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[BHOG]

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Inchy-
Ditto to Waggy's post. We are here for you, regardless.
Let us know how you are doing!

[InChains]

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OK, checking in with ya'll. Really, really nervous about tonight, mostly an issue of not letting the -idea- of being sober get too much. Am keeping busy, plan to spend most of the night drawing gift art for my lovely t-shirt buyers and playing my beloved bass guitar. There is alcohol in the house but given how close I am to stores it really is no more difficult if I got rid of it. Disaster has already struck, as I have run out of hobnobs before this evening!

Tonight is only intended as one day, not day one, I will be drinking socially tomorrow, but hope to be stopping again on Sunday.

Thanks for all the tips, will definitely buy myself something nice to drink for this evening and eat whatever I want - putting on weight isn't a worry for me, the calorie content of my average beer and wine intake is apparently roughly equivalent to eating 18 cheeseburgers in a week! So pretty sure anything is going to be an improvement on that xD Will check in again later

-Inchy

[BHOG]

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Inchy-
You have a plan, and it sounds good. You know what to do...and we are here for you.

[K9Lover]

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Good plan for tonight Inchy! Stay busy and don't focus on NOT drinking...just focus on whatever you ARE doing. This whole sober thing completely changed for me when I finally decided that it's not "I CAN'T drink"...it's "I DON'T HAVE TO drink!"....

Keep us posted...we are here for you!

K9

[InChains]

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attempting to keep busy, seriously just a decent excuse away from saying 'f*ck this' though, really, really want a drink right now

[Blossoms]

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Hang in there inchy!!!

You can do it today Or this hour....
How about a taking a bath ? That was my go to. Put off those cravings for a while...

[BHOG]

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InChains;1484833 wrote: attempting to keep busy, seriously just a decent excuse away from saying 'f*ck this' though, really, really want a drink right now

A friend of mine put it this way: Excuses are like masturbation. The only one that it feels good to is you.
Take a deep breath, Inchy, and take it one hour at a time. You can do that, can't you, stay away from alcohol for 1 hour?
I believe you can. I believe there is strength within you, that you have not called upon before now. Now is the time to call it up to the surface.

[InChains]

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Already had a row with other half because I want to drink and he doesn't want me to. this is going well.

can't take baths blossoms, skin condition, one of the many delights of life.

[BHOG]

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And if you take that drink, Inchy, what does that prove to you?
You are better than alcohol.

[Blossoms]

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InChains;1484852 wrote: Already had a row with other half because I want to drink and he doesn't want me to. this is going well.

can't take baths blossoms, skin condition, one of the many delights of life.

Okay... Baths are not one of your tools.
Going to bed early is always an option.

It is going well, no matter about the fighting, because you are not drinking.
Remember that. You are doing well :hug:

[InChains]

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Can't go to bed, not tired, I don't even usually get started til now, just look forward to it.

[K9Lover]

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So what are you doing right now Inchy? You should stick close to us right now.

[InChains]

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trying to be bothered to do something. cannot be bothered. sitting on my own in total silence. really working that plan right?

[K9Lover]

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InChains;1483775 wrote: Now I feel I'm waking up, that things that are hard are so much more worth it, that that first breath of fresh air is always so much sweeter. I am tired of this way of life, of being beaten down for nearly 7 years and of looking at the world, and never ever getting to see it through my own eyes and understand with my own mind because I have never let myself be free. Friday is going to be the start of me changing my life for the better, and you better believe I am going to fight for that this time round.

-Inchy

Keep fighting for it Inchy! Remember this is a good thing...and it will get much, much better! You gotta go through some discomfort at first, but that will pass.

[BHOG]

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To quote, without permission, from one of my favorite rock groups:

"Go and put your hand in the hand of a friend, one and one is two times more than you."

Kudos and a mixed baggie to the first person to correctly guess the band's name (now I will find out if there are any old-time rock n rollers here! LOL).