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    #1

    Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

    I need to let off some steam. I had a heated discussion with a friend about my drink problem. He is a normal drinker so he does not understand how hard it is for me not to drink on a daily basis. He does not understand that being AF for 19 days feels like 19 years for me. I was just told that I should have drank sensibly from day one...

    That remark upset me. So he didnt find alcolhol addictive but I did. But its not my fault! I didnt want to be an alcoholic. Who does! I wish there was some kind of law to prohibit excessive drinking promotions...something. not sure what. Other drugs are banned but AL isnt and its just as bad.If not worse then some of the banned ones.

    Oh I will be quiet. I guess i am feeling sorry for myself. Just finding it difficult at the moment.
    Be strong-
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    #2
    Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

    I understand what you're saying. But you kind of answered your own question. The majority of people can take or leave drinking. Alcoholics can't. Remember people can become addicted to anything food, sex, shopping. Can't make all that illeagal. As consumers we are supposed to be respnsible.
    Plus look at what happened during prohibition. Alcohol was made by criminals. Now the government controls it.
    Stopping is hard but your doing a grea job. It gets easier. Soon you won't even be thinking about drinking anymore.
    Sober since 4/8/10 -OVER 150 DAYS AND GOING AF!!!!

    Get busy livin or get busy dyin-Duane Peters
    No more bad future-Skull Skates

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      #3
      Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

      sk8punk - yeah you are right. I just felt like moaning.Wishing for something I cant get... I need to go for a walk and clear my head...and eat a big icecream!!
      Be strong-
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      Be constructive. Clear the word of CAN'T

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        #4
        Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

        Do you still get strong cravings sk8punk?
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          #5
          Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

          No. But I was a binge drinker. I usually didn't drink everyday although at the end I was. I just know I can't have one drink. That will lead to twelve more.
          I do miss the social aspect of it but I'm now able to hang out with friends at a bar and not want to drink. You'll get there too. It just takes time and willpower to break yourself of the habit.
          I'm one of the lucky ones here. Once I stopped I never looked back. Just left that part of my life in the past.
          Sober since 4/8/10 -OVER 150 DAYS AND GOING AF!!!!

          Get busy livin or get busy dyin-Duane Peters
          No more bad future-Skull Skates

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            #6
            Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

            Thats really amazing that you can hang out in bars without wanting a drink. I want to be just like you. One day i really hope to be. x
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              #7
              Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

              I'm no different than any of you. I just want to live life sober now. You can do it to.
              Sober since 4/8/10 -OVER 150 DAYS AND GOING AF!!!!

              Get busy livin or get busy dyin-Duane Peters
              No more bad future-Skull Skates

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                #8
                Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

                Rebirth, sk8 has given some great input. I too can understand your frustration with non-alcoholics who do not understand.

                A guy I go to AA with has a really good example of that. He says "it's like me trying to understand how it feels for my wife to be pregnant and have a baby. I can TRY to understand but will never know exactly how it is...."

                Hopefully the "normies" in our lives can do their best to empathize with us, and we can do our best to empathize with them too - to understand and accept that they CAN drink if they want to, and they can stop. My husband is one of those. I can't stop if I start. So I have just learned to not start.

                You CAN do this! Hang in there.

                DG
                Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
                Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07

                One day at a time.

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                  #9
                  Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

                  Rebirth

                  Go AF long enough and you will no longer have that physical craving. I too can go in bars without having a crazy urge to snatch someone's drink. Doesn't mean I don't have spells when I have the urge to drink - I have them daily they aren't linked to seeing AL though. See the physical bit leaves you, s'just the mental stuff left!

                  By the way I do know what you mean. I class AL as simply another drug - because it is. Just happens to be legal but it's no different as a lot of folk can take or leave cannabis, speed, E but others develop huge problems with them. AL is actually just as bad but it came along first and is part of society. Some normals do understand(well as best as any normy can), usually those who've had to live with or see someone go through it themselves. A ex partner of mine once said he'd give up for a week to try and understand, at the end of the week he felt bad. Why?Because he'd done it easily and without the cravings he saw me go through all the time.

                  Don't worry about your friend, just let him be.

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                    #10
                    Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

                    In the US it was repealed. We got rid of Alcohol back in the 1920's. The problem though everyone continued to drink and the crap that was out their was killing everyone. Ha! (Bath Tub Gin)....Even the Big Wigs were hitting the Houch.....They just could'nt deal with all the law breakers and deaths because of bad booze. The law was repealed in the 30's. IAD
                    ?Be who you are and say what you feel because
                    those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.?
                    Dr. Seuss

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                      #11
                      Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

                      Yes I am hanging on...the thought of going back to day one again just kills me. I know that if i have that one drink I would hit the bottle again and it would be another six months until I muster the courage to stop again.And God knows where that next six months would take me. I shudder to think.
                      I got to do this. I got to do this. Thanks guys for your support. x
                      Be strong-
                      We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worse that has been done to us.
                      Be constructive. Clear the word of CAN'T

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                        #12
                        Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

                        Hang on rebirth. You are so right that for some of us, getting BACK on the wagon can be very hard (it took me 8 months after a relapse!). It is SO worth it to sweat it out NOW and never have to look back.

                        DG
                        Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
                        Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07

                        One day at a time.

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                          #13
                          Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

                          Everyone is talking sense here. Thank you. I just have to keep going. I cant stop once I start either.I cant go back to day 1 again. It would mean another six months till I muster the courage to stop drinking again. I cant go back there. I cant.
                          I will keep trying
                          Be strong-
                          We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worse that has been done to us.
                          Be constructive. Clear the word of CAN'T

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                            #14
                            Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

                            Another quick suggestion. The words we choose to use can have a lot of power in our minds. Rather than use the word "try" I would suggest the word "decide." I decided I will not drink today. There is no "trying" about it. (which implies I might fail, and I don't want to leave the door open for that, at least not today.)

                            Keep hangin',

                            DG
                            Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
                            Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07

                            One day at a time.

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                              #15
                              Why is AL legal when other drugs are not??

                              You can do it Rebirth. I was sober for 2 weeks the first time I quit. Then I thought I could moderate my drinking. Next thing you know I was back up to 2 cases in one weekend. Then one day I drank half a bottle of rum. I lost everyone I cared about. Ruined my life. I'm still trying to pick up the pieces. I don't want to see something similar happen to you.
                              Fight through the cravings. You can get through it and when you do you'll be stronger for it.
                              Sober since 4/8/10 -OVER 150 DAYS AND GOING AF!!!!

                              Get busy livin or get busy dyin-Duane Peters
                              No more bad future-Skull Skates

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