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    #31
    15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

    Thank you for sharing fhese points Johnny. I'm going to make every effort to embrace these and incorporate them into my daily life. Very very powerful if you keep mindful of each point. GREAT STUFF and would love to see much more. Thanks again...John
    Outside of a dog a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read

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      #32
      15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

      I've been away for a couple of days so will continue with this thread shortly. Pardon the interuption as they would say
      AF since 15th March 2010

      The journey is the goal. As long as you're fighting the good fight and you're not giving up on giving up, you're winning. It's not about how often you get knocked down, it's about how often you get up again. Sobriety the goal for sure. But striving to get to that goal is what it's about. Not getting there. Because the journey never ends. The journey is the goal.

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        #33
        15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

        hi johnny. i took the interval as an opportunity to get ice cream and popcorn.... ready for more now
        Today is the tomorrow i worried about yesterday and it turned out fine
        Keep passing the open windows

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          #34
          15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

          Yes I am ready too. Can't wait!!

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            #35
            15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

            Good on ya Johnny..fantastic thread and some very good imputs...Love it x
            "It's not your job to like me, it's mine!"

            AF 10th May 2010
            NF 12th May 2010

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              #36
              15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

              Johnny I was thinking about you and wondering where you went! Good to see you.

              DG
              Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
              Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07

              One day at a time.

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                #37
                15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                Yes I was wondering too - kept coming back for my daily update and it's not been there! Guess world cup fever has taken over :H
                AF since Sunday 27th June 2010
                One Day At A Time

                Trying to be the best mother, daughter and friend that I can be.

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                  #38
                  15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                  5. Point

                  1. Cultivate continued acceptance of the fact that your choice is between unhappy, drunken drinking and doing without just one small drink.
                  2. Cultivate enthusiastic gratitude that you have had the good fortune of finding out what was wrong with you before it was too late.
                  3. EXPECT as being natural and inevitable, that for a period of time (and it may be a long one), you will recuringly experience.
                  (a) The conscious, nagging craving for a drink.
                  (b) The sudden, all but compelling impluse just to take a drink.
                  (c) The craving, not for a drinks as such, but for the soothing glow and warmth a drink or two once gave you.
                  4. Remember that the times you don't want a drink are the times in which to build up the strength not to take one when you do want it.

                  5. Develop and rehearse a daily plan of thinking and acting by which you will live the day without taking a drink, regardless of what may upset you or how hard the old urge for a drink may hit you.
                  AF since 15th March 2010

                  The journey is the goal. As long as you're fighting the good fight and you're not giving up on giving up, you're winning. It's not about how often you get knocked down, it's about how often you get up again. Sobriety the goal for sure. But striving to get to that goal is what it's about. Not getting there. Because the journey never ends. The journey is the goal.

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                    #39
                    15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                    I am getting complacent. Sorry about that I actually phoned my wife now to read the next point to me as I left the brochure at home AGAIN. Arg Hope you appreciate the extra effort
                    AF since 15th March 2010

                    The journey is the goal. As long as you're fighting the good fight and you're not giving up on giving up, you're winning. It's not about how often you get knocked down, it's about how often you get up again. Sobriety the goal for sure. But striving to get to that goal is what it's about. Not getting there. Because the journey never ends. The journey is the goal.

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                      #40
                      15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                      Keep them coming! Love it!
                      Thanks!!!!!:thanks:

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                        #41
                        15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                        Johnny, thanks for continuing to post these.

                        On point #5:
                        5. Develop and rehearse a daily plan of thinking and acting by which you will live the day without taking a drink, regardless of what may upset you or how hard the old urge for a drink may hit you.
                        Here is a link to my rather detailed daily plan. https://www.mywayout.org/community/f1...lan-41280.html

                        At first glance it might appear overwhelming. But when I think about all the effort and time I put into drinking, my sobriety plan takes a fraction of the time and effort each day that drinking did.

                        Another real big stumbling block for me after my relapse in 2007 was that I wanted to "wait" for a "good time" to quit. A "good time" to me was a time when it would be 1) easy (which it never is) 2) a time when there is a LOOONG stretch with no social obligations (which there never is) 3) A time when there was going to be no stress in my life (which there never is) etc.

                        So we HAVE to get strong enough to resist the urge to drink in good times and in bad times. Because life is NEVER going to get perfect and easy.

                        DG
                        Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
                        Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07

                        One day at a time.

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                          #42
                          15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                          love it, love it, love it
                          I love my family more than alcohol.:h
                          Live in the Solution....not the problem

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                            #43
                            15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                            Thanks Johnnyh.

                            I will now go develop and rehearse my daily plan for sobriety!

                            I am grateful for this! :h

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                              #44
                              15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                              Thank you for Posting the link DG. That is a very valuable thread and am well familiar with it.

                              I just had a discussion with my wife this morning about the importance to stick to the sobriety plan and countinously remind yourself that you're powerless over AL. Complacency is the worst thing that can happen. The minute you think you've got this beaten you're setting yourself up to being vulnerable. Because how quick for the thought to sneak in then that you can now handle A drink. Hey I'm sure we've all fallen into that trap before. me? Plenty of times. Got some sobriety time going and then think that's it. Now I can drink like a 'normal' person. tztztz...

                              It is important for me to acknowledge on a continous basis that I am in fact an Alcoholic and I can not handle that drink like other people can. Whether I got 10 days AF, 100 days AF or 1000, no different.

                              That's the biggest part of my sobriety plan and the rehearsing those situations. Is to keep remembering that I am indeed powerless even if I have some good AF time under belt. I meant we see ppl falling into that trap after 10 years of sobriety and more and struggling to get back on the rails.
                              AF since 15th March 2010

                              The journey is the goal. As long as you're fighting the good fight and you're not giving up on giving up, you're winning. It's not about how often you get knocked down, it's about how often you get up again. Sobriety the goal for sure. But striving to get to that goal is what it's about. Not getting there. Because the journey never ends. The journey is the goal.

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                                #45
                                15 Points to consider when confronted with the urge to take a Drink!

                                thinking about wanting to drink through difficult, upsetting times. i think of all the people who deal with crap and dont drink. my mum doesnt drink and has been through some tough times, my dad is very ill and she copes with it all, doesnt drink her way through it. also it really upsets her when im drinking (even though she doesnt know the half of it) i can take strength from her and everyone else who doesnt stick their head in a bottle to get through problems
                                Today is the tomorrow i worried about yesterday and it turned out fine
                                Keep passing the open windows

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