 • view
Wonder what mine are now, I quit booze over 15yrs ago 🤔
jul 30, 2025, 8:01 am • 0 0 • view
In this world sobriety is not an experience I crave.
jul 30, 2025, 5:16 am • 11 0 • view
👍
jul 30, 2025, 6:42 am • 0 0 • view
Congratulations!
jul 30, 2025, 11:10 am • 0 0 • view
Congrats! My last drink was May 16. My liver demanded it.
jul 30, 2025, 4:06 pm • 0 0 • view
My blood pressure dropped to normal immediately after I quit 6 years ago. Nice job!
jul 30, 2025, 11:37 am • 0 0 • view
Congrats!! Need to follow your lead! 😘
jul 30, 2025, 4:54 am • 3 0 • view
Hmmm. I’ve been considering doing exactly this. Hmmmm.
jul 30, 2025, 12:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Wow!
jul 31, 2025, 12:48 am • 0 0 • view
Almost 1yr for me, also “California sober”. My weight has stabilized, my energy is up, etc. I do mainly infusion of cannabis like MCT Oil rather than smoking since have that habit up too. Congrats on quitting, my liver gave its all to assist me over 50yrs, it can relax now.
jul 30, 2025, 11:19 am • 5 0 • view
😉
jul 30, 2025, 12:01 pm • 1 0 • view
Hooray...GREAT WORK!
jul 30, 2025, 7:45 pm • 0 0 • view
What is Cali- sober?
jul 30, 2025, 3:16 pm • 1 0 • view
I figured it out. 😂 Currently, being held hostage in Texas, so maybe someday.
jul 30, 2025, 3:39 pm • 1 0 • view
I could be wrong, but I think this company ships countrywide because it's microdose. $5 coupon if you want to try it out. Worth a try. www.drinkbrez.com/RUBY52265
jul 31, 2025, 2:56 pm • 0 0 • view
A little weed. No alcohol or harder drugs.
jul 30, 2025, 3:39 pm • 3 0 • view
Wow, me too‼️
jul 30, 2025, 7:55 pm • 2 0 • view
I had to look that up. why not just 'I gave up the piss and smoke weed'. which is how it is for me. but look, a communist seaman once said to me that he knew a bloke who gave up smoking and drinking and lived 30 years longer wishing he was dead every day. stay strong.
jul 30, 2025, 2:36 pm • 0 0 • view
Congratulations!
jul 30, 2025, 3:03 pm • 0 0 • view
jul 30, 2025, 12:15 pm • 0 0 • view
The difference between me and alcoholics is, they go to meetings... Congrats. What's your replacement addiction? Coffee? Chocolate? Afrin? Running? #PickYourPoison
jul 30, 2025, 4:53 am • 3 0 • view
Afrin, right? 😎 just cut it with saline.
jul 30, 2025, 4:58 am • 3 0 • view
You know the drill...👃
jul 30, 2025, 5:02 am • 1 0 • view
I used running to quit smoking-really helped 😁
jul 30, 2025, 4:56 am • 0 0 • view
I quit smoking when my husband of 35 years asked me early on, "What's more important, me or your cigarettes?" I quit on the spot.
jul 30, 2025, 5:00 am • 2 0 • view
Im stuck in sh*thole texas. I had 1 beer last night after no drinking for months and this morning I can feel it. No bueno. I wish I was California sober but again, stuck in sh*thole texas aka the private prison capital and nanny state where freedom means protesting in front of planned parenthood.
jul 30, 2025, 2:49 pm • 2 0 • view
Love you.
jul 30, 2025, 5:53 pm • 1 0 • view
Congrats sister! 🫡
jul 30, 2025, 2:07 pm • 0 0 • view
jul 30, 2025, 12:48 pm • 0 0 • view
I've been California sober for over 5 years. I lost about 40 lbs. within the 1st 6 months or so and was able to quit taking blood pressure meds. Definitely improved my health and my mental outlook too!
jul 30, 2025, 10:40 pm • 0 0 • view
I gave up a couple of years ago.. organs were happy about it. But I had no idea about skin complexion getting better, my post hormonal hair being rejuvenated to thickening again, my finger joints easing up. I didn't know about that stuff. And now I drink again and being reminded of what I'm losing.
jul 30, 2025, 9:04 am • 1 0 • view
Congrats
jul 30, 2025, 6:52 pm • 1 0 • view
It's the only way. Chillin
jul 30, 2025, 6:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Strong Work! Congratulations.
jul 30, 2025, 11:54 pm • 0 0 • view
How great are the mornings now?! Keep it up.😍
jul 30, 2025, 4:55 am • 8 0 • view
Colorado APPROVES!
jul 30, 2025, 1:07 pm • 0 0 • view
Wow!
jul 31, 2025, 1:02 am • 0 0 • view
I really tried to develop a weed habit, but it just doesn't work for me.
jul 30, 2025, 5:24 am • 2 0 • view
I haven’t had alcohol in years. It’s literally like pouring gasoline in your system. Congrats 🎉
jul 30, 2025, 12:39 pm • 18 0 • view
California sober as well.
jul 30, 2025, 12:47 pm • 3 0 • view
What is California sober?
jul 30, 2025, 12:53 pm • 7 0 • view
Alcohol no, Marijuana yes
jul 30, 2025, 12:59 pm • 28 0 • view
Gotcha! Thanks 😊
jul 30, 2025, 1:03 pm • 7 0 • view
Neither have I and I don't miss it at all. It's something you look forward to when you turn 21, then discover that it's not really your thing. So, no big loss there. 🤣
jul 30, 2025, 12:47 pm • 6 0 • view
Read this: it will change you life: " Sugar the Bitter Truth" Buy U of California.. real science: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
jul 31, 2025, 12:05 am • 0 0 • view
Holy crap! I'm so glad you're health improved!
jul 30, 2025, 6:52 am • 0 0 • view
Booze: It has murdered one of my good friends and one of my family members. It nearly killed my wife. A "Z" of weed can get you 5 years in jail - but I can fill my basement with f*cking poison and advertisers can drill in the want for it to my children every second of every day, everywhere they look
jul 30, 2025, 11:33 am • 2 0 • view
Keep up the good work. I used to drink quite efficiently, but now i’m a lightweight. I think I’ve had three beers in the last eight months.
jul 30, 2025, 3:14 pm • 0 0 • view
Happy for you! Feels good. :)
jul 30, 2025, 4:40 pm • 0 0 • view
Quitting was the best thing I ever did. Whatever else life throws ar me. Cheers 4 non-alcoholic beer.
jul 30, 2025, 6:14 am • 0 0 • view
Good for you! May have given you more time to enjoy it when chump succumbs to his stupidity. Almost seems like him & Capone have the same end stage "thingy" going on. 🤭
jul 30, 2025, 6:05 am • 2 0 • view
💙🫂💙
jul 30, 2025, 6:34 pm • 1 0 • view
What does the term California sober mean? Congrats on your health milestones and for staying sober for 5 months! Keep on going for more amazing results!
jul 30, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
It means no alcohol but yes on the marijuana. My favorite is Brez. www.drinkbrez.com/RUBY52265
jul 31, 2025, 2:31 pm • 1 0 • view
I can't find any clear relation between alcohol consumption and cholesterol, but good for you to find an alternative to statins that works for you. I've been chomping walnuts and hoping for the best.
jul 31, 2025, 1:16 am • 0 0 • view
Very happy to hear that! If there’s one thing we can’t afford to lose in this world, particularly at this specific point in time, it’s definitely somebody like you. Actually, scrap that: there is nobody like you!! So, Take care, Boss!!!🙏And, that’s an order from a legume friend fond of swearing.
jul 30, 2025, 10:39 pm • 0 0 • view
I gave it up 5 yrs ago....Tequila was my choice but didn't suffer a hang-over until I hit 58 & OMG......nope, no way in hell I'm gonna willingly put my body through that....good on you.....getting older & alcohol are not a good thing
jul 30, 2025, 9:40 pm • 3 0 • view
I can TOTALLY relate to this. Lol. I'm so glad I don't do that to myself anymore.
jul 30, 2025, 10:36 pm • 2 0 • view
Somebody wanna explain "California sober"?
jul 30, 2025, 1:53 pm • 5 0 • view
jul 30, 2025, 7:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Thanks!!
jul 30, 2025, 11:51 pm • 0 0 • view
I've heard two explanations: 1) alcohol free, but still partake in the wacky tobaccey, 2) only drink occasionally when socializing with friends/family, but not a daily or even weekly thing
jul 30, 2025, 5:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Likely an exception for cannabis?
jul 30, 2025, 1:55 pm • 8 0 • view
Congratulations!!! I too am California Clean.
jul 30, 2025, 4:49 am • 17 0 • view
Congrats! That can be a really hard transition for some but the health benefits feel almost immediate. It’s insane the damage alcohol can do and it’s so accessible and unregulated compared to things like thc. (I’m also Cali sober now 1.5 years) ❤️❤️❤️
jul 30, 2025, 5:15 am • 8 0 • view
I prefer weed over booze anyday
jul 30, 2025, 10:14 am • 3 0 • view
What! Bravo!
jul 30, 2025, 6:01 am • 0 0 • view
And how much did your blood pressure drop? If you’re taking meds for bp, you may need them adjusted to avoid light-headedness and tiredness. Experience.
jul 30, 2025, 4:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Congratulations, keep it up
jul 30, 2025, 8:01 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m on day 12.. I feel great. I drank for 50 years. Enough was enough. It is a daily victory..
jul 30, 2025, 10:07 am • 44 0 • view
Twins…. Day 14! I quit before for about 13 years, then woke up one day and said, “I can drink again, I’m more mature & I’m healed from my trauma.” 😒 Big Mistake! 7-8 years later, I’m back to square one. But I’m happy and too busy with my family responsibilities to drink!
jul 30, 2025, 2:25 pm • 23 0 • view
I’m not having any issues with craving alcohol,, I am having trouble with anxiety and boredom,, the feeling that I should be doing something. I think I’m gonna get back into fishing. It was always relaxing… Good luck to you going forward..
jul 30, 2025, 2:36 pm • 15 0 • view
Anxiety and boredom are my EXACT TRIGGERS!
jul 30, 2025, 8:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Gummy’s for anxiety. It’s smooth. 😉 indica. Helps me
jul 31, 2025, 2:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Oh yes, the nightly boredom is the worst for me.
jul 30, 2025, 6:09 pm • 6 0 • view
I took up guitar after quitting alcohol during the pandemic. Not particularly talented and a bit of musicality is only just recently showing up. Enjoying it anyway.
jul 30, 2025, 7:06 pm • 6 0 • view
Funny, I played guitar professionally for 13 years!! I am also watching a lot of lesson videos of songs I like but never learned to play… it is a great way to relieve the anxiety..
jul 30, 2025, 8:00 pm • 5 0 • view
Nice to meet you from: New York Sober.❤️
jul 31, 2025, 12:14 am • 0 0 • view
I only have a shot when someone like Ozzy passes on. Unfortunately, that seems to be happening more frequently...
jul 31, 2025, 2:33 am • 0 0 • view
Coming up on 8 months here. After I stopped drinking I went from having high blood pressure that wasn't being controlled well with meds to having normal BP in 3-4 weeks. Life is also just better across the board. Alcohol sucks man.
jul 30, 2025, 12:38 pm • 8 0 • view
Congrats on 8 whole months! Wowza!
jul 30, 2025, 2:31 pm • 1 0 • view
Alcohol lowers your vibration
jul 30, 2025, 6:13 pm • 1 0 • view
I prefer California sober to everything else 😉 I grow my own sobriety LOL
jul 30, 2025, 6:12 pm • 2 0 • view
I quit alcohol near 2 years ago cholesterol has increased from 199 to 262
jul 30, 2025, 11:22 am • 0 0 • view
Congratulations!
jul 30, 2025, 11:56 pm • 0 0 • view
So proud of you! Having good health is better than gold. I wish you success on your journey of better health.
jul 30, 2025, 6:38 pm • 1 0 • view
Congrats!! Sorry for your old stressors! Bonus too is you also lowered your risk of Breast cancer. Studies have found the damage we do to our bodies from drinking alcohol is just stupid on our part. i quit too.
jul 30, 2025, 5:32 am • 5 0 • view
Not just breast cancer, other kinds as well, along with osteoporosis and other little things that make life not so fun...
jul 30, 2025, 6:59 am • 4 0 • view
You’re right! Thx!
jul 30, 2025, 8:14 am • 1 0 • view
Congratulations..Way to go. Freedom from alcohol is awesome !! 😎
jul 31, 2025, 2:03 am • 0 0 • view
Congrats. Good to know.
jul 30, 2025, 11:34 pm • 1 0 • view
Best thing I ever did Allison. 3.5 years so far. difficult to be California Sober in the UK.... plus I have a rather impressionable kid and a wife who wouldn't approve 😁
jul 30, 2025, 9:53 am • 3 0 • view
Wow. Congratulations you must be so happy!!! It’s not easy I know.💪🙏💙
jul 30, 2025, 12:17 pm • 1 0 • view
You can really see it in your face.
jul 30, 2025, 12:28 pm • 2 0 • view
Congratulations!!
jul 30, 2025, 10:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Me too, awesome sauce!
jul 30, 2025, 1:12 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s better to try and quit that too! It causes lots of issues
jul 30, 2025, 7:36 am • 0 0 • view
Ha ha. I had never heard California sober ... I guess I am too!!! Nice and congrats.
jul 30, 2025, 11:40 am • 4 0 • view
How did you start to quit?
jul 30, 2025, 9:14 pm • 0 0 • view
A microdose THC/CBD drink worked for me.
jul 31, 2025, 2:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Awesome! I still miss martinis… and it’s been decades.
jul 30, 2025, 3:43 pm • 0 0 • view
Congratulations 👏 👏
jul 30, 2025, 4:53 am • 16 0 • view
7.5 years for me and hypertension went away within 6 months of stopping. No meds since. Perfect BP readings even at the doctor's office.
jul 30, 2025, 6:59 pm • 3 0 • view
Yeah I quit years ago And bacon and red meat And nothing Doctor refers to me a cholesterol making machine And then handed me a script for statins They worked and no side affects so I am lucky that way
jul 30, 2025, 4:52 am • 17 0 • view
Feels good, doesn't it? wish I'd done it five years ago when I first started noticing that every time I had a drink it made me feel lousy
jul 30, 2025, 1:14 pm • 2 0 • view
...and blood pressure drops, too!
jul 30, 2025, 5:19 pm • 0 0 • view
I stopped eating the Captains Ultimate seafood dinner, and stopped taking the blood pressure drug, that led to the cholesterol drugs, that led to the low dose aspirin. The entire regime was NEVER tested on women. Given the vein deficiency of Trump, it's due to this regime! Prematurely aging.
jul 30, 2025, 1:00 pm • 1 0 • view
I'd bruise like I'd been hit by a Mac truck. Felt unwell all the time. Bled like a hemophiliac. My blood pressure is normally high, pushing cholesterol plaque though instead of depositing it in my veins from lowered blood pressure. Healthcare doesn't know squat.
jul 30, 2025, 1:03 pm • 1 0 • view
I quit 2 years ago and off BP meds about 16 mos ago. FINALLY am losing weight! 🙌🏻
jul 30, 2025, 5:33 am • 1 0 • view
Good for you. It's a difficult road to travel. I wish you continued success.
jul 30, 2025, 9:26 pm • 1 0 • view
I think this is awesome. I am also wondering what to do when cannabis doesn’t work for me. I can’t seem to find another substitute to help me carry on in this day and age. I would love if anyone has any suggestions…
jul 30, 2025, 5:50 am • 0 0 • view
Thanks for this. Pondering quitting.
jul 30, 2025, 12:18 pm • 1 0 • view
If you don’t go along with the general wisdom that it’s good innocent stuff, and know you’re not actually sacrificing anything, it’s pretty easy. ❤️
jul 30, 2025, 5:58 pm • 0 0 • view
Good for you! I’m a Californian and I’ve never heard of California sober before. 😊
jul 30, 2025, 6:26 pm • 0 0 • view
Isn’t CA sober aka “ Smober”?
jul 30, 2025, 7:08 am • 2 0 • view
fantastic. kfg.
jul 30, 2025, 2:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Congratulations! California sober for 15 days now. Mood is better, bad brain is improving, more energy. Looking forward to seeing the increased improvements.
jul 30, 2025, 12:49 pm • 1 0 • view
You’ll never regret it.
jul 30, 2025, 11:49 am • 0 0 • view
Bravo! Way to go!
jul 30, 2025, 12:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Love following you and reading your analyses, listen to Daily Beans and Unjustified... so you're California sober but have commercials for Naked Wines on the podcast?🤔
jul 30, 2025, 6:39 pm • 0 0 • view
Way to go! 🎉 I’m what you call a sober Californian 😊 32 years & counting, ODAAT.
jul 30, 2025, 6:05 am • 15 0 • view
👸
jul 30, 2025, 4:57 am • 1 0 • view
I've been California sober for 8 years and it has been fantastic. Alcohol is a messy drug.
jul 30, 2025, 9:57 am • 1 0 • view
Shine On ✨
jul 30, 2025, 5:15 am • 13 0 • view
I had to go look up California sober and I was like "duh, makes sense". Me too!
jul 30, 2025, 7:04 pm • 0 0 • view
Been California sober since April 2022. Sleep like a baby.
jul 31, 2025, 12:47 am • 0 0 • view
Not sure what Cali-sober is, I’m Kansas sober meaning straight up done, for 20 years, have nothing against drinking just hope you have it under control instead of visa versa.❤️
jul 30, 2025, 2:50 pm • 0 0 • view
No apology necessary to makes positive changes in your life in ways that work for you! Congrats!
jul 30, 2025, 11:33 am • 6 0 • view
HAHAHA I am too! Don’t you feel better? I do!
jul 30, 2025, 12:40 pm • 4 0 • view
That's amazing I'm very proud of you.
jul 30, 2025, 5:23 am • 0 0 • view
I gave up sugar in my coffee!
jul 30, 2025, 5:26 am • 2 0 • view
Huh. I quit booze two months ago. My high blood pressure meds say no. Maybe I’ll have a happy surprise too
jul 30, 2025, 10:41 pm • 0 0 • view
I think you picked the wrong year to quit drinking
jul 30, 2025, 5:48 am • 9 0 • view
Well done!!!
jul 30, 2025, 1:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Normal response for cholesterol when folks stop drinking. Adrenaline and cortisol rates went down as well not to mention what it will do for the microbiome. The good news, you now know you are not an alcoholic which is great news.
jul 31, 2025, 12:14 am • 0 0 • view
Congratulations. Booze is not your friend or your brain's friend
jul 30, 2025, 6:37 am • 1 0 • view
Me too..unless Rombauer is on the menu.
jul 30, 2025, 1:33 pm • 0 0 • view
jul 30, 2025, 5:23 am • 0 0 • view
Whatever floats ya boat.
jul 30, 2025, 9:25 am • 1 0 • view
I’m California dreaming. Congrats. 💃
aug 16, 2025, 8:29 pm • 1 0 • view
Uh, wow! That is some food for thought! Coming from a family with ridiculously high cholesterol and the fact that I drink… 🤔
jul 30, 2025, 5:16 am • 1 0 • view
Good job!
jul 30, 2025, 6:23 am • 0 0 • view
No shame in using medical marijuana to ease the discomfort of withdrawal.
jul 30, 2025, 10:19 pm • 0 0 • view
No shame in using any kind of marijuana to ease any discomfort. Especially the one of this administration.
jul 31, 2025, 2:21 pm • 1 0 • view
🥳🎉🎇🎊🎆👏👏👏👏👏
jul 30, 2025, 5:04 am • 0 0 • view
I need help from CA sober people: how do you curb the insane hunger that comes from weed?
jul 30, 2025, 11:11 am • 0 0 • view
Eat fruit (quenches dry mouth), eat sunflower seeds or pistachios (keeps ya busy, not really eating much, salt makes ya happy). Even better: go for a nice swim, hike, bike or walk and enjoy the buzz, then ya don’t feel bad for chowing down afterward!
jul 30, 2025, 8:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Ask someone at the dispensary. They know their merchandise.
jul 30, 2025, 2:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Dunno. Which is why I still drink wine. Either that or eat and eat and eat. Perhaps I should take up jogging! Or some other serotonin inducer.
jul 30, 2025, 11:20 am • 1 0 • view
What is California sober?
jul 30, 2025, 5:43 am • 1 0 • view
I think it means you still smoke pot/eat edibles
jul 30, 2025, 1:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Congrats!!
jul 30, 2025, 11:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Quit drinking and smoking 8 years ago...and my cholesterol went up 😩
jul 30, 2025, 10:04 am • 3 0 • view
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFNC...
jul 30, 2025, 5:16 pm • 1 0 • view
jul 30, 2025, 6:03 pm • 0 0 • view
California what?
jul 30, 2025, 4:51 am • 1 0 • view
You only have to not drink one day at a time.
jul 30, 2025, 3:37 pm • 1 0 • view
Fabulous! I stopped having my glass of wine when I realized it was causing disordered sleep 2 years ago. Alcohol is poison to our bodies. I need to live to fight for my daughter & soon-to-come granddaughter.
jul 30, 2025, 3:05 pm • 13 0 • view
We do🥰 I just got a granddaughter. Shes an absolute joy.
jul 31, 2025, 2:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Excellent numbers.
jul 30, 2025, 1:15 pm • 0 0 • view
Five years the end of this last May. Best decision I ever made. You could not pay me to go back
jul 30, 2025, 5:37 am • 12 0 • view
Lol! Good for you!!
jul 30, 2025, 5:55 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m cali sober too
jul 30, 2025, 3:34 pm • 1 0 • view
This is extremely interesting to me as a woman in surgical menopause, as I take a sip of pinto grigio. Can’t do the Cali sober (no judgement) but something worth investigating!
jul 30, 2025, 6:17 am • 0 0 • view
Congrats!
jul 30, 2025, 4:24 pm • 0 0 • view
I'm Vermont sober...I still indulge in homemade ice cream (made with cottage cheese and fruit, no extra sugar).
jul 30, 2025, 8:02 am • 18 0 • view
I need that recipe!
jul 31, 2025, 1:42 am • 0 0 • view
Oooh I need to do that trick. It sounds fantastic!
jul 30, 2025, 9:40 am • 4 0 • view
Yeah, his first term drove me back to drink and I gained back 65 of the 89 lbs I lost. This time I swore I would not give him or anyone that kind of power over me. Totally sober four months now, determined to stay that way.
jul 30, 2025, 7:43 am • 51 0 • view
💯💪
jul 30, 2025, 9:43 am • 1 0 • view
I broke 2 molars during 1st term grinding my teeth. Had a blessed four year reprieve and have already lost a 3rd! I live in CO and I am interested in switching over to edibles or from alcohol. No idea how to start? What’s beginner level?
jul 30, 2025, 12:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Tried a bunch of different forms of edibles and couldn't find a reliable reaction. Same 1/2 gummy would make me happy one day and unable to function the next. Ended up with Brez, a microdose drink. Absolutely love it! Gives me something to drink at parties, too. www.drinkbrez.com/RUBY52265
jul 31, 2025, 3:10 pm • 1 0 • view
I’ll check this out!
jul 31, 2025, 4:13 pm • 1 0 • view
Congratulations 🎊 I can appreciate your hard work. Now I must do same and not let the orange cheeto keep sucking me in.
jul 30, 2025, 9:41 am • 10 0 • view
You can absolutely do it. You deserve control of your life & it’s completely doable.
jul 30, 2025, 9:14 am • 2 0 • view
Nice and you probably feel better too.
jul 30, 2025, 11:51 am • 1 0 • view
Congratulations!!!
jul 30, 2025, 1:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Congratulations! To celebrate you can eat as much cheese as you want.
jul 30, 2025, 5:15 am • 6 0 • view
😂…❤️!
jul 30, 2025, 10:33 am • 0 0 • view
A couple of friends created this awesome NA drink, if it interests you. drinkguinep.com
jul 30, 2025, 4:39 pm • 0 0 • view
If you mix alcohol w edible it can turn into a bad trip
jul 30, 2025, 8:45 am • 1 0 • view
Perfect. I love it.
jul 31, 2025, 12:00 am • 1 0 • view
i quit drinking years ago and just smoke weed, that is sober, i do it for other people's protection from me. alcohol is just poison, you're not missing a thing and will be better off in the long run
jul 30, 2025, 5:12 pm • 13 2 • view
I’m with you. With weed, I never even think of alcohol and that is much better for everyone.
jul 30, 2025, 5:29 pm • 8 0 • view
Same. I gave up alcohol over a year ago. Finally went for the medicinal card option and haven't looked back. Alcohol doesn't cross my mind much these days. I wasn't a terrible person as a drinker, but I still love myself so much more now. And... I feel a whole hell of a lot better in the mornings.
jul 30, 2025, 10:34 pm • 8 2 • view
LOL “other people’s protection” what political world got you a bit pissed and that pipe is about the only thing keeping you from unlocking the gun cabinet?
jul 31, 2025, 2:21 pm • 1 0 • view
political world? the one we live in lot's of shit, like being in Floriduh for one
jul 31, 2025, 2:32 pm • 0 1 • view
Yeah I used to be their by the old grayhound track by St Augustine (the further north, you go in Florida the further south, you get ) then to Knoxville TN but finally out of south!! Thank God!!’
jul 31, 2025, 2:35 pm • 1 0 • view
you have to drive 2 hours north of me to get to the south real southern rednecks even tell you anything south of I4 isn't the south. when i say rednecks i mean the original meaning not what they have tried to gloss it over to mean, i'm talkin when there was long hairs and rednecks, means same to me
jul 31, 2025, 2:40 pm • 0 1 • view
My daughter works for Disneyworld and works in Orlando not in the park! I understand I-4.
jul 31, 2025, 2:43 pm • 0 0 • view
no i just never put up with people's bullshit(i am still on mood stabilizers) and weed usually keeps me from fighting and only yelling at them to embarrass them in public, but i'm still ready to fight them if that's what they want. that's why i don't carry, think i'll get a taser at the flea market
jul 31, 2025, 2:31 pm • 1 0 • view
Congrats.
jul 30, 2025, 5:11 am • 0 0 • view
Same, it’s a thing.
jul 30, 2025, 4:48 am • 6 0 • view
I don’t live in Cali but I’m Cali sober too 😆 it’s been 4 years for me. Thank the saints I don’t have to wake up and check my texts and phone log to see who I talked to & praying it wasn’t my mom.
jul 30, 2025, 11:21 pm • 0 0 • view
Your liver thanks you, you most likely sleep better too (lower heart rate more dreams)
jul 30, 2025, 8:54 am • 0 0 • view
Wish people weren’t California sober driving down the highway. Uh, I can smell it and you shouldn’t be driving 🙄
jul 30, 2025, 6:49 am • 0 0 • view
😁🌱
jul 30, 2025, 5:57 am • 1 0 • view
Congrats! Alcoholism runs in my family, so I do my best to keep my bourbon/scotch down to Friday and Saturday nights. Weed, however... is omnipresent.
jul 30, 2025, 10:35 am • 0 0 • view
Switch to all wagyu beef lots of bacon shrimp put butter and cheese on everything and you’ll get that cholesterol # back up in no time, A couple bowls of ice cream a day should do the trick on the triglycerides.
jul 30, 2025, 9:47 am • 0 0 • view
Lol
jul 30, 2025, 11:22 am • 0 0 • view
Congrats!
jul 30, 2025, 6:24 am • 0 0 • view
Congratulations!
jul 30, 2025, 5:24 am • 1 1 • view
Congrats! I quit nine years ago.
jul 30, 2025, 1:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Congratulations! Wonderful news about your health! Good wishes on your continued wellness success. ❤️ (I wish my cholesterol digits would drop but I can barely tolerate booze so cutting back to nothing would do nothing for me ☹️)
jul 30, 2025, 9:48 pm • 0 0 • view
Did you find 420 reasons to stop drinking???🤔😉👍🏿
jul 30, 2025, 3:42 pm • 2 0 • view
Same here. I’m almost 3 year Cali-sober. Cholesterol, triglycerides and weight down. Rest filled nights, way up. No going back! Alcohol is, unfortunately, the devil.
jul 30, 2025, 4:49 am • 177 2 • view
Well done.
jul 30, 2025, 10:14 am • 1 0 • view
Thanks, Tony!
jul 30, 2025, 2:50 pm • 0 0 • view
Did the abstinence from alcohol effect your eating habits? Sources I look up show all that alcohol has no direct effect on cholesterol
jul 30, 2025, 4:28 pm • 1 0 • view
I think stopping drinking just made me more aware of my body and it’s made me a better steward for the body I live in. It’s all imperfect and I still stumble plenty with eating. However there were days when I was hungover and I could only make terrible food choices. Those days are thankfully gone.
jul 31, 2025, 3:31 pm • 1 0 • view
I think thats how this cholesterol thing works out. Congratulations!
jul 31, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Life is better without alcohol. I never officially quit, I just lost my desire for it, and I'm so glad I did.
jul 30, 2025, 5:19 am • 199 2 • view
Same. I had enough fun in the early 2000 to last me the rest of my life.
jul 30, 2025, 1:25 pm • 2 0 • view
Same. Now I take a gummy a couple times a week and all is right with the world!
jul 30, 2025, 10:47 am • 3 0 • view
Same
jul 30, 2025, 6:26 am • 1 0 • view
Same for me and I’m soooo grateful that I just outgrew it, we re so fortunate.
jul 30, 2025, 12:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Me too! What is that? I have no idea what happened physically. I lost all desire for it. Went with it. Never looked back.
jul 30, 2025, 10:31 am • 11 0 • view
It could be Covid. Many people notice a difference in tolerance and effects after an infection
jul 30, 2025, 2:15 pm • 5 0 • view
Same. Finally quit cigarettes too but that took patches, fiber capsules, and willpower. Also, I always quit bacon in summer but I won’t be going back to it in Fall.
jul 30, 2025, 6:12 pm • 1 0 • view
Breaking my heart this is. (Because i know its true i just dont want it to be!)
jul 30, 2025, 5:23 am • 59 0 • view
But then--when you're past the idea that alcohol makes it better, somehow, and your body and mind find new life--it doesn't break your heart anymore, it heals it.
jul 30, 2025, 5:29 am • 69 1 • view
It is miraculous, one day you realize you are free. It was holding you hostage but if you stay sober it loses its grip on you, loses its power. I never want to go back.
jul 30, 2025, 12:43 pm • 1 0 • view
I read such things in books, but I have never, not once, thought to myself "I could use a drink. Alcohol would make what I'm feeling, this situation I'm experiencing, better." Never.
jul 30, 2025, 5:36 am • 17 0 • view
What's the goal of posting this? A little tone deaf to people who struggle with substance misuse fyi.
jul 30, 2025, 12:40 pm • 1 0 • view
How’s it tone deaf? I struggled for years with my relationship with alcohol and chose to quit. I was encouraged by others who walked before me and learn d from their guidance.
jul 30, 2025, 2:49 pm • 0 0 • view
Then you've not been traumatised enough. I fucking hate elitist boasting.
jul 30, 2025, 9:07 am • 5 0 • view
Perhaps you should ask yourself why you "fucking hate" something that isn't the tiniest bit about you? I don't drink. I never have. But I don't begrudge those who enjoy it, I just don't. (Like explaining to someone who loves it why cilantro is disgusting.) But fucking hate? Nah... life's too short.
jul 30, 2025, 2:08 pm • 1 0 • view
Just by you not understanding, it DOES affect others. Because when someone doesn’t understand or resonate with something that affects others, as alcohol does, they feel pity & spite. Like the homeless person asking for change that gets their foot kicked instead. All they hear is:
jul 30, 2025, 2:28 pm • 1 0 • view
When someone doesn't understand something, they ask. "Pity & spite" had nothing to do with it. I'm a CA native who had no idea what "CA sober" meant. Because I don't drink. So I asked. (Did you have a similar problem with all the anecdotes from people who are, and aren't, sober in that way and why?)
jul 30, 2025, 2:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Most people don’t ask questions to understand, they ask questions to confirm their already established bias. Drinking doesn’t always start as a fun party, it can be rooted in abuse. It leads to generational trauma. CA sober just means that you don’t do “the hard stuff”. Just weed & shrooms. 🙄
jul 30, 2025, 3:00 pm • 2 0 • view
Idk, why did you feel the need to announce that you have never naturally craved an alcoholic drink? It's giving boastfulness.
jul 30, 2025, 4:53 pm • 1 0 • view
It's "giving boastfulness" to YOU. I was merely trying to understand what "California sober" means. It's a tad embarrassing, as someone who has lived here my whole life but never heard the term because I don't drink. This has been the most interesting topic! A welcome reprieve from bad politics.
jul 30, 2025, 5:03 pm • 0 0 • view
Agreed. Like woooow, good for you, we are all really proud of you for not doing the thing you didn't want to do in the first place. Amazing work.
jul 30, 2025, 5:34 pm • 0 0 • view
It can slip into a person's lifestyle via culture, friends, etc., and can temporarily take away overthinking and daily stress--but it also can dull the peaks and valleys of life, get in the way of relationships, and adversely affect health. My saying: "Being sober is the best high there is."
jul 30, 2025, 5:43 am • 47 0 • view
Not being hungover is intoxicating 🫠💜
jul 30, 2025, 3:03 pm • 29 1 • view
I moved from my drinking parents to my drinking husband, 45 years later I am still drinking. I have tried to stop but it is hard to be around a drunk when you are sober. 😵💫
jul 30, 2025, 2:51 pm • 1 0 • view
Agree. Alcohol can become part of an ethos that is reinforced by family gatherings, movies, TV shows, and commercials. Prescribed meds, e.g. naltrexone help some people quit. It is a positive risk to choose to be sober when others are not--you might find yourself outgrowing them in many ways.
jul 30, 2025, 3:03 pm • 0 0 • view
No judgement. (I am in no position... as a bowl of ice cream is sometimes the only thing keeping me from screaming out loud.)
jul 30, 2025, 2:57 pm • 0 0 • view
I always thought people were exaggerating about that. It's all true!
jul 30, 2025, 6:16 pm • 2 0 • view
Well good for you. You're lucky.
jul 30, 2025, 4:52 pm • 1 0 • view
I’m jealous but I keep trying to get to this point.
jul 30, 2025, 9:49 am • 1 0 • view
Precious you.
jul 30, 2025, 10:10 am • 0 0 • view
There's always another viewpoint.
jul 30, 2025, 1:56 pm • 0 0 • view
There’s always an opportunity to learn when to keep something to yourself - this is not about you. Your not so subtle comments about being ‘better than’ are deeply offensive and reveal a lot.
aug 3, 2025, 5:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Nifty tricks: write the response down on a piece of paper, tell it to your favorite pet, type it in and then save as a draft. All will make you feel just as superior without spreading your condescension and hate.
aug 3, 2025, 5:09 pm • 0 0 • view
Right? I don't want to give up my nightly glass of wine!!
jul 30, 2025, 2:12 pm • 0 0 • view
Same!!!!! Lmao 🤣 at least I want to reduce it even more. As right now I’m still a social / weekend style drinker. But I’d like to go a week to a month with alcohol or liquor. Have a spirit free week or month and see how I’m feeling and looking. 👀
jul 30, 2025, 9:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Those are great goals!
jul 30, 2025, 10:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Get some gummy’s!
jul 31, 2025, 2:36 pm • 0 0 • view
Covid may be responsible for changing the response to alcohol through its effects on heart, liver, and kidney function. Many people have reported a new sensitivity to alcohol and an overall lack of interest in drinking after an infection
jul 30, 2025, 2:12 pm • 2 0 • view
That’s a very interesting take. It absolutely could be. I drank more during Covid. My self esteem plummeted. Being on the other side of alcohol is working for me now.
jul 30, 2025, 2:52 pm • 1 0 • view
California sober ftw! Alcohol free for 7+ years and it was the best decision EVER. There is nothing I miss.
jul 30, 2025, 6:26 pm • 1 0 • view
Just returned from 3weeks in Eastern Europe. I drank more wine then I EVER would drink at. home!!! AlOots of delicious bread! Back to reality for me!
jul 30, 2025, 2:14 pm • 0 0 • view
California sober is the best kind of sober. Congrats on taking back your health.
jul 30, 2025, 11:26 am • 1 0 • view
Now eat vegetarian with little to no processed food and see what it does 👀
jul 31, 2025, 3:34 am • 0 0 • view
I’m trying to get there. It’s a hard time to be sober.
jul 30, 2025, 7:42 pm • 1 0 • view
This is the way.
jul 31, 2025, 4:51 am • 0 0 • view
33+ years sober here.
jul 30, 2025, 4:58 am • 131 0 • view
👌
jul 30, 2025, 10:03 am • 1 0 • view
That’s amazing!!! 🤩
jul 30, 2025, 10:19 am • 2 0 • view
One day at a time.
jul 30, 2025, 7:21 pm • 2 0 • view
30 years for me…don’t miss it!!!
jul 30, 2025, 2:30 pm • 11 0 • view
Ah, a long timer! Congrats!
jul 30, 2025, 7:32 pm • 4 0 • view
Next to my kids best thing I have ever done 😊
jul 30, 2025, 7:34 pm • 4 0 • view
37 years alcohol-free here. Also don’t miss it. Still have high cholesterol tho. Working on sugar now.
jul 30, 2025, 2:48 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah. As I age, bad stuff in my diet like sugar can make me feel hungover. I quit smoking 19 years ago and that made me gain weight! 🤣
jul 30, 2025, 7:37 pm • 1 0 • view
what an inspiration!!!!
jul 30, 2025, 1:36 pm • 2 0 • view
It's been a whole new life!
jul 30, 2025, 7:27 pm • 1 0 • view
What is California sober? Wine only?
jul 30, 2025, 2:52 pm • 3 0 • view
Weed positive sobriety.
jul 30, 2025, 3:12 pm • 11 0 • view
Ah so.
jul 30, 2025, 3:13 pm • 3 0 • view
Quit after a health issue. Never looked back. « I’ll have a glass of red, I’ll have a Diet Coke, are you sure? » was a bit strange for a couple of weeks but not anymore. Also lots more people are stopping booze now. It just makes sense.
jul 30, 2025, 7:30 am • 3 0 • view
Congratulations 👏🎉🎈
jul 30, 2025, 5:11 am • 0 0 • view
I got sober in California 35 years ago. California has the best AA in the nation. I don’t know what you mean by California sober but at five months I’d say you have a lot to learn.
jul 30, 2025, 9:20 am • 0 0 • view
Do you really not know what "California sober" means?
jul 30, 2025, 9:46 am • 3 0 • view
Psst, “California sober” means they don’t drink but still smoke weed/take edibles.
jul 30, 2025, 10:18 am • 3 0 • view
Quit booze 5 years ago this month. Glad I did and good for you.
jul 30, 2025, 8:05 am • 0 0 • view
Congratulations... Addiction sucks... WE can overcome it!
jul 30, 2025, 8:45 am • 1 0 • view
First time hearing the phrase California sober, but immediately knew what it meant. 10 years California sober here. And lemme tell you, I picked a helluva decade to quit drinking.
jul 30, 2025, 8:17 am • 92 0 • view
Same on that phrase, new and old at the same time. Like a California stop at a 4-way. It’s a lot more fun to go out and have 2-3 drinks very occasionally than partying all the time. It’s a more punctuated event, like a vacation.
jul 30, 2025, 4:38 pm • 10 0 • view
Isn't California sober only doing weed?
jul 30, 2025, 6:06 pm • 19 0 • view
Yes. It's called Green & Sober.
jul 31, 2025, 12:08 am • 8 0 • view
Oh maybe, yea. Perhaps my cali sobriety is what made me miss that! 🤣
jul 30, 2025, 6:10 pm • 1 0 • view
I started drinking a pint of stout with dinner a few months back (I don't otherwise drink, but it makes food a treat for me), but my cholesterol is beautiful & my triglicerides are "in range" lol thanks to Crestor! (Weed freaks me out lately, unfortunately.)
jul 30, 2025, 2:33 pm • 2 0 • view
I found if I stick to low THC (less than 22%), I do not have the anxiety. I like a 19% for ‘wake and bake’ on the wknds, I get all my chores done with a smile! I see the 34% bud and imagine I would have to smoke that in bed - because I wouldn’t be able to do anything but roll over 😵💫
jul 30, 2025, 3:37 pm • 2 0 • view
I can take two hits off the same exact flower on two different days, and one day I'll get freaked out & the other I won't. I don't really understand it.
jul 30, 2025, 3:42 pm • 0 0 • view
That was me. Then I found a microdose drink that gives me reliable effects. Love it. Left the link elsewhere in this thread.
jul 31, 2025, 2:59 pm • 2 0 • view
Good for you!
jul 30, 2025, 2:57 pm • 0 0 • view
Dang that’s pretty amazing! I’m a big fan of Pamos when I want to have a cocktail 😊try it, it’s really tasty and does the job w/o alcohol or smoking 👍good for you and your arteries
jul 30, 2025, 10:25 am • 1 0 • view
Yay!! It’s not easy but you did it sounds like you’re doing great. Keep up the good work. Booze really does make you feel lousy
jul 30, 2025, 11:59 pm • 0 0 • view
Awesome
jul 30, 2025, 6:59 am • 1 0 • view
Huge congrats!!! Alcohol is really bad for our bodies. I was a blackout drunk for 25 yrs. I quit when I was diagnosed with cancer five years ago. At the time of my dx my total cholesterol was 400+ points! It is now 160ish. I'm Cali sober as well. 😎👊
jul 30, 2025, 6:33 pm • 4 0 • view
Awesome! Good for you!
jul 30, 2025, 6:18 am • 0 0 • view
Boulder sober includes mushrooms and cannabis. Been Boulder sober for decades.
jul 30, 2025, 5:12 pm • 2 0 • view
Wish I would have realized that alcohol is straight poison for your body. 8 years without it and feel better than ever. And, amen to California sober!
jul 30, 2025, 9:33 pm • 1 0 • view
If everyone was California sober there'd be peace on earth! Congrats 💕
jul 30, 2025, 12:42 pm • 19 0 • view
CA sober here too. When I quit, I lost 30 lbs and my heart rate dropped to where it was when I was a runner. Best thing I ever did for my brain and my body.
jul 30, 2025, 3:48 pm • 10 0 • view
Congratulations!!👏👏🥳🎊💥
jul 30, 2025, 12:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Nice!
jul 30, 2025, 7:07 am • 1 0 • view
Welcome to the party! My favorite part about no booze, mornings - like right now.
jul 30, 2025, 9:59 am • 18 0 • view
Nourishing your endocannabinoid system is the move for total health.
jul 30, 2025, 5:20 am • 1 0 • view
Congrats
jul 30, 2025, 11:17 am • 0 0 • view
Quite the life accomplishment ! You should be proud,now celebrate with some veggies ! 😜
jul 31, 2025, 12:37 am • 0 0 • view
That’s great cali sober is Ital Irie
jul 30, 2025, 5:04 am • 1 0 • view
Good job and Kermit up.
jul 30, 2025, 9:27 am • 8 0 • view
Congratulations!
jul 30, 2025, 10:21 pm • 1 0 • view
Basically me too. I give myself the loophole of “social drinking” but since I’m antisocial that’s effectively full sobriety 🤣
jul 30, 2025, 5:25 am • 7 0 • view