The Next Day Thread 10th May
The fact of not drinking scares all of us. We are so used to it being to only way to cope with whatever we find stressful. For me it is a basic lack of self esteem. But you know what? Once you give the alcohol away and have a number of alcohol free days, you actually feel so great you wonder why you ever got onto the roller coaster. It's not easy, but believe me, I have been drinking for a lot longer than you and I got 67 days under my belt. 80 days sober until I went on a stupid binge. I am still kicking myself for that and it's hard to get back to AF. I will tho.
The first thing you need to do is make a determined decision to stop. And remember always, the reason you want to stop. Second, get rid of all alcohol in the house. I know if I have alcohol in the house it is too much of a temptation to say I can have one drink. Well, you know the rest.
We are here for you. I suggest you post your post that you have done here under either Just Starting Out or General Discussion. You will get support from so many more people.
PM me if you want some personal advice, but if you have read through this thread tonight, you will see I am having personal issues of my own, so I may not be able to answer you immediately.
The fact of not drinking scares all of us. We are so used to it being to only way to cope with whatever we find stressful. For me it is a basic lack of self esteem. But you know what? Once you give the alcohol away and have a number of alcohol free days, you actually feel so great you wonder why you ever got onto the roller coaster. It's not easy, but believe me, I have been drinking for a lot longer than you and I got 67 days under my belt. 80 days sober until I went on a stupid binge. I am still kicking myself for that and it's hard to get back to AF. I will tho.
The first thing you need to do is make a determined decision to stop. And remember always, the reason you want to stop. Second, get rid of all alcohol in the house. I know if I have alcohol in the house it is too much of a temptation to say I can have one drink. Well, you know the rest.
We are here for you. I suggest you post your post that you have done here under either Just Starting Out or General Discussion. You will get support from so many more people.
PM me if you want some personal advice, but if you have read through this thread tonight, you will see I am having personal issues of my own, so I may not be able to answer you immediately.
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