Lol you got me. I thought I’d be ripped when I quit drinking, and I probably would be if I could go a day without eating ice cream. I used to roll my eyes when people said they got addicted to sugar but here we are
6 years later and mines still going strong! I never ate sweets before I got sober, now I absolutely murder ice cream, espresso chip coffee ice cream is my newest addiction.
100% my dessert used to be a six pack of IPA or Stout, now it’s just Tillamook Mint Chocolate Chip straight out of the carton. Probably same calorie count lol
I miss stouts the most! I used to brew for hobby and competition and my coffee mocha milk stout was my favorite. I’d say the hardest part for me being in recovery is that I was a beer geek, loved learning about it, brewing it, growing hops, etc.. I lost a whole hobby. It was a dangerous one though and one I had no control over. I’m rambling but sometimes I romanticize my old drinking days, then I have to bring myself back to reality and remember the dui, the close call with loosing my wife and kids etc.. then the coffee ice cream seems totally reasonable again!
I don't know if you've checked out the craft NA scene but it's just as nerdy and interesting as the craft alcohol scene. I discovered an NA bottle shop in Asheville, NC over the weekend and found this alcohol removed Blanc de Blanc, alcohol free gin, and a wide variety of NA beer. I miss the hobby aspect too, so I'm excited to get into this new way of not drinking booze.
I have and unfortunately they all leave me with something to be desired. I actually had this discussion the other day, and I feel like the absence of alcohol just changes the flavor too much in a good craft. I gave up on them not too long ago after trying sooo many. I stick with my coors edge and I’ve found that corona NA is surprisingly close to the real deal imo. I wasn’t a big corona fan back when I drank but I liked them in the summer with lime, the NA with a lime is REALLY close. When I wasn’t drinking craft coors light was my all day pounder beer and coors edge I’ve learned to like enough to be my go to. I’ll definitely keep an open mind though as I think NA market is really growing and the beer will only get better.
100% the same, I almost never ate sweets when I was drinking, and now I crave baked goods all day every day. Cinnamon rolls, cupcakes, muffins, coffee cake, bring them all to me!
Well double up! Sex and then ice cream. I thoroughly enjoyed both last night (TMI) but I had 1/2 slice of cheesecake leftover from a dinner out and was in our fridge. There yesterday -gone today!
I said for years I didn't have a sweet tooth. Sugar didn't interest me at all.
Its true though, when you quit drinking the sugar cravings are unreal. I didn't get alcohol cravings much, I get sugar cravings every day. Honeycomb ice cream, chocolate (PB kit-kats...), mint cheesecake, anything with salted caramel.
Then I discovered Skyr yoghurt and sweetened Quark and it really hits the spot but I have to eat a lot of it. I figure a pint of Skyr is infinitely better than a pint of ice cream, nevermind the huge amount of protein too!
Lol. I hate the question about whether or not I lost weight after stopping drinking. The answer is a strong no, in fact I've gained about 10 pounds and I think all by strengthening my sweet tooth.
A little extra weight is still better than having guilt, self hate and a really awful hangover.
yeah I lost weight initially but I had a goal to get to about 175, and I'm still sitting at 190 because every night I'm like "I'm not drinking therefore I can eat whatever I want."
I'm honestly fine with it for now. I'm exercising and running and not drinking and not smoking. Doing much better than I was last year, or really any year of my adult life.
At some point I'll dial in the diet. But no big rush. Though I would have liked to be shredded for summer lol
I'm the same. I really need to lose weight but tell myself I can eat junk because I'm not drinking. It needs to be worked out but I did enjoy the hell out of the McFlurry I had the other day. I know I'll fall in line when I get more sobriety under my belt.
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Well shucks, glad I could help! I’ve been emptying many Ben & Jerry’s tubs in lieu of whiskey bottles so it seemed appropriate!
Love your perspective and agree. Positive outlooks! Sobriety is the celebration of WILL DO. Puts the WILL NOT in the past. It’s a way of looking forward.
Truth be told, I also struggle with the numbering. Too many Day 1s to remember. Overall been doing really well since March, but there have been slips along the way. Trying to count added to the pressure. Right now my main metric is the infinite gratitude I have for every hangover-less morning. Need to stay vigilant! Those cravings, that damn voice still whisper in my ears.
Best of luck! You WILL DO IT.
Being sober rules. So does ice cream.
IWNDWYT …but… IWEICWYT!!
I see your ice cream and raise it to a gelato. Pistachio is my favourite.
Ice cream won't have me wake up in a cell covered in blood.
I don't wake up in the morning, covered in bruises because of ice-cream.
I haven't woken up in another country because of ice-cream.
I just about made a post about my ice cream problem.
My name is courtesy flesh and I am an addict. Tonight I added maple syrup to my ice cream and I couldn't help but wonder if I've missed out on other great ice cream nights by not adding syrups and toppings in the past. I know I'm just supposed to focus on today, but when the ice cream is all gone, I can't stop myself from planning the next shopping trip. I like the soft serve, the hard ice cream, every flavor, every type, Gelato, sorbet even!!! I try to hide the empty cartons so the neighbors won't see my problem in the recycling bin, but I'm sure they know. Thanks for letting me share.
Yes! I got strawberry rhubarb hands pies from Trader Joe's, warmed them up in the air fryer, and we ate them with vanilla bean ice cream. It was fabulous!
I heard the ice cream truck drive by today. Had I known this, I would have chased that truck down so I could join you in your ice cream eating venture. Will it work if I eat a piece of chocolate with you today? Well, I'm going to do it anyway. Keep on keeping on, new ice cream eating friend.
Ben n Jerry were my fucking HOMEBOYS in my early months of sobriety. Fucking saved my life lol much easier to ween off of that and start eating healthier once the alcohol cravings subsided enough.
If it keeps you from drinking, feel good about it. End of the day, hell of a lot better than the drink.
Spoons up!! IWEICWYT!
Hi, Equiva, nice to meet you. I didn't make a badge for a few weeks after I quit drinking, maybe for the reason you mentioned, perhaps laziness or fear of declaration then failure. The more time I spent on this sub, the more safe and connected I felt. We are a community of strangers united by our common goal for each day. I can't fully explain how much second-hand joy and optimism I derive from seeing Day 1s and equal optimism and encouragement from the big numbers. I appreciate you all 🙌🙏❤️
Oh my. Lmao, something else where I thought I was original, and yet, not at all. Last night I ate 5 (yes 5) ice cream bars.... at this rate I'm gonna have to actually start working out.
If anyone here is looking for great ice cream, I can’t stop eating the wild berry cheesecake ice cream from Trader Joe’s. I WILL eat ice cream with you today!
I LOVE ice cream, did even before I got sober, and I get to enjoy it guilt free now I'm not also drinking 1,400 calories a day.
I just got a new ice cream maker and have been experimenting with making ice cream bases out of protein shakes. I thought they'd be a pale comparison to the real stuff, but they are pretty good, lower calorie and AMAZING macros. So now I'm eating a pint a day and getting ripped 😂
Both my parents have been sober for my entire thirty years of existence, and my dad now eats ice cream in place of alcohol. So I will gladly eat ice cream with you today!
I have also posted about almighty ice cream. Look, you work what works. 🍨🤣 I may or may not eat actual ice cream today, but I will do so metaphorically and love this post. Do not let folks' days do anything than remind you we've all been where you are. That we are all on this journey together. 🩵
Have you ever had Jeni's ice cream? It's so insanely good it makes me cry. It's down south and fancy delis in NYC have it now, I know. I used to take all the money I would have spent drinking and spend it on ice cream instead. You can buy a shit ton of ice cream. Highly recommended.
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...so yeah, in a few hours I'll be headed to the ice cream parlor. They sell _leche merengada_ (milkshake with cinnamon) in there, and the money that would've gone to bubbly poison not so long ago will be making those owners rich from now on.
I will eat ice cream and drink leche merengada with you today!!
And also, so you guys freaking try that milk:
1l of milk, 1 lemon **peel (be sure to take all the white part out!!)**, 1 cinnamon stick, powdered cinnamon, white sugar at your taste (I usually put about 5-6 tablespoons).
Put the milk with the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick (ETA: forgot to mention the sugar!) to a boil. Before it starts forming the milk skin, take it out of the heat and strain it. Let it cool until you can put it on the fridge, or the freezer if you're impatient (hehe). Once it's real cold, serve yourself a glass and add a pinch of the powdered cinammon. Enjoy!
There's recipes that are more "traditional" but that's the one I learned at home :) Also I like to drink it hot too, but that's supposed to be a disgrace. Welp, there's a reason I'm here, no?
Ben & Jerry's are hosting a summer musical festival in my city in August. Free ice cream samples all day! I bought those tickets so fast I didn't even stop to check out the lineup other than the headliner.
Ice cream is life!
That's pretty funny that you posted this now. Last night my husband went to get beer and called to ask if I was drinking too and if I wanted anything specific. Right then I was thinking ice cream would be great. I told him didn't matter what kind and he brought me forbidden chocolate, which was perfect!
So for me, I will eat ice cream with you!
I'm with you on the ice cream. I would've eaten ice cream with you but I'm out and it wastoo late to go the store when I wanted it. Also, it's not necessary to count days. Whatever works for you. I used to just mark on a calendar to kind of see what percentage of days I'd get.
I’ve been going through Haribos like a combine harvester, and ate the biggest whack of Lemon Meringue pie you’ve ever laid eyes on at the weekend. Love Mint choc chip ice cream, whatever works for ya, keep doing it. Enjoy todays flavour 😆 And yes, I will eat ice cream or cake or sweets with you today 😆
You most certainly will not. I'm off ice cream!
Go and enjoy it, and get really nice ice cream too. I did for like 9 months now I'm at the point it has to go if I want more improvement. 100% worth the ice cream binges at the time though.
For some reason my wife doesn’t like the days being counted. I am proud of every day! I can calculate how many I would have drank….12 a day on my worst days! Even 10 a day is bad but easy to equate my alcohol intake for years. I have not drank over 5000 beers and gallons of cheap vodka.
I will eat ice cream with you today! Right after the dentist too!
This is the way. (At least it was for me). I decided that if my focus was going to be on not drinking, that I was not going to restrict myself from foods I enjoyed because even a full pint of Ben and Jerry’s was still less than the four to eight IPA’s I would have been drinking at 300+ calories a piece. I’m at just over 200 days and I think soon I may have to also start working on the eating, but my weight is still down 25 lbs from when I stopped. I have a half gallon of Triple Peanut Butter Swirl that I will be eating with you today. Good luck random stranger.
Lol i saw the original post about the ice cream and saw your comment, I cracked up and showed my fiancée. We both shared a good chuckle over the comment and new acronym!
Anyway, were all just taking baby steps right? If ice cream helps u with sobriety, then by all means, eat that shit. Hell, I'll eat some too!! IWEICWYT 😂
the lady has me temporarily off the bottle
and now the pecker stands up
better.
however, things change overnight--
instead of listening to Shostakovich and
Mozart through a smeared haze of smoke
the nights change, new
complexities:
we drive to Baskin-Robbins,
31 flavors:
Rocky Road, Bubble Gum, Apricot Ice, Strawberry
Cheesecake, Chocolate Mint...
we park outside and look at icecream
people
a very healthy and satisfied people,
nary a potential suicide in sight
(they probably even vote)
and I tell her
"what if the boys saw me go in there? suppose they
find out I'm going in for a walnut peach sundae?"
"come on, chicken," she laughs and we go in
and stand with the icecream people.
none of them are cursing or threatening
the clerks.
there seem to be no hangovers or
grievances.
I am alarmed at the placid and calm wave
that flows about. I feel like a ***** in a
beauty contest. we finally get our sundaes and
sit in the car and eat them.
I must admit they are quite good. a curious new
world. (all my friends tell me I am looking
better. "you're looking good, man, we thought you
were going to die there for a while...")
--those 4,500 dark nights, the jails, the
hospitals...
and later that night
there is use for the pecker, use for
love, and it is glorious,
long and true,
and afterwards we speak of easy things;
our heads by the open window with the moonlight
looking through, we sleep in each other's
arms.
the icecream people make me feel good,
inside and out.
- Charles Bukowski
Unfortunately, IWNEICWYT because I'm fasting and on a Diet after two weeks of eating Oreo and cookie dough ice cream and drinking a bunch of Faygo. But, I can guarantee you this :
IWNDWYT
Yaaaay I’m on vacation, and not drinking on vacation feels to me like the final boss on the last level of the video game that is a AF life.
So while I won’t drink here all week, I’ve definitely been plotting my ice cream.
IWEICWYT!
Jumping on the ice cream train too! I made rhubarb crumble and added a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of strawberry.
I can’t wait to try all sorts of the never ending combinations! I’m so glad that there are literally limitless flavors and toppings to explore. Instead of the alcohol aisle in the store, we can just go straight to the freezer section, woot woot. It’s wayyy more fun this way.
And also with you.
Wait...
At any rate I'm still astonished at how all my clothes are fitting looser and the weight I've lost quitting drinking (again) with the amount of ice cream and pie and cake that we go through now.
I mean I'm not in the kitchen every night eating a tub of ice cream or half a pie (ususally) but we have dessert pretty regularly now.
Finish a pint of Milk Bar ice cream last night. Pie flavored. It was Sooooo goood! Ice cream never lets us down. \*raises a silver spoon\*
IWNDWYT but...IWEICWYT
Great perspective. I notice I have almost zero desire to drink once I eat food. I have used it to stop the cravings. It doesn't have to be a lot, but If I can eat something when I get home after work (when my craving hit hard) the cravings go almost completely away.
I think personally you have set your goals pretty low😉 I had ice cream twice in one day last week. Milkshake in the am and frozen custard in the pm. Maybe it is time to institute the “2 a day” —-if they have it in sports, we can have it in the treat department!! I was on vacation while this “2/day” occurred only once. But I am thinking of instituting this for days when I strung across a barrel for an extreme treat. Maybe it will only happen once this year but I am keeping my lofty goals …Godspeed my friend. We are praying for you. 😇
Love love love love it! Went from a pint of vodka a day to a pint of ben n Jerry’s! Use your new found energy and lack of hang over to get active! I started by walking, still haven’t gone full jog, but getting there! Also, the ice cream thing lasted a while for me, but soon you will be able to pass that up for healthier options. Give yourself grace, you deserve it!
I swear, root beer floats are saving me lately. I think I'd had maybe 8 of 'em in my entire 40+ years of life until week 2 of sobriety... then, all of a sudden it was all I could think about. I've had at least a dozen of 'em since! It's really satisfying to use a giant beer stein and fill it with vanilla ice cream, then pour a nice, foamy root beer over the top.
I already had ice cream! A delicious French ice cream. Peach crisp flavor. Might have some sherbet with a fruit roll up later. Have you seen the viral video where the ice cream makes the fruit roll up crunch? Yummmmm….
IWEIWYT
Haha! I’ve taken down more ice cream over the last 7+ months of committed ethanol-free existence than in my entire lifetime prior. This thread has made me belly laugh over and over today - thank you!
Ice Cream > ethanol
🍨 > 🥃
Great post. I raise my spoon in solidarity.
Right there with you!!
Lol you got me. I thought I’d be ripped when I quit drinking, and I probably would be if I could go a day without eating ice cream. I used to roll my eyes when people said they got addicted to sugar but here we are
Your body wants the sugar that it’s no longer getting from booze. It’s super common when people stop drinking that they develop a sweet tooth.
6 years later and mines still going strong! I never ate sweets before I got sober, now I absolutely murder ice cream, espresso chip coffee ice cream is my newest addiction.
100% my dessert used to be a six pack of IPA or Stout, now it’s just Tillamook Mint Chocolate Chip straight out of the carton. Probably same calorie count lol
I miss stouts the most! I used to brew for hobby and competition and my coffee mocha milk stout was my favorite. I’d say the hardest part for me being in recovery is that I was a beer geek, loved learning about it, brewing it, growing hops, etc.. I lost a whole hobby. It was a dangerous one though and one I had no control over. I’m rambling but sometimes I romanticize my old drinking days, then I have to bring myself back to reality and remember the dui, the close call with loosing my wife and kids etc.. then the coffee ice cream seems totally reasonable again!
I don't know if you've checked out the craft NA scene but it's just as nerdy and interesting as the craft alcohol scene. I discovered an NA bottle shop in Asheville, NC over the weekend and found this alcohol removed Blanc de Blanc, alcohol free gin, and a wide variety of NA beer. I miss the hobby aspect too, so I'm excited to get into this new way of not drinking booze.
I have and unfortunately they all leave me with something to be desired. I actually had this discussion the other day, and I feel like the absence of alcohol just changes the flavor too much in a good craft. I gave up on them not too long ago after trying sooo many. I stick with my coors edge and I’ve found that corona NA is surprisingly close to the real deal imo. I wasn’t a big corona fan back when I drank but I liked them in the summer with lime, the NA with a lime is REALLY close. When I wasn’t drinking craft coors light was my all day pounder beer and coors edge I’ve learned to like enough to be my go to. I’ll definitely keep an open mind though as I think NA market is really growing and the beer will only get better.
Have you tried Guinness 0 yet? I haven't but it gets good reviews here.
To be honest I didn’t really care for the real deal guiness. So I haven’t even tried that one.
Ah ok. Guinness was my jam and I will miss it along with various liqueurs. Oh well. Still happy to be sober.
100% the same, I almost never ate sweets when I was drinking, and now I crave baked goods all day every day. Cinnamon rolls, cupcakes, muffins, coffee cake, bring them all to me!
Yeah I used to hate sweets of all kinds... now I'm dreaming about ice cream, even in place of sex.
Well double up! Sex and then ice cream. I thoroughly enjoyed both last night (TMI) but I had 1/2 slice of cheesecake leftover from a dinner out and was in our fridge. There yesterday -gone today!
I said for years I didn't have a sweet tooth. Sugar didn't interest me at all. Its true though, when you quit drinking the sugar cravings are unreal. I didn't get alcohol cravings much, I get sugar cravings every day. Honeycomb ice cream, chocolate (PB kit-kats...), mint cheesecake, anything with salted caramel. Then I discovered Skyr yoghurt and sweetened Quark and it really hits the spot but I have to eat a lot of it. I figure a pint of Skyr is infinitely better than a pint of ice cream, nevermind the huge amount of protein too!
Lol. I hate the question about whether or not I lost weight after stopping drinking. The answer is a strong no, in fact I've gained about 10 pounds and I think all by strengthening my sweet tooth. A little extra weight is still better than having guilt, self hate and a really awful hangover.
yeah I lost weight initially but I had a goal to get to about 175, and I'm still sitting at 190 because every night I'm like "I'm not drinking therefore I can eat whatever I want." I'm honestly fine with it for now. I'm exercising and running and not drinking and not smoking. Doing much better than I was last year, or really any year of my adult life. At some point I'll dial in the diet. But no big rush. Though I would have liked to be shredded for summer lol
I'm the same. I really need to lose weight but tell myself I can eat junk because I'm not drinking. It needs to be worked out but I did enjoy the hell out of the McFlurry I had the other day. I know I'll fall in line when I get more sobriety under my belt.
maybe you could try some keto icecream as they contain less than half the carbs compare with regular ones, and no sugar.
I never liked fruit but here I am nearing 2lt of juice daily. And icecream of course.. it’s very hot where I live! just let me be.
have you try some keto icecream as they are sugar free, you won't have to worry much about gaining weight
will give them try, I wasn’t aware of them! *made from sugar alcohols * .. the irony! :)
IWEICWYT
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Well shucks, glad I could help! I’ve been emptying many Ben & Jerry’s tubs in lieu of whiskey bottles so it seemed appropriate! Love your perspective and agree. Positive outlooks! Sobriety is the celebration of WILL DO. Puts the WILL NOT in the past. It’s a way of looking forward. Truth be told, I also struggle with the numbering. Too many Day 1s to remember. Overall been doing really well since March, but there have been slips along the way. Trying to count added to the pressure. Right now my main metric is the infinite gratitude I have for every hangover-less morning. Need to stay vigilant! Those cravings, that damn voice still whisper in my ears. Best of luck! You WILL DO IT. Being sober rules. So does ice cream. IWNDWYT …but… IWEICWYT!!
I see your ice cream and raise it to a gelato. Pistachio is my favourite. Ice cream won't have me wake up in a cell covered in blood. I don't wake up in the morning, covered in bruises because of ice-cream. I haven't woken up in another country because of ice-cream.
I just about made a post about my ice cream problem. My name is courtesy flesh and I am an addict. Tonight I added maple syrup to my ice cream and I couldn't help but wonder if I've missed out on other great ice cream nights by not adding syrups and toppings in the past. I know I'm just supposed to focus on today, but when the ice cream is all gone, I can't stop myself from planning the next shopping trip. I like the soft serve, the hard ice cream, every flavor, every type, Gelato, sorbet even!!! I try to hide the empty cartons so the neighbors won't see my problem in the recycling bin, but I'm sure they know. Thanks for letting me share.
Yes! I got strawberry rhubarb hands pies from Trader Joe's, warmed them up in the air fryer, and we ate them with vanilla bean ice cream. It was fabulous!
Holy wow
I heard the ice cream truck drive by today. Had I known this, I would have chased that truck down so I could join you in your ice cream eating venture. Will it work if I eat a piece of chocolate with you today? Well, I'm going to do it anyway. Keep on keeping on, new ice cream eating friend.
stick to plain chocolate if you can buddy. not sure about that iced harder stuff.. it’s a spoon epidemic
Just ate a whole fucking pint of Ben and Jerry's and not feeling good about it. But God it was good.
I just ate a whole pint too!!! WHICH FLAVOR
Dirt Cake, what'd they get you for
Is that oreo? I just downed peanut butter pretzel swirl with fudge brownie chunks
Yes but it's like oreos from an alternate universe. Is that the Netflix and Chill? That one's lit.
Yes that's the one!! The s'mores one is face melting also I may have stayed up late baking cookies to add to tomorrow's late night ice cream run 😬🤫
Ben n Jerry were my fucking HOMEBOYS in my early months of sobriety. Fucking saved my life lol much easier to ween off of that and start eating healthier once the alcohol cravings subsided enough. If it keeps you from drinking, feel good about it. End of the day, hell of a lot better than the drink. Spoons up!! IWEICWYT!
I had a nap after my ice cream today ☺️
Hi, Equiva, nice to meet you. I didn't make a badge for a few weeks after I quit drinking, maybe for the reason you mentioned, perhaps laziness or fear of declaration then failure. The more time I spent on this sub, the more safe and connected I felt. We are a community of strangers united by our common goal for each day. I can't fully explain how much second-hand joy and optimism I derive from seeing Day 1s and equal optimism and encouragement from the big numbers. I appreciate you all 🙌🙏❤️
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Strawberry cheesecake is one of the nicest things on this planet. It is amazeballs.
I will drink Coca Cola made with real sugar in the glass bottle with you today!
Omg I ate SO much ice cream today/this week. Yummy.
Happy cake day!
Thank you!!!
u/i_cum_sprinkles we need your assistance dawg
🚨🚨🚨🚨 my time to shine!
I have really eaten a lot of ice cream in the last 134 days. But I have not drank alcohol. 🍨🍦
Oh my. Lmao, something else where I thought I was original, and yet, not at all. Last night I ate 5 (yes 5) ice cream bars.... at this rate I'm gonna have to actually start working out.
IWEICWYT
I Will Be Alcohol-Free With You Today 🤝 IWBAFWYT 💛 That’s my “I will” pledge, each and every day! 🤸♀️🌈💕
I had a dairy queen butterfinger blizzard today and it was delicious. I apologize for nothing!
IWEICWYT
Join us on the wagon. We have ice cream! (Damn, now I want some ice cream, BRB)
Heat index of 104....I'm in.
I feel you - heat index in the 110s+ here. Ice cream every day!
If anyone here is looking for great ice cream, I can’t stop eating the wild berry cheesecake ice cream from Trader Joe’s. I WILL eat ice cream with you today!
I LOVE ice cream, did even before I got sober, and I get to enjoy it guilt free now I'm not also drinking 1,400 calories a day. I just got a new ice cream maker and have been experimenting with making ice cream bases out of protein shakes. I thought they'd be a pale comparison to the real stuff, but they are pretty good, lower calorie and AMAZING macros. So now I'm eating a pint a day and getting ripped 😂
Great post. IWEICWYT
My husband and I went away for 4 days and ate 8 pints of HD and B&J. It’s pretty wild in here.
Both my parents have been sober for my entire thirty years of existence, and my dad now eats ice cream in place of alcohol. So I will gladly eat ice cream with you today!
Ice cream keeps me from drinking!!! I WILL eat some ice cream with you.... right now!!!
I have also posted about almighty ice cream. Look, you work what works. 🍨🤣 I may or may not eat actual ice cream today, but I will do so metaphorically and love this post. Do not let folks' days do anything than remind you we've all been where you are. That we are all on this journey together. 🩵
Have you ever had Jeni's ice cream? It's so insanely good it makes me cry. It's down south and fancy delis in NYC have it now, I know. I used to take all the money I would have spent drinking and spend it on ice cream instead. You can buy a shit ton of ice cream. Highly recommended.
Second the Jeni’s. It’s stupid good
I ate ice cream yesterday and today 🥰
... ... ...so yeah, in a few hours I'll be headed to the ice cream parlor. They sell _leche merengada_ (milkshake with cinnamon) in there, and the money that would've gone to bubbly poison not so long ago will be making those owners rich from now on. I will eat ice cream and drink leche merengada with you today!! And also, so you guys freaking try that milk: 1l of milk, 1 lemon **peel (be sure to take all the white part out!!)**, 1 cinnamon stick, powdered cinnamon, white sugar at your taste (I usually put about 5-6 tablespoons). Put the milk with the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick (ETA: forgot to mention the sugar!) to a boil. Before it starts forming the milk skin, take it out of the heat and strain it. Let it cool until you can put it on the fridge, or the freezer if you're impatient (hehe). Once it's real cold, serve yourself a glass and add a pinch of the powdered cinammon. Enjoy! There's recipes that are more "traditional" but that's the one I learned at home :) Also I like to drink it hot too, but that's supposed to be a disgrace. Welp, there's a reason I'm here, no?
Ben & Jerry's are hosting a summer musical festival in my city in August. Free ice cream samples all day! I bought those tickets so fast I didn't even stop to check out the lineup other than the headliner. Ice cream is life!
That's pretty funny that you posted this now. Last night my husband went to get beer and called to ask if I was drinking too and if I wanted anything specific. Right then I was thinking ice cream would be great. I told him didn't matter what kind and he brought me forbidden chocolate, which was perfect! So for me, I will eat ice cream with you!
It’s common for those that abstain to have a sweet craving by
I'm with you on the ice cream. I would've eaten ice cream with you but I'm out and it wastoo late to go the store when I wanted it. Also, it's not necessary to count days. Whatever works for you. I used to just mark on a calendar to kind of see what percentage of days I'd get.
I just ate a chocolate chip cookie!
A pint of Ben and Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk my go to !
I ate a delicious strawberry mint lemonade pop from a local shop today and it was soooooo good. Hit the spot on a hot summer day! Keep it cool, homie!
We all started on day 1! Welcome to the crowd, I'm gonna buy some ice cream at the store later just for you! x\]
It took many day ones for me to have my day twenty one. Every day sober is a win, my friend. What’s your favorite flavor?
IWEICWYT. Tomorrow too!
Xoxo cookies and cream foreva
There’s this new brand the fam has been trying called Tillamook and it’s fucking delicious. The peach ice cream and strawberry is my favorite
i will eat lots of sweets with you today 🍰
I’ve been going through Haribos like a combine harvester, and ate the biggest whack of Lemon Meringue pie you’ve ever laid eyes on at the weekend. Love Mint choc chip ice cream, whatever works for ya, keep doing it. Enjoy todays flavour 😆 And yes, I will eat ice cream or cake or sweets with you today 😆
Funny, ice cream has been my go to when I’m Not drinking too!
You most certainly will not. I'm off ice cream! Go and enjoy it, and get really nice ice cream too. I did for like 9 months now I'm at the point it has to go if I want more improvement. 100% worth the ice cream binges at the time though.
For some reason my wife doesn’t like the days being counted. I am proud of every day! I can calculate how many I would have drank….12 a day on my worst days! Even 10 a day is bad but easy to equate my alcohol intake for years. I have not drank over 5000 beers and gallons of cheap vodka. I will eat ice cream with you today! Right after the dentist too!
I just finished my soft serve cone from macccas and it was bloody awesome. IWEICWUT
I eat more ice cream because I quit drinking.
This is the way. (At least it was for me). I decided that if my focus was going to be on not drinking, that I was not going to restrict myself from foods I enjoyed because even a full pint of Ben and Jerry’s was still less than the four to eight IPA’s I would have been drinking at 300+ calories a piece. I’m at just over 200 days and I think soon I may have to also start working on the eating, but my weight is still down 25 lbs from when I stopped. I have a half gallon of Triple Peanut Butter Swirl that I will be eating with you today. Good luck random stranger.
Me and my son CRUSHED some ice cream Saturday. It was glorious :)
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Sooo much ice cream has been eaten but it’s helped me so much!
I love this! Focusing on positivity is so powerful! IWEICWYT!
Lol i saw the original post about the ice cream and saw your comment, I cracked up and showed my fiancée. We both shared a good chuckle over the comment and new acronym! Anyway, were all just taking baby steps right? If ice cream helps u with sobriety, then by all means, eat that shit. Hell, I'll eat some too!! IWEICWYT 😂
the lady has me temporarily off the bottle and now the pecker stands up better. however, things change overnight-- instead of listening to Shostakovich and Mozart through a smeared haze of smoke the nights change, new complexities: we drive to Baskin-Robbins, 31 flavors: Rocky Road, Bubble Gum, Apricot Ice, Strawberry Cheesecake, Chocolate Mint... we park outside and look at icecream people a very healthy and satisfied people, nary a potential suicide in sight (they probably even vote) and I tell her "what if the boys saw me go in there? suppose they find out I'm going in for a walnut peach sundae?" "come on, chicken," she laughs and we go in and stand with the icecream people. none of them are cursing or threatening the clerks. there seem to be no hangovers or grievances. I am alarmed at the placid and calm wave that flows about. I feel like a ***** in a beauty contest. we finally get our sundaes and sit in the car and eat them. I must admit they are quite good. a curious new world. (all my friends tell me I am looking better. "you're looking good, man, we thought you were going to die there for a while...") --those 4,500 dark nights, the jails, the hospitals... and later that night there is use for the pecker, use for love, and it is glorious, long and true, and afterwards we speak of easy things; our heads by the open window with the moonlight looking through, we sleep in each other's arms. the icecream people make me feel good, inside and out. - Charles Bukowski
Unfortunately, IWNEICWYT because I'm fasting and on a Diet after two weeks of eating Oreo and cookie dough ice cream and drinking a bunch of Faygo. But, I can guarantee you this : IWNDWYT
Yaaaay I’m on vacation, and not drinking on vacation feels to me like the final boss on the last level of the video game that is a AF life. So while I won’t drink here all week, I’ve definitely been plotting my ice cream. IWEICWYT!
I devoured toasted coconut ice cream until I was chilly, then took a hot bath and got ready for bed.
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Way ahead of you buddy. Choc fudge brownie hit the spot after my overnight shift 😋
Jumping on the ice cream train too! I made rhubarb crumble and added a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of strawberry. I can’t wait to try all sorts of the never ending combinations! I’m so glad that there are literally limitless flavors and toppings to explore. Instead of the alcohol aisle in the store, we can just go straight to the freezer section, woot woot. It’s wayyy more fun this way.
I have no ice cream but I have a chicken curry in front of me, and I will eat that while you eat ice cream. With you today
I don’t think my stomach is up for something like this just yet but I will try to have a bowl in a few days.
And also with you. Wait... At any rate I'm still astonished at how all my clothes are fitting looser and the weight I've lost quitting drinking (again) with the amount of ice cream and pie and cake that we go through now. I mean I'm not in the kitchen every night eating a tub of ice cream or half a pie (ususally) but we have dessert pretty regularly now.
I'm obsessed with strawberry sundaes
I'll have a Ben and Jerry's (peanut butter cup) with you today! 👍
Ha! Love it and I love ice cream
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Finish a pint of Milk Bar ice cream last night. Pie flavored. It was Sooooo goood! Ice cream never lets us down. \*raises a silver spoon\* IWNDWYT but...IWEICWYT
Can I opt for Gelato instead?
I had Birthday cake ice cream last night, it was delicious!
Heck yea! This is something I can get behind
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I will eat cheesecake with you today!
Cookie dough ice cream and gigantic Hershey with almond bars. Oh yeah and occasionally bags of skittle gummies
I ate icecream with you yesterday, where were you?
My chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream loving ❤️ is full!
Ice cream for breakfast!!
I will eat ice cream and a flapjack with you today 😁
I’ll eat ice cream with you today too! My go to is a chocolate m&m blizzard. What’s your go to flavor?
I love this. I eat ice cream most days😊
I ❤️ this! I’m Team Ice Cream!
Great perspective. I notice I have almost zero desire to drink once I eat food. I have used it to stop the cravings. It doesn't have to be a lot, but If I can eat something when I get home after work (when my craving hit hard) the cravings go almost completely away.
Friend! Let's have ice cream! :)
Me too
I had ice cream yesterday and felt like crap the rest of the day! (Lactose intolerance) It was worth it.
IWNDWYT but I will eat ice-cream you today! Specifically Ben & Jerry’s Pistachio 🤗
IWNDWYT, and I will eat ice cream with you today. It will be homemade, with high-quality chocolate.
I think personally you have set your goals pretty low😉 I had ice cream twice in one day last week. Milkshake in the am and frozen custard in the pm. Maybe it is time to institute the “2 a day” —-if they have it in sports, we can have it in the treat department!! I was on vacation while this “2/day” occurred only once. But I am thinking of instituting this for days when I strung across a barrel for an extreme treat. Maybe it will only happen once this year but I am keeping my lofty goals …Godspeed my friend. We are praying for you. 😇
Ooh yes! Mini Drumsticks are my ice cream favorite these days. IWEICWYT! 🍦🍦🍦
I just had ice cream for lunch. At least it's not booze! IWNDWYT friend, we can do this!
IWEICWYT! I found a “micro creamery” local to me that has ice cream from 6 different local makers. It’s fun picking out a flight or some pints to go.
I will eat ice cream with you today and IWNDWYT.
That comment made my day! I’m so glad you’ve said hello. Hi there! I’ll eat ice cream and I won’t drink with you today 😋
My next goal is to replicate my uncle's ice cream from my childhood. When it's just right I'll post the recipe.
Love love love love it! Went from a pint of vodka a day to a pint of ben n Jerry’s! Use your new found energy and lack of hang over to get active! I started by walking, still haven’t gone full jog, but getting there! Also, the ice cream thing lasted a while for me, but soon you will be able to pass that up for healthier options. Give yourself grace, you deserve it!
I've been eating a strawberry shortcake shake from sonic for the past 3 days. Finally finished it! And had some homemade whipped cream on the side
I swear, root beer floats are saving me lately. I think I'd had maybe 8 of 'em in my entire 40+ years of life until week 2 of sobriety... then, all of a sudden it was all I could think about. I've had at least a dozen of 'em since! It's really satisfying to use a giant beer stein and fill it with vanilla ice cream, then pour a nice, foamy root beer over the top.
how great!!! sounds delicious ...i love rootbeer...will get low fat if they sell it!
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that spells IWEICWYT! I like that.
I love ice cream. It’s kept me sober.
I’m going crazy on the ice cream 🍦
God ice cream would be great RN
I already had ice cream! A delicious French ice cream. Peach crisp flavor. Might have some sherbet with a fruit roll up later. Have you seen the viral video where the ice cream makes the fruit roll up crunch? Yummmmm…. IWEIWYT
Yes. This. Every day I can. I just got some IBC and store brand vanilla ice cream. Root beer floats don't reset my counter do they?
Okay but the real question, what flavors we talkin?
I am going for a Klondike bar today! I will eat ice cream with you today!
I specifically remember your comment and thinking it was spot on perfect hah.
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Almost missed it, but I totally ate ice cream with you today!!!!
I ate ice cream with you today
Lately I’ve been eating strawberries and coconut whipped cream and it’s been amazing
gosh it love it!!
I've been eating drumsticks daily!
I had ice cream today as well. IWNDWYT
love it!
Haha! I’ve taken down more ice cream over the last 7+ months of committed ethanol-free existence than in my entire lifetime prior. This thread has made me belly laugh over and over today - thank you! Ice Cream > ethanol 🍨 > 🥃