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[crazyforwine]

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And down2earth, let's hang in there and try to be AF in a few days. You may be able to do cold turkey tonight... which would be great. I know you are miserable, I am, too.

What do you think? Do you want to try this with me? So many lovely and helpful comments, what a generous and strong group. You always PM me; I have not quite figured out this system, being a technical idiot, but maybe I can.

It would be nice if spring would come. I'm in NY and it's bloody freezing today.

crazy

[lynnl]

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I am new to this, but crazyforwine, is telling my story!! I just received my starter kit and could not wait to take it. I look forward to sharing my results with you. I'm just wandering, hoping, and praying that it works..WOW!!! To not crave alcohol, for me, that would be a blessing!!

[luna]

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I was drawn to your membername crazyforwine I thought wow what a great name... that is me!! I am one week no drinking... not one drop yae!!!but yae pretty rough. I just joined myself! last week, I figured if I am going to do this, I definately need someone to talk too and feedback!!

I think that people identify wine or beer as a casual/social drink and harmless, I guess that is why it catches up with us. IT started 7 years ago with 2 glasses to help me sleep (I have problems sleeping too!) and now a bottle of wine and 4 poppers every 2 days and waking up feeling like crap!!

I think it is easier just to stop, then to drink moderately but i am only one week. I am also avoiding going out to party with my girlfriend who I used to think she was an alchohalic!! Who would have imagined I would be the one on that track!!

I think if you try to to amuse your time with doing other things, playing a videogame, working( you will make more $$$ then spend on alchohal!!), working out, take a fun dance class, the 10-20$ you pay for the bottle of wine, you can take a class!!!

The only thing with me is that I find I am replacing my wine & poppers with food!! I have eaten about 20 cookies today!! Yikes!!! If anybody has any advice on how to stop drinking and not going crazy with food let me know. I don't want to end up a big FAT sober women!!

[cacky]

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Im with all of you

I just joined and started reading these posts. wow it is good to read the posts. i have been trying the AA way and find that i am now leading two different lives; my sober life which show people and my drinking life which i do all by myself

[cacky]

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luna i made it 90 days and started drinking again. im not sure if is better to go cold turkey or find a way to manage it.

[crazyforwine]

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I agree with you Luna that it's good to find activities to take up some of that time/energy previously spent drinking. I have developed this terrible routine of working all day (when I feel up to it) but stopping at 3 pm to watch Dr. Phil. The instant his show starts, I open a bottle and by the end of Oprah, it's at least half gone! I feel like I'm a pigeon in one of those experiments-press the green lever, get a reward! But I can't think of anything else to do at that time, before I pick up my kids at school. How pathetic is that? I so admire the folks on this board who have sobered up and now are too busy doing fun things and getting things done to even want a drink!

Boredom is a terrible thing. Like paranoia. All induced by pouring that first glass!

Hopefully we can pull ourselves out of this maze, find the way OUT!

crazy

[cacky]

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Crazy, you sound like me. i work from home and dont work with anyone in my state. i am now separated from husband and only have the kids half the time. when i have them i stay sober. on days i dont have the kids; sometimes the drinking starts during the soaps and i just hope noone can tell on conference calls