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[jamesrw]

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[jessie]

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Hi James,
You have come to the right place for support, and my wish for you is that you will get really serious about kicking the habit. I get the feeling that you are still young - many of us have wasted many years of our lives with AL, the deadly beast.
All the best.

[cacky]

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James, wow 8 months. that is awesome. you can do it again. give yourself some credit for that. stick with us we will help get you through it. congrats on another 24 hours

[jamesrw]

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Hi jessie

I am so serious about this! I am caught in such a hard place, with my parents looking at me as being weird for trying not to drink. Their answer to everything has always been 'have a drink, you'll feel better'
Luckily for me i have a sister who doesn't drink (she realised early on from my parents it was not such a good thing)
I just feel really guilty, as i try so much not to drink and feel i let my sister down!

I'm 33 and have pretty much wasted half of my life already. I am ready to stop now! i need to stop!

I look forward to making friends here and understanding in some way how to deal with this.

[DeeBee]

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Welcome James.
I too was 33 when I found MWO -- it was the best day of my life.
There is loads of support and understanding here.
Post daily and keep reading and learning.

[mario]

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:welcome: james your with the right people comming here:goodjob:

[startingover]

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Hi James,
Welcome to you. There is loads of support here.
It sounds like your parents might have a problem with drink too?
Thats probably why they make you feel guilty for wanting to address yours.
Coming here will help you with that guilt I think.
Well done for taking that difficult first step

[Seacailin]

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Hello and Welcome James

[42cat]

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Nice to meet you, James. You've found a great site here. As you fight toward an ALcohol-free life, make a promise to yourself that you're not going to let anyone's negative comments, or non-understanding, make you feel bad or guilty in any way, OK? A lot of times when people brush aside these types of decisions or changes is because they can't or don't want to deal with the change, or because they're jealous in a way, or because they know they have a similar problem and don't want to address it at this time. That's their problem.

But this is your life; your choices ... Your happiness and your future are on the line.

Go for it! And stick with us .. lots of reading and learning and understanding and friendship here.

[jamesrw]

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Thank You all!

Thanks everyone for your comments. It helps a lot!

I must admit to relapsing and now feel pretty bad!

Does anyone else have a sense that the world as it is, doesn't actually feel real there and then and you only realise what happened when it has passed??

I'm a photographer and often look at my photos, which capture a moment, Yet i only appreciate that moment from the photo, not when i'm there taking it.

One day i hope to live life as it happens and not always look back!

All the best to everyone. :-)

James

[Tulipe]

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James,
It's not the end of the world to relapse - the important thing is to get back on track the next day and continue to take it ODAT.
I agree that life seems to pass so quickly that we don't have time to appreciate it. I see that with raising children. I'm so caught up in our daily list of to do's that I forget to enjoy them. That's a nice thing about grandparents - they can really enjoy the kids because they don't have the deep responsibility.
Back to photography - at least you do take the time to appreciate the moment in the photo rather than just moving on. And I think that it takes time to make sense of things sometimes, which is why after the fact some of the moving pieces seem more logical, or at least understandable.

I find that being (nearly) AF I am enjoying life more as it happens. I hope to start looking forward to things too.
Good luck to you,
Tulipe