U-Buns, Stirly again.
Wow, ultra triathlons!! Good for you. You and Chill have yet another thing in common.
Let me say a word to Popeye first. We've never met but you may have read a few of my posts. Please, don't even think about having the tiniest of sippies. Almost a year AF - just hold on a couple of more weeks and you'll have done it and how cool is that!!!:yay:
U-Buns, I know it's really hard when friends and family can control their drinking (or think they can) and want you to go along with them - and sometimes keep up at the same pace. There are excuses you can use to not take the first drink. (if you take Antabuse, you yourself know the biggest reason why you shouldn't have even one drink) When someone offers me a drink, I like to say that since we tend to eat more over the holidays and consume more calories that I'd rather eat the extra calories than drink them. Let the others think what they will. Some other excuses that JC suggested is that you have been having problems with your stomach, are on meds and that alcohol is strictly forbidden. There are lots of little white lies you can come up with and if someone has a problem with that, it's their problem. Just don't let them drag you down. LIke, sorry, guys, I've been indulging a bit too much lately and decided to give it a rest for a couple of weeks. Then see how much better you feel after even such a short period of time.
Alcohol is a very powerful drug but we are not powerless before it. The decision to have a drink is ours. If you don't open the bottle or the can of beer and pour yourself a drink, the drink can't get out. It's powerless, not you. You give it the power if you drink it. It's so very complicated and yet in a way, so simple. The power is actuallly in your hands. You just have to take the first step and not open the bottle or not take a drink that is offered to you. The majority of alcoholics can't moderate their drinking. We like to say we don't have a "turn off" switch. Someone else said our brains are wired differently. That's what I believe and after reading so many, many posts the last couple of weeks here at MWO, it seems that it is true.
Keep reading the posts. Write whatever you want. We are all here to help each other. You CAN not take that first drink, and you definitely can wake up in the morning with a clear head and a little smile, knowing that you managed to get through a whole day and night AF. If taking the Antabuse is what you need to do, then do it.
We're all here for you and for each other. Will be following your posts. Take, care.
Stirly
:huggy
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