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    #46
    Easy Way/Kicking the Drink... not getting it

    UW, you are so right about all the tools adding up to us finally getting a handle on our drinking. Actually I think that my drinking 'problem' has opened up a few spiritual doors that may have otherwise remained unopened. In my search for sobriety, I have stumbled on some of the best spiritual reading of my life. The whole concept of the Power of Now is to live in the exact moment you are in. Not to worry about the past or the future. Asking yourself if in the moment you are in, whether you are honouring yourself.

    After all is said and done the journey continues to be a frustrating yet amazing one and I have met some amazing people (present company happily included) along the way. Opening my eyes to the reality of who I am and what my strengths and weaknesses are is a natural bi-product of this difficult path.

    Love an Peace to All
    Tipplerette

    I do this for my children, my grandchildren, my health, my peace of mind, and mostly for the opportunity to learn to live with my true, unfiltered, clear-headed, vulnerable self.

    "If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
    ? Lao-Tzu

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      #47
      Easy Way/Kicking the Drink... not getting it

      Tipps, I think it was Chill Girl who posted something about how drinking blocks our ability to access our higher power. I think there's something to that -- that we're trying to fill the spiritual god void when we drink. This has all led me to exploring spirituality which I would have never done while drinking.

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        #48
        Easy Way/Kicking the Drink... not getting it

        Hi Guys, I wanted to bring this up because these books were recomended to me when I first came on. I have come to a realization after reading both these books and I wanted to get some input and help.

        I have been doing much better, but I am not "there" yet. I still seem to find or make an excuse to drink on days that I don't want to. I do have AF days, but I really wanted to WANT to be totally abstinent. Truthfully, I must not really want it and think I can still somehow control it.

        I get all the BS that has been handed down to us by the alcohol industry, the government and fellow drinkers has been brainwashing and that alcohol has no advantages whatsoever. I get that it's poison and I get that alcohol caused the uneasy feeling we want to get rid of with alcohol in the first place. So what does that leave me with? That I am a drug addict, plain and simple. No different than a heroin addict or a crack head. It's pretty deflating and humiliating. I can't seem to get rid of the addiction, just like a junkie in a crack house.

        Every time I drink it's to get a fix. To get that instant very temporary gratification. I don't consider myself an alcoholic in the traditional sense, but a person addicted to a drug.

        How does one get rid of an addiction?

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          #49
          Easy Way/Kicking the Drink... not getting it

          Hey Martie

          If I may offer my humble opinion.
          It doesnt really matter at all of you want to say
          "drug addict" or "alcoholic" What's the definition
          of a drug? Is alcohol a drug? Doesn't matter.
          It's about brain chemistry and physiology. It's a substance
          that makes changes in your brain-seemingly pleasant
          changes that eventually affect the NATURAL
          good feelings. It is an addiction. It's not your fault.
          Many many factors go into this. There is a social stigma
          as if you are a moral failure. This is utter bullshit.
          You have most importantly recognized what's happening
          and you don't like it. Good for you! Vital first step.
          No need to be humiliated, unless maybe you don't
          TRY. All you can do is TRY . Support is great here
          and you may have support in your family/ friends.
          I don't but I'm ok with that. no expert here-day 66-
          but I feel like I got it.
          Like you I went back and forth. It's part of the part.
          I wish you well and please post. We can -all of us here-
          help each other immensely.
          Have a wonderful day

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            #50
            Easy Way/Kicking the Drink... not getting it

            Martie,

            This You Tube video does a good job in explaining the brain addiction of alcohol as it relates to Seratonin/Dopamine. It's kind of elementary, but does the job. It will take you to You Tube where you can also watch other addiction videos.

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3gfzfqEre0&feature=related[/video]]The Pathology of Addiction - YouTube

            I think the pleasure we once got from alcohol has to be replaced with other things to mitigate the craving that has been set up from drinking.

            You can try many things - exercise, food, hypnosis, meditation. Just don't give up - keep reading and posting and trying to introduce new things in your life. I know quite a few people here who have had success with hypnosis and meditation.

            Best to you.

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