Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

[Lizann]

Wow sober soul! I feel that I am right there with you! May I join you in that 100 day challenge? I too need support and accountability.

[Ginger999]

SS, I can hear in your written voice how much you want this quit. If there is ANYTHING I can do to help you, please get hold of me. I'm always here for you just like you were for me last May. I attribute my success thus far to your being there for me and this thread. I believe in you! We deserve this!

Made it to AZ. This is a beautiful area with the Superstition Mountain as my view this morning. Once we finally shake this crud, I see hikes in my future!

Remember... if those AL thoughts come calling, come here first! Don't give the beast wings! Stay close and stay connected. 💖

[SoberSoul]

Wow sober soul! I feel that I am right there with you! May I join you in that 100 day challenge? I too need support and accountability.

Welcome, Lizann to our 100 day challenge. I'll really feel better having someone on this thread to look for, cheer on and report to. When I look back at all the wasted hours of lamenting over this stupid disease then it makes me all the more determined to begin the journey to end the hell.

Day two for me.

[Lizann]

I'm with you SS, let's do this!

[mama bear]

I support you Lizz and everyone else here!

[open halo]

I feel the struggle SS , because I've been there, I think most of us have been there.. As for your thinking about AL, that is my struggle as well. Right now I am trying to focus those thoughts on training for an obstacle race in the spring, I have a huge drive to succeed. But after working out in the am, pushing my body to the brink, I still have thoughts of having a drink, actually many, many drinks and sometimes it is only 9 in the morning. But I know that it is soul destroying, and I'm fighting with ever fiber of my being. I am with you for those 100 daysl! Lizann we are cheering for you as well!

[open halo]

Let's end the hell...together we can do it!

[SoberSoul]

All right we're gathering troops. Thanks for the support Mama Bear, Ginger and the rest of you. Belle from Tired of Thinking about Drinking sent me this: http://tiredofthinkingaboutdrinking....could-you-add/

It's about great tools and advice that might be different from what hasn't worked in the past.

I am doing a lot different: downloading my photo here and on other sites: becoming a more visible, active and accountable member of this and other groups.

My biggest enemy is complacency and I tend to drift away from my sober friends as soon as I get a few weeks under my belt. I need to stay around for a year or more (just like you, Ginger, Chief, MM Bear and all the oldies)

Try to read the item i added; it`s well worth it.

[paulywogg]

Thanks for sharing that SS,I find myself looking to do things differently, but I don't know what, been exercising, been cleaning, organizing, trying new recipes, but I'll be honest I still think about booze,not like I want to drink but sort of like a drinking dream but I'm awake if that makes sense? It's like I'm so petrified of drinking again I can't get it off my mind, and I've been anxious lately,not sleeping well, sick with allergies and of course the alkie brain always thinks drinking would be a relief, I think it's a good idea to use yourself or something close to you as an avatar, I put me and 3 outta 4 kids up and it makes me feel more accountable than hiding behind my old sparkly hello kitty(though I loved her haha) it just helps for some reason, well get this you guys

[NoraC]

Thanks for sharing that SS,I find myself looking to do things differently, but I don't know what, been exercising, been cleaning, organizing, trying new recipes, but I'll be honest I still think about booze,not like I want to drink but sort of like a drinking dream but I'm awake if that makes sense? It's like I'm so petrified of drinking again I can't get it off my mind, and I've been anxious lately,not sleeping well, sick with allergies and of course the alkie brain always thinks drinking would be a relief, I think it's a good idea to use yourself or something close to you as an avatar, I put me and 3 outta 4 kids up and it makes me feel more accountable than hiding behind my old sparkly hello kitty(though I loved her haha) it just helps for some reason, well get this you guys

Great post, Pauly!!!

[NoraC]

SS - great link......looking forward to getting back to the 100 day club.

[paulywogg]

Nora,I KNOW you have it in you!I'm so sick of the stop/start cycle,what does it accomplish?nothing! I just got tired of drinking/recovering, never truly myself cuz I was either drunk or detoxing,wow sounds like fun,NOT,I don't want anymore time/ years passing and still be in a rut ya know?

[SoberSoul]

Nora, Me too !! I was in the 100 day club for eight days :-(. We can both get back there again... we will!

Paulywogg, love the family photo. I think that you have to keep thinking about booze in the early days to stay focused on NOT drinking. Not thinking about drinking is dangerous for me in the early days because I then start taking my sobriety for granted and inevitably... I drink.

Here`s a quote I found on Pinterest: ``Rock Bottom became the solid foundation on which I built my life`.. JK Rowling

This really struck a chord with me.

Does anyone else feel that the whole world is going to open up to endless possibilities when we`ve stopped drinking alcohol?

The great thing about that truth is that today I don`t drink so I am open to those same endless possibilities.

After four months I relapsed and it seems such a waste. I can only imagine how it must feel to relapse after a year or more of sobriety. I think this last relapse needed to happen in order for me to really understand that the problem does not go away. It will be my constant horrible companion until I let it go permanently.

Last quit? Yep. I`d be a fool to begin again.

[MinStar]

Hey,
Can I joins for my umpteenth time quit?
Will post more later but like SS mentioned in the beginning I need accountability and support. NN thread seems to run faster than I can keep up with.

Btw- 41 yr old new mum to 3m boy have a 4yr daughter. Have been battling overconsumption for years. One big quit for over a year and both pregnancies. Other than that drinking until I pass out most nights.

Been back into the old habit since November and really want out!

[Lizann]

Why yes join us MinStar! I'm excited!