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[Roz]

I couldn't wait to come home tonight (to an empty house) and read about my friends at MYO. Today was suppose to be my third day but i blew it by having a beer. It's just
a habit that when I get the house alone I have an opportunity to drink without
judgements. I will try to only have this one. I'll start AF tomorrow.

[janka]

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Hi Roz, today is AF day 3 for me. Be careful ... do not beat yourself up and drink more ... that's the way I worked it. Coming home to a home alone is hard I know ... maybe the great people here will start talking. I hope so, and I'm around too

[memarcie]

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You can do it Roz, just the one and then no more. You will feel much better in the morning that you stopped.

[Roz]

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Thanks Janka

Thanks Janka - There's life out there in cyberworld. Everyone has been too wrapped up with Ezmerelda. Anyway, tomorrow I will start AF again. I already opened up a second beer but that is definately the last one. I really miss it though!

[Guest]

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Roz.........not at all wrapped up with Es.

Hoping you have a good AF day tomorrow,

Much love,

Starlight Impress x

[Roz]

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curious

To everyone reading -
What did you drink and how much? I drank 2 bottles of wine approximately 5 days/week.

[janka]

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Hi Roz, I really started drinking about 5 yrs ago (alone, with beer on ice in a teacup [so my kid's wouldn't notice] doing laundry at night in the basement -- I would drink maybe twice a week, 2 - 6 beers each time.

Over the past 3 years, i became a binge drinker, about 2 to 8 beers maybe 4 times a week

last week I drank daily -- 8 -12 beers a day (hourly usually I tried to measure). It was pretty scary. I am okay today on day 3 AF

[Roz]

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Janka,
My sister, drinks 12 rolling rock/day so don't feel so bad. I really want this to work so I can help my sister. She also happens to be bi-polar but won't take meds. She's only 38 and single. I call her (not to her face) "miss lonely hearts".

[Guest]

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Roz, this past year, I was drinking a btl/wine a night.
During the 4 yrs before that, every night, I drank 1 btl wine, 4 cans cider, some brown ale and some red wine.

And guess what?.............ain`t had a single drop of alcohol for 23 days..........I was a total drunk..........if I can do it...........anyone can!!!

Starlight Impress x

[Roz]

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I am really determined to quit but sometimes I just feel like I lost a friend. I live in a small town where there is nothing to do. I grew up in a city and I miss just going somewhere that doesn't take a 1 hour drive. I guess that's when I really started drinking. I was a lonely person in a small town.

[Roz]

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janka and starlight -

thanks for sharing. Goodnight

[xtexan]

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HI Roz:

I too live alone, and have for the last 25 years or so. I saw my sanctuary out here in the woods, as a place to get ripped and crank the tunes to max without interference or judgement from society. My castle was my blitz refuge. My house, my land, my space.

So I came up with a little exercise sometimes when the solitude was begging for a drink. I would walk outside, day or night, and stand about 30 yards or so in front of my house. I would then ask myself, "Does a sober person, or a drunk live there?" I wanted a sober person to live there, and I would imagine myself stumbling and crashing into things inside with the music turned up loud. A simple change of perspective, but it did the trick a lot of times.

Just a suggestion. Envision yourself the way you want to be.

Neil

[Flip]

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Hi Roz,

Hope you are going ok. I drank 1-2 bottles of red everynight. I drank alone. It drowns the noise that the quiet makes in your head.

It's now been 9 months since my last drink, and I'm never going back there. The noise stopped once I turned to face it and listen.

F.

[retteacher]

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Roz: My life continues to unfold as I become more & more sober (42 days). I drank a 1.5 L bottle of white 3 - 5 times per week for years. If I can do it you can too. I was an alcoholic who loved to drink alone. Mary

[hart]

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Some of us are Boop Boop de Booping