My Intro - hopefully to a new life

[bald headed old guy]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

imsqueak,
Welcome! I can relate so much to what you wrote. I am 53, and decided last January that I was out of control. My wife, like yours, has been super-supportive of my efforts to get through this. The good news? YOU CAN DO THIS! Many of us on this site have made it! And if you follow some of the other advice given to you in the posts above mine, you will increase your chance of making it all work. Three items I found greatly useful: 1) find a "substitute drink" I use Cranberry and soda, start drinking them right when I get home from work each night, just like I used to drink my wine. 2) Excercise..even walking..will help to increase the endorphins released in your brain and give you a boost to keep from drinking. 3) Find an interest, new or old, that will take up your free time and your free mental ability. It helps to keep youself focused on other things than drinking.
PM me any time you like, we have a lot in common.
Stay Strong!
BHOG

[KateH1]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

Hi and welcome, imqueak! Funny, I was just thinking about how much you sound like our buddy, Baldy! And low and behold he already found you!

I arrived her last September, after a couple of weeks I finally bought the book and ordered the Kudzu, went to Whole Foods and bought other supps and the L-Glut. In Dec. I comitted to doing 30 days....made it to day 28 and crashed! Since that time I have lived without alcohol........Life is Good! At six months of sobriety, I am so grateful to RJ and everyone here, this is a place to heal and grow!

Best Wishes,
Kate

[maish]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

am going nuts and i need help. I always have this craving of drinking even when am working. this has negatively affected my work and family. please, what did you do in the first place so that the craving would go down a little

[maish]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

This kudz works after how long. do i have to wait for long before i get results?

[patricia]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

Hi,

You've really got to give this site a go! Its the best and will help you get where you want to be whether it is AF or moderating. I'm about to enter my 29 night and the support has been absolutely brilliant - people don't have to talk to you to give you strength (although they do talk to you) but for the most part I've just logged on, listened, participated in some of the threads and this is what's made the difference -Good luck to you and WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME

[Seacailin]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

Welcome

Just wanted to say "Hi" and welcome u. I stumbled upon this site, literally. The people here are Incredible. I look forward to getting to know u. I am female, mid forties, single. I live in Northeastern US. I was sober for a long time, got divorced, picked it up again because I am socially phobic, blah blah blah No excuses.

[imsqueak]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

Thanks again all. So I have to come up with a game plan. I'm going to do the hypno but read about the MYO CD's in some of the forums and although in content it may be good, I'm anal about imperfections in products so I may get totally hung up on gramatics or a voice that's other than soothing to listen to and miss the whole thing. OK truthfully, give me a soothing woman's voice over any man's any day! but content and effect is key. Anyone have any other good suggestions?

I'll definitely do the Kudzu. Glad we found a use for that plague of a plant other than suffocating our hill sides in the south. I hope it's made in the USA.

What other supps should I start out with? Which can I cut down on first? I hate taking pills! as a principle, not physically. Less is better, but let the guns blare in the beginning 'cause I know it wont be an easy fight. I'm off to read up more on supps and meds.

So you know, I still have to pick a start date. I haven't started! I don't have the tools to succeed yet and don't want to set myself up for failure. Any other newbies thinking of starting and want a partner, LMK. I'm thinking 1 week soonest, 3 weeks latest.

BHOG, going to figure out how PM's work on this forum. Will be in contact if I figure it out.

Best to all!
Squeak

[42cat]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

Hi 'squeak ... I'm 43 and struggling too. Kind of in a similar family relationship as you are as well .. not too many arguments .. etc. Well, I could go on (and on and on) ... Things in my life are obviously not perfect or I wouldn't have this problem. Boredom, loneliness, afraid to find out what things would be like without the crutch of a drink.

Just the other night, I had my first AF night in a few years (not planned - I thought I'd get home in time for a couple, but the night ran late... I was out with my co-worker and her husband (extreme non-drinkers and I didn't want to seem like the odd one out, so I didn't order a drink). I forgot how good (GREAT!) it felt to wake up without the remnants of drinkage on/in my brain and body.

Anyway ... welcome and good luck to you. Btw, I feel the same way you do about having to take pills, etc ... and the grammar thing ... I haven't tried the CDs, but I'm sure they're done wonderfully. I haven't really told anyone I'm trying to quit this .. not ready to 'fess up yet. But our lives and families are worth every bit of this struggle. Let's DO this.

[imsqueak]

My Intro - hopefully to a new life

I've ordered two hypno mp3s. One was voluminous about breaking bad habits. Like 4 hrs of it. Beat the stress, replace bad habits with good, and a half dozen other titles that some may find helpful (abt $100). Too generic for me. Then found a British man's work (who died last year). A little long intro that I'll grow to despise but once it gets started it's what "I like". give me a tranquil place and suggestions about NOT DRINKING. Bring it on! Listened to it yesterday under non-optimum conditions and felt that I thought clearer today even though I drank my normal yesterday. It was only $20ish and most likely my mental tool to use against the beast.

I ordered some supps yesterday too. I've made a word doc by copy/paste from adv from many here. It gets confusing with diff supps that do/help the same thing. I back-tracked and deleted several duplicates and now I don't remember what all I ordered. And my attempt to save the order only saved the website, account, and order number so I don't recall what all I ordered. It was $100 worth. Allone is the only thing I'm positive of, but there's about 5 more. Milk weed, L-tryptophan, Sam-e, prim rose, etc. Got the All one weight loss for my wife. Original formula has more different varieties of stuff than weight loss... I'd have thought the opposite since WL costs twice as much. Gotta love/hate market pricing!

Ammunition staging is in effect. Psyc'ing myself up for the day. BTW, I'm quiting smoking at the same time. I only want to smoke when I drink so it should only be 20% of the effort it takes to quit drinking.

I'm sure ya'll have heard the same story from hundreds before me. It just helps to type it out for me.

42kat, wishing you the power to defeat the beast! It does help knowing we are not alone; others really do walk in our shoes, misserable as those shoes may be...:thanks: