Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

[SpiritGirl]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Jump on board, Pauly! The more the better! Glad you're here - you too yoga gurl!

What does everyone have planned to stay AF this weekend? I'm a little nervous about it. I came very close tonight. Ugh! But I didn't and I'm not going to drink today.

[SoberSoul]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Sorry, I've been 'away' visiting other recovery blogs and starting one of my own. I actually have been following along here on my I-phone but am terrible and all fat fingers and thumbs at typing on the phone.

Everyone is welcome, of course. We are the repeat offenders!! Or at least we were!! I am on day eight and not feeling any inclination to drink but I've been down this road before and am not as cocky as I would have been a few quits ago. The little bastard is just waiting to pounce! I've been around alcohol EVERY day of my quit. Hubby drinks almost daily, we've had friends over who drink excessively. My girlfriend showed up with what I thought was a large water bottle of water.... NOT!! We ate in an Indian restaurant last night and had chai tea... yummy. Tonight I am the DD for my pregnant daughter's diaper party. Booze, booze, booze!! but I am having none of it.

Spirit Girl, you have to stay close and I promise to stay close too. When I need support, I get it here and I want to be here for you now!

Imagine, when we have 100 days and we really can acknowledge that we beat booze!! It will always be lurking to re-attack when we're complacent but for me, one hundred days (August 3rd, I believe) will be celebrated with something very rewarding!!!

We will do it!! We have to do it in order to begin to be the people we were put on this planet to be; to come out of the shadows and shine our lights!

Stay close, everyone!

[paulywogg]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Hey guys,Saturday nite is a toughie for me cuz hubs always has his beers,he just seems so care-free and happy dick! it's not that i want to drink,maybe i'm just a little jealous that he can drink normally and if i have 1 i'll have 10 and feel horrible the next day while he's all sunshine and rainbows ahhh!! i'll get through it

[daisy45]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Room for another repeat offender? Got 16 days and you know the rest. That was 4 days ago. Woke up in living room this past 3 mornings.......do I finally accept that I will 'always' go back to 2 bottles a night?

[paulywogg]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

I'm with you Daisy,sheesh why do we feel the need to keep testing the waters,even though we know where it will lead?glad you're here,let's do this

[SoberSoul]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

That's why I started this blog. It's for US!! We need to join forces and figure out how to stop relapsing. Together we can get sober after all our countless tries. So glad you are all here. Daisy and I have been fighting this since even before the Pinksters two summers ago. Sheesh!! Hope we all figure it out this time.

[hadit]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Count me in to guys. I did about 50 days a few months ago and here I am again back at it drinking like there is no tomorrow. Have started sooo many times on day one, just can't seem to beat it. So he goes yet again.. :welcome::welcome:

[paulywogg]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Made it through Saturday nite without even a thought of drinking,hubs had his beers and i really didn't care,glad you're here Hadit,i remember you kickin al's ass for awhile,does anybody else feel when you've gotten sober for a bit and you drink again,you drink more?or maybe it's just me,thats why i HAVE to get it this time,the wasted time,money,sheesh,thanks for starting this thread SS,hope everyone has a wonderful,SOBER Sunday,i know i will

[SoberSoul]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

You Go, Guys !!! Not even thinkin' about stinkin' drinkin' !!!

I am even forgetting to count the days!

I forget to bring alternate beverages to parties; I don't need to look like I'm drinking.

When hubby drinks, I feel pity for him; not envy because the next morning, I feel GREAT and he is tired, shaky and sometimes miserable.

I can buy wine for dinner parties I host and not even want it.

Here's a dirty little secret I've been keeping from myself: I really don't like the taste of the red poison I've been guzzling for 12 years nightly. I prefer lemon water as a cool drink.

Gawd, I hope something has clicked.

Thanks for staying here with me and being strong and coming back when you're weak. It means everything to me.

[bkyogagurl]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Great to read everyone.... Makes me smile.

I made it thru another weekend AF. We went out to dinner last night and I ordered a non alcoholic beer and couldn't even finish that... Feeling good and strong.

[hadit]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Well here we go again guys. The beginning of the week and the start of another quit. By the weekend I will be screaming for a drink, the madness of it all. Anyways we are here together for support so good luck everybody and lets NOT drink today. I am about to rip off to work so will post again later. Thanks for the thread for all us reoffenders to support each other. It is amazing how one day off the booze makes you feel so damn good so lets make it another and another and........another. :nutso::nutso: Good LUck everyone!!!

[hadit]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Nich, I take AB. Whatever you do DONT drink when taking it. I did a few weeks ago and landed in intensive care. They though I had had a heart attack. Fortunately my arteries were all in excellent condition. Must have been due to the fact I swam for years until the booze got me.I hope one day to be that fit person again. But I know that won't happen until I get the bastard out of my life. Good Luck with it let me know how it goes. PM me if you want. I would like to here from other AB users.

[SpiritGirl]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Just love this thread...I had a few difficult days with temptation and cravings - but they are getting less & less... I, too, am losing track of the days so I have decided to not really keep count... It makes me think about AL and I really don't want it to consume my thoughts more than it already does..(but for the record I think I am around day 12). My husband and I went out to dinner Sat and he drank a little more than a bottle of wine... Without even a hint of desire for the wine, I ordered club soda with a lime... After the way I was feeling last week, I really thought I might cave this weekend - but as promised by some long term AF members here, the more time I have AF under my belt, the less I want alcohol... I have had 2 weekends in a row that I have had NO hangovers! It feels great...

Here is to another great week... Welcome to the new people here on our thread... It really is great to be surrounded by people who can relate to our history of being repeat offenders... No matter what - let's stick together!

[Gardener]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Gardener;1654211 wrote: Meeee!!! Stop, start, stop, start, it's insane!!! Thanks for posting this SS, Day 1 for me - again.

I live on a lake too, it's so hard when everyone you know drinks. That's my nemesis, I do pretty well when it's just me, but the socializing gets me. I'm going to get some NA beer today for the social occasions

I really need to be accountable, I'm ready, let's do this.

What was I thinking??? Made it all the way to the weekend, then caved. Just one I told myself, yeah right - one bottle of wine Friday, then two Saturday. On Sunday I drank all that I could - so sick of this.

Day 1, May 5, 2014, need all the help I can get guys, I'm going to give it another try. Stick with it everybody, proud of all of you racking up the days!

[SoberSoul]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Two weekends done. So glad you fellow repeat offenders are coming home after your hiccups.. I read recently that relapse is an important PART of recovery. It's an expected step in getting sober. We need to feel and live through the consequences of doubting our initial reasons for stopping and by relapsing we are reminded WHY we want or need to stop. Some of us just need a few more reminders; that's all. So when you relapse, just tick it off on your list of milestones in your journey to sobriety. I have over 100 check marks in my cyber-list under the heading relapses.

However, that is not why we are here; to collect relapse pins or to put relapse stars on our calendars.. right? Eventually, something has to click. You do realize people that all the mentors over in Newbies nest and those who coach us and advise us have all tried and failed many times before they reached success in their sobriety but the key is to eventually get it.

This time around I am using more 'tools' than ever before. You know if we stick here and keep bumping up this thread we may go down in history as the "Relapse No More" bunch that stuck together and beat this beast within weeks of each other.

I'm in...