like an accident. ([info]arachnerd) wrote in [info]clean_n_sober,
@ 2008-04-13 16:13:00
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I had an epiphany today. I've been trying to come to terms with the fact that not only have I been celibate for about three years now, I haven't had any actual desire either. Even though my level of "desire" doesn't feel any different than it did before, the thought of actually being with another person just means nothing to me, and actually kind of disgusts me now. It finally popped into my head today that I've never had sex while I was sober, nor have I ever wanted to. It's almost as if, since sex and alcohol were always tied together, they still are, and since I'm disgusted with the way I was when I drank - with the concept of me drinking all together - I am now disgusted by the thought of ever having sex again. I wonder what the fuck I really did to myself through those couple or so years of drinking, psychologically.


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[info]duster340
2008-04-13 11:57 pm UTC (link)
What you mention is pretty similar to how I feel and acted. It was almost as if my sex drive awoke when I drank, and it compelled me to put myself in situations and act in ways that frankly appall me now, just for sexual gratification.

Now I'm sober, my sex drive has completely fallen away and I find any kind of physical contact extremely discomforting. I don't even think about sex now, whereas I used to be a complete walking hornbag.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like this, but with me now it's almost as if I don't even miss it. That might change in the future, but for now it's not even an issue.

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[info]arachnerd
2008-04-14 02:51 am UTC (link)
Certain people I used to be involved with were pretty surprised when I suddenly decided to end it (these were people I was pretty much only involved with for sexual purposes). One especially, and it got so weird that we haven't even seen each other in like a year. I guess it just goes to show me that my friends maybe weren't the best when I was drinking either.

I don't even know why I let the fact that I don't want to have sex bother me, because I don't have a significant other or anything. Maybe now that I've figured out what's probably behind it, it won't seem like such a big deal anymore. It's just hard to see everyone around you doing something they find completely normal and even necessary and you have no desire for it.

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[info]nicksail
2008-04-15 04:39 am UTC (link)
I got sober while married, gave the marriage 2 years of honest effort to work, and finally left when it became apparent that the more "whole" I became, the more desperate she got. From that point on, I was celibate for 6 years. I had no desire for a relationship, therefore, no desire to become entangled sexually. Funny thing about sex drive - the longer you go without, the less you want it. At 6 years, I had a chance encounter that led to a very enjoyable 3 months of companionship and - yes, sex as well. Another year without went by before I met the woman I am now married to. I would have to say we have a normal sex life, and it is fulfilling. But I am not as driven about it as when I was drinking. I no longer have as much to prove.

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[info]swalloh
2008-04-15 10:15 am UTC (link)
woah, i can relate to that. I really hope you learn to separate the two and are able to enjoy passion again because it's a beautiful aspect of sobriety :)

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SUPERNATURAL LIGHT
clonnie
2008-04-15 11:56 am UTC (link)
For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness,"[a]made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 4-6

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[info]guidotsg
2008-04-15 02:50 pm UTC (link)
It will take time, but eventually you will be ready to have sex again. It has as much to do with how vulnerable you are when that intimate with someone as the disgust with previous acts. When you are ready and meet the right person, it will happen natrualy. Having sex for the first time sober was terrifing for me. But well worth it. I am still great friends with him even though we did not end up together in the long run.

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