Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

[Chief]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

I guess I don't understand, Alky.....it seems to me a suspended drivers license is the least of your worries. If you're not going to post, at least keep reading and know we're here to help when you're ready....

Sounds like everyone else is doing well. Let's all keep living the sober life and learning to enjoy ourselves without The Beast screwing everything up!

Congrats on 60 days SS!!!!

Don

[Chief]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

I guess I don't understand, Alky.....it seems to me a suspended drivers license is the least of your worries. If you're not going to post, at least keep reading and know we're here to help when you're ready....

Sounds like everyone else is doing well. Let's all keep living the sober life and learning to enjoy ourselves without The Beast screwing everything up!

Congrats on 60 days SS!!!!

Don

[Ginger999]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Great job on 60 days, SS!! We are having a great time at the beach. No AL what so ever.... Thanks to all your help!

Alky, thinking of you....

[NoraC]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

paulywogg;1675615 wrote: Hi all,well look at you SS,60 days!!!! congratulations,you've really put your nose to the grindstone and are doing it,i'm so proud of youstill floating along here,Alky's story really hit it home that this isn't fun and games anymore,it's serious,i'm a serious alcoholic,one slip leads me down a path of darkness that feels impossible to get out of,i read around on here of people who are trying to quit drinking cuz 3 glasses of wine a nite is a habit and bugging them,if i was drinking 3 glasses of wine a nite and that's all,i wouldn't bother quitting tbh,i'm not like that,i drink to get drunk,super drunk,each relapse has gotten worse,the time sober between shorter,the drinking heavier,detoxes worse,it just isn't worth it to go back,each relapse chips away at who i am as a person,or who i want to be anyway,Alky i hope everything is ok,let's all have a good Wednesday

Absolutely true! Thanks Pauly!

[NoraC]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Chief - so much of what you say is 'right on the money'. Just exactly straight to the bottom line. I'm in a really wavering place right now so it helps seeing your thoughts.
Thanks!

[Orimus]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

So I had a couple of drinks tonight and will need to take myself off roll call. Did discover that carbs are definitely related to my cravings. Once I had a sandwich and chips the cravings became a dim echo. Have to remember that and to make sure to keep some Arizona iced tea on hand. Still fighting with nic though. Have to go over my ABC's.

[Orimus]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Glad to hear most are doing well and that Alky is still with us.

[paulywogg]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Hi all,Nora please don't be in a wavering place,i know this shit's hard but you've had so much af time in the past,didn't you feel tons better?i feel like a hypocrite posting that being that i'm a chronic relapser,it's just when i have good days,they're super good,when they're bad,they're real fucking bad,it's like i get lost in my head,start thinking about drinking,get so worked up i get dizzy,and say fuck it,i'd rather be drunk than feel shitty,anybody ever get like that?it's something i have got to work through next time it happens,which it will,i have got to stay on top of this,usually a pissy day goes away by the next day,and i'm relieved i didn't give in,but man it's rough,have a good one everybody

[Lizann]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

A whole lot going here! Alky, please hang in there! Maybe this is the kick in the butt you need to finally stop. That whole seizure thing is so scary! Nora , please hang in there. This is so hard, we've got to do,this! Yes Pauly, I so,get it! I've been working a lot, had a graduation on Tuesday night and am just plain old tired. Promise to be better about checking in. Is it Saturday yet?

[paulywogg]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Shoot Liz,seems this week has dragged ass for me,i kind of like it though cuz this year has been flying by,and the drinking days i've had surely didn't help,time slips into an abyss while drinking,i'd rather be in the moment,no matter how difficult

[Chief]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

What the hell is going on here? Everyone stop this crazy thinking and get back in the fucking game! There's not a damn one of us that TRUELY wants to go back to drinking.....you're letting the Beast get to you and if one of us shows a little weakness the Beast is all over it and making others think they're also vulnerable. It's all a head game. Take back the controls! Remember why we're here...


Don

[paulywogg]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Oh i'm not drinking Don,it just helps me to post here and sort out those feelings and thoughts,i think everybody can relate to my posts in some way or another

[SoberSoul]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Without presence, our thoughts can become actions so, gang, let's be careful with our thoughts. When we have a negative thought like "F%&k it, I deserve a drink." just stand back and watch that self-defeating thought work it's way through your body and dissipate just like smoke in the sky. Putting ourselves in the position of observer of our thoughts distances us from them.

It's OK to come here to whine and bitch when life is tough. We can't be upbeat and honest at the same time. But having a thread where we are wearing a badge that defines us as chronic relapsers can be dangerous too. We don't want to give ourselves the licence to drink either.

You know the way some of the long termers have said that everything has to change if we are to be successful? I think that might be one of the coincidental reasons why I am (so far) successful. Everything has changed in my world due to circumstances that have nothing to do with drinking. So, from my experience, maybe those who are really struggling should maybe take on something completely new like a detour after work to the library or a new hobby or even completely changing environments like furniture placement. Just a thought.

[Eloise]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Well, I must admit you might have a point about making changes. My life has completely changed and I just feel so out of sorts. I really do.
I feel more in control just by the simple fact I do not drink wine now. Much better.
The rest, well, that is out of my control. But if I decide to drink or not, that is something I can control.

I do not suggest moving to a new country or climate though. It is a bit much!

SoberSoul;1676308 wrote: Without presence, our thoughts can become actions so, gang, let's be careful with our thoughts. When we have a negative thought like "F%&k it, I deserve a drink." just stand back and watch that self-defeating thought work it's way through your body and dissipate just like smoke in the sky. Putting ourselves in the position of observer of our thoughts distances us from them.

It's OK to come here to whine and bitch when life is tough. We can't be upbeat and honest at the same time. But having a thread where we are wearing a badge that defines us as chronic relapsers can be dangerous too. We don't want to give ourselves the licence to drink either.

You know the way some of the long termers have said that everything has to change if we are to be successful? I think that might be one of the coincidental reasons why I am (so far) successful. Everything has changed in my world due to circumstances that have nothing to do with drinking. So, from my experience, maybe those who are really struggling should maybe take on something completely new like a detour after work to the library or a new hobby or even completely changing environments like furniture placement. Just a thought.

[paulywogg]

Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

Hi all,well i understand that changing our thinking about sobriety is the most crucial part of staying sober,but so is being honest,it's a reality that i've relapsed more times than i can count,i simply try to focus on all of the horrible things that happen if i drink,if any of us does,if my posts in any way are dragging down the ship then that upsets me,i wil refrain from posting here anymore,i wish you all the best