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[TrappedDad]

Today is Day ONE!????

Greeneyes - Thank you for the links, I have read both of them, and I do have a plan however mine shifts daily right now. One thing I am learning is that each day I experience sober is unlike the one before it. I like the way one friend of mine on this forum calls me a shifter (thanks Rog!). That seems to fit the best. Each day I learn how to shift from doing things one way to doing things another.

Here is an example in today's shift. Usually on Sunday's we will go and rent a movie to watch and then I will be the one to return it after work on monday. Since I was hiding my drinking from my wife, it gave me a perfect excuse to go buy some wine while I returned the movie.

Here is my shift for today. I have the movie in my car now. I will return the movie during my lunch hour, grab a salad and return to work without buying any wine. You may ask why I wouldn't buy any wine during lunch? The answer is simple. I wouldn't be caught dead in public buying wine during my lunch hour in business attire close to our business park! However, it is normal for a good husband to "stop off at the store on his way home from work to pick up a few things for dinner" AFTER work. That is my shift for the day.

To lay out my plan for all to see, this is what I am doing daily in addition to SHIFTING:

1.) Each morning I take a good multi vitamin and drink a breakfast shake, 900mg Kudzu
2.) 9-10am I Take a Calms Forte, 300mg Milk Thistle, 25mg Topomax
3.) 1130-1230 Lunch (Salad, Leftovers, Something Healthy) 900mg Kudzu, B 50 Complex, Magnesium, Calms Forte
4.) 300pm Calms Forte, 300mg Milk Thistle, 50mg Topomax, 600mg Kudzu
5.) 500pm 600mg Kudzu, 2 Calms Forte, Drive Straight Home

NOTE: During the day I probably drink about a gallon of water if not more. I Try to listen to the Hypnotherapy CD's on my iPhone during lunch when I can, I post on many threads on this forum, I go for bike rides with my family when it is not raining, and I read alot.

That is my plan and I'm stickin to it...till I shift that is.

An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by a force outside that objects usual pattern, therefore, I must shift to change my usual motion...a combination of Newton and My Life

[Choochie]

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Wow - impressive TD - sounds like you have really thought this out. Way to go.

[NoraC]

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Zach - I just love your plan!! Smart thinking about the movie.:l

[techie]

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TrappedDad;999347 wrote: Greeneyes - Thank you for the links, I have read both of them, and I do have a plan however mine shifts daily right now. One thing I am learning is that each day I experience sober is unlike the one before it. I like the way one friend of mine on this forum calls me a shifter (thanks Rog!). That seems to fit the best. Each day I learn how to shift from doing things one way to doing things another.

Here is an example in today's shift. Usually on Sunday's we will go and rent a movie to watch and then I will be the one to return it after work on monday. Since I was hiding my drinking from my wife, it gave me a perfect excuse to go buy some wine while I returned the movie.

Here is my shift for today. I have the movie in my car now. I will return the movie during my lunch hour, grab a salad and return to work without buying any wine. You may ask why I wouldn't buy any wine during lunch? The answer is simple. I wouldn't be caught dead in public buying wine during my lunch hour in business attire close to our business park! However, it is normal for a good husband to "stop off at the store on his way home from work to pick up a few things for dinner" AFTER work. That is my shift for the day.

To lay out my plan for all to see, this is what I am doing daily in addition to SHIFTING:

1.) Each morning I take a good multi vitamin and drink a breakfast shake, 900mg Kudzu
2.) 9-10am I Take a Calms Forte, 300mg Milk Thistle, 25mg Topomax
3.) 1130-1230 Lunch (Salad, Leftovers, Something Healthy) 900mg Kudzu, B 50 Complex, Magnesium, Calms Forte
4.) 300pm Calms Forte, 300mg Milk Thistle, 50mg Topomax, 600mg Kudzu
5.) 500pm 600mg Kudzu, 2 Calms Forte, Drive Straight Home

NOTE: During the day I probably drink about a gallon of water if not more. I Try to listen to the Hypnotherapy CD's on my iPhone during lunch when I can, I post on many threads on this forum, I go for bike rides with my family when it is not raining, and I read alot.

That is my plan and I'm stickin to it...till I shift that is.

An object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by a force outside that objects usual pattern, therefore, I must shift to change my usual motion...a combination of Newton and My Life

TD every good plan needs tweaks. Right? Here is one to consider. subscribe to Netflix. Get that video/liquor store routine out of your life. It a temptation you don't need. Sometimes its these little adjustments that have a huge impact on our short/long term goals. Have a GREAT day...Techie

[TrappedDad]

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Techie, good suggestion, but not one that is possible. The rental place is called a "Red Box" and is located within a grocery store. It is kind of like a soda machine for dvd rentals. In NC, they sell beer and wine in the grocery stores, so I have to learn a new way to forge myself through this one. As far as the Netflix this goes, that is a good suggestion. I could just ask my wife to do all the shopping!

[greeneyes]

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Excellent, techie!!

[Pride before Fall]

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Does it make the Buzz Lightyear shirt bigger if I drink?" >>
:H:H

That's it, isn't it? It doesn't do a thing but make you drunk. And then you don't go buy a bigger shirt. And then its the pants. And the rattle in the car. And the oil bill. Unopened mail, unanswered calls, neglected work. And eventually it's every damn thing in your life, a huge impossible snowball we can't drink enough to avoid until we drink ourselves to death, socially, emotionally, and physically, taking part of everyone who loves us along with us.

I think the core of every being points to life TD, and you're tapping into it. (What kind of whack mammal tries to die?) Keep following it! You're doing GREAT.

xoxox Pride

[mistysmoma]

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Zach, I agree with techie, and maybe use netflix. One less trigger for you, if they sell AL at the red box place, than maybe stay away from there. Just my 2 cents. BTW..youre doing great..keep at it, and a big hug to you at work today.

[K9Lover]

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Hi Zach!
I'm just checking in as I wasn't online over the weekend. I am so proud of you for staying strong and getting through your first weekend alcohol free. Your plan for today sounds great! I use Redbox to rent movies too, and they are usually located at a spot where you can buy liquor (grocery store, convenience store, etc.). It took a long time for me to disassociate the act of renting a movie from buying a 12 pack. It DID happen though.
You are doing so great! Keep it up...we're all rooting for you!
:h
K9

[TrappedDad]

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I have an idea...

I just had a brilliant idea that could solve all of my problems all at once!

I seem to do ok if I am locked up inside my house with no access to alcohol. With that in mind, stay with me, I was thinking of ways that I could get to and from work without me being the responsible person responsible for toting my irresponsible untrustworthy arse to and from work. These are the possible solutions I have come up with.

1. Fund a drill company to install a very large air transfer unit (you know, like the ones used at banks at the teller drive thrus, except big enough for me to climb in) between my closet at home and my office.

2. Somehow raise enough money to turn local politicians and voters to make my county into a "dry" county where alcohol sales would be illegal AND gas sales would be illegal too. That way, when I run out of gas, I couldn't just drive to another county.

3. Personally hire very large men to stand in the parking lot of every grocery store, gas station, or convenience store in town with written permission slips to litterally kick me in the face if they see me at the store after work. (I can run pretty fast, so I don't know if this one would work, but it would be cheaper than 1 or 2)

4. My personal favorite, and the most economical. I would change out of my business attire before I left for work, and put on a black t-shirt that, in BIG white letters, read: "I Drink And Drive, Please Don't Sell Me Alcohol!" This way, I would be way to embarrased to even get out of the car at all!

Let me know what you guys think :thanks:

Zach

[K9Lover]

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Hmmmm, all very interesting ideas...you can always ask Scottie to "beam" you to work (any Star Trek fans? I'm not) LOL

Maybe you could have an Ignition Interlock device installed in your car. I had one for a year after my 2nd DUI. Nothing like a daily (or even hourly) reminder that you have a problem with alcohol. It's also really fun at gas staions when you're trying to "duck" down to give your vehicle a blow job so it will start, and hoping nobody sees you! Or try being on a first date where you've met your date at a location and he's a gentleman watching to make sure your car starts....meanwhile you're trying to hide that fact that you're blowing into a tube!

The good times just keep rolling with a breathalyzer!

[Wagoneer]

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This place is a laugh a minute today! Better log off before people start asking me what I'm reading! lol!!!

[momof3]

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#4 :H

[Choochie]

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I vote for a personal Sober Coach like Charlie Sheen now has - not sure exactly what they do - maybe kinda like a Nanny for us alkies.

[mistysmoma]

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OMG Zach..thats too funny!!! but hey, I totally get it. So many temptations around and hard to change routines because of the EVIL persuasions. Hell I went to publix earlier to buy some groceries {made some white chili tonite} and thats where I USED TO buy my wine{one of several actually} I damn near parked right in front of the liquor part of the store as I usually did out of habit. Sorta wondered what the clerk there would say if I walked in there..Hey, where ya been? though you musta died or something. Truth is I wouldve sooner or later from all that wine I consumed. Jeesh..