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    #16
    Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

    I'm not sure why. Just because I enjoy it. I could give up sugar too, I guess, but I don't want to and don't plan to. I'm just not an extremist.


    "I like people too much or not at all."     Sylvia Plath

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      #17
      Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

      LG...can you do without it??? Really and truely
      not trying to sound mean...but you came here for a reason, right?
      What was the reason??
      I am all for personal choice, and if moderation works for you, then go for it.
      I cannot mod....no way.
      I love my family more than alcohol.:h
      Live in the Solution....not the problem

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        #18
        Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

        LibraryGirl;1342333 wrote: I'm not sure why. Just because I enjoy it. I could give up sugar too, I guess, but I don't want to and don't plan to. I'm just not an extremist.
        then you might be ok

        I know I'm all or nothing, when I was advised to cut down I knew I had to stop, I don't do things by halves. It's been a long difficult decision but after 15 months and more without drinking I know I don't want to go back to it. The risks are too great, for me, I am afraid that once I start I won't be able to stop....
        I have a drink problem, I have been AF since 15 March 2011 and I am working hard to stay that way

        They don't call me Pingu Purple Pants for nothing....

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          #19
          Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

          LibraryGirl;1342333 wrote: I'm not sure why. Just because I enjoy it. I could give up sugar too, I guess, but I don't want to and don't plan to. I'm just not an extremist.


          "Hello to all. I am sitting here with a hellacious hangover, skipped work and am reaching out for help for the first time. I have toyed with the notion of quitting for quite some time now, and the bad has far exceeded the good with alcohol...so, here I am raw and scared and maybe hopeful?

          Thanks for listening to my post. I am crying as I write this, because it has taken me so long to admit I have a (HUGE) problem.

          Hope to talk with all of you and hear your stories, as I share some of my own"


          There's not being an extremist and there is forgetting how bad things actually were...
          "It's not your job to like me, it's mine!"

          AF 10th May 2010
          NF 12th May 2010

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            #20
            Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

            one2many;1342342 wrote: "Hello to all. I am sitting here with a hellacious hangover, skipped work and am reaching out for help for the first time. I have toyed with the notion of quitting for quite some time now, and the bad has far exceeded the good with alcohol...so, here I am raw and scared and maybe hopeful?

            Thanks for listening to my post. I am crying as I write this, because it has taken me so long to admit I have a (HUGE) problem.

            Hope to talk with all of you and hear your stories, as I share some of my own"


            There's not being an extremist and there is forgetting how bad things actually were...
            I tell ya LG this is so common, this feeling that it's all OK after a while... you ask Oney bum, I been moaning on about it for feckin ages, and finally stopped the inner battle and my life has got calmer....
            I have a drink problem, I have been AF since 15 March 2011 and I am working hard to stay that way

            They don't call me Pingu Purple Pants for nothing....

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              #21
              Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

              This is a great thread and has got me thinking. I would be surprised if someone on this forum has not thought about, or attempted the idea of moderating. When I first went AF, I thought after 30 days I would be OK with trying to moderate. I guess I tried that over the holidays, and not a lot, but in January I saw myself quickly falling into old habits. The final straw then was lying to my brother on the phone when he asked me if I was drinking. Sounds like small potatoes, but really hit me hard. Haven't drank since.

              After that situation, I mentally signed up for another 30 AF days. But this time something different happened. After the initial pining for a drink (especially one night when I smelled a glass of wine) I started really internalizing NOT wanting to drink. Can't explain it. I am still not sure I won't try to moderate again in the future, but right now see no point in drinking and most of all I don't want to. There is a boatload of wine and liquor in my laundry room, and I can even look at it without wanting any. Truly not wanting any.

              My situation was similar to most here. My daily life was consumed with drinking related activities like covering my tracks, filling vodka bottles with water and then rushing to the liquor store to replace before my hubby noticed, "pre-gaming" before a party by doing shots in the laundry room, trying to act "not drunk" when hubby came home, and living through so many sleepless nights of regret.

              Life is so much better now, that I do not want any part of what alcohol gives. The good buzz is so short lived and I always had to keep chasing it until I was a mess. Right now I know I never want to be in that place again. The short buzz ain't worth it.

              It may take more than shot (no pun intended) at 30 days AF before it clicks. It did with me, but I'm not sure I am out of the woods. But today is good. Today is AF and I am getting things done and enjoying time with the kids. I feel fortunate that I found my way out before the kids became old enough to know what is going on. I was dangerously close to that.
              BelleGirl

              Alcohol does me no favors.

              Pouring poison down your throat is just plain STUPID!

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                #22
                Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                I have never denied that I had a problem, and no I wouldn't have come here if I didn't. Duh, lol. What I did figure out, however, is that I can go back to where I was before I started drinking daily. If that makes people angry then I'm sorry. I may decide it's not for me. Who knows?


                "I like people too much or not at all."                 Sylvia Plath

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                  #23
                  Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                  LibraryGirl;1342435 wrote: I have never denied that I had a problem, and no I wouldn't have come here if I didn't. Duh, lol. What I did figure out, however, is that I can go back to where I was before I started drinking daily. If that makes people angry then I'm sorry. I may decide it's not for me. Who knows?
                  If you can go back to drinking the way you did before it became a problem..fair play to you, I have yet to meet someone who can do that successfully.

                  Everyone has their own path LG and you are no different, wish you the very best in whatever you do.

                  I have to say that I find your signature a bit offensive though considering you are on alkie website.
                  "It's not your job to like me, it's mine!"

                  AF 10th May 2010
                  NF 12th May 2010

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                    #24
                    Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                    LOL

                    Wow, I guess it really does make people angry sometimes when you try to venture from the norm. I'm sorry if my signature is offensive. I thought it was funny, and that's why I chose it. I've seen others signatures with funny drinking quotes and they don't offend me.


                    "I like people too much or not at all."                     Sylvia Plath

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                      #25
                      Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                      I will let you know Mollyka. I'm not in any hurry. It might be a while, or not. Thanks!

                      Lg


                      "I like people too much or not at all."                       Sylvia Plath

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                        #26
                        Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                        LibraryGirl;1342465 wrote: Wow, I guess it really does make people angry sometimes when you try to venture from the norm. I'm sorry if my signature is offensive. I thought it was funny, and that's why I chose it. I've seen others signatures with funny drinking quotes and they don't offend me.
                        LMAO, I am not angry LG!! If you want to try and moderate, go right ahead, you won't be the first and you won't be the last.:H:H The best of Irish luck with it You put a thread out there for people to give their opinion, I was just giving mine

                        In regard to your signature...it's a matter of perception, I tend not to glorify drinking or alcohol or call any kind of booze "sweet", must be the alkie in me ... but lets agree to differ on that one.

                        I wish you the best whatever you decide to do.
                        "It's not your job to like me, it's mine!"

                        AF 10th May 2010
                        NF 12th May 2010

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                          #27
                          Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                          It's a Homer Simpson quote, lol. I didn't call it sweet, he did. Hahaha! :H:H:H


                          "I like people too much or not at all."                           Sylvia Plath

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                            #28
                            Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                            God, yer gas LG!!:H:H:H:H
                            "It's not your job to like me, it's mine!"

                            AF 10th May 2010
                            NF 12th May 2010

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                              #29
                              Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                              Aren't I just?!!!:cheering


                              "I like people too much or not at all."                               Sylvia Plath

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                                #30
                                Who here has quit AL and Never Tried to Moderate?

                                Almost all my friends are maintaining moderate drinking or less.So I challenge your estimated data 10%.
                                Any question on it?
                                Dix
                                A learned habit surely be unlearned !!

                                2012: Continuous AF for 7 months from May to Oct.

                                Big Relapses : 6th November and 12th December 2012.

                                2013 : So many ups and down !!

                                2014: Has a conviction to stay with a healthy life.

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