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    #16
    Posting to stop myself!

    I really like the henna painting idea too. I don't have henna but lots of colourful eye pencils will do to keep my hands busy for something different. Agree with Lav, good job reflecting on your thought process!
    Psalms 119:45


    ?Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.?

    St. Francis of Assisi



    I'm not perfect, never will be, but better than I was and not as good as I'm going to be.

    :rays:

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      #17
      Posting to stop myself!

      I have been keeping myself busy at craving time and found a new addiction: low sodium sunflower seeds. My mouth is so busy getting the shells off, that I can't find time to pour a drink.

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        #18
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        Hi Mauri!
        Great job on recognizing that you were weakening, and coming here and posting. I wish I'd done that when I caved in (more times than I can count). I know how hard it is not to view AL as a reward, I still have those fleeting thoughts too. But when think of the reality of AL, and not just the fantasy version, it's so much easier to say no to.

        In my fantasy, I am sitting around the fire, enjoying a nice buzz and feeling happy. In my reality, I am stumbling around, breaking things, becoming depressed and mean, making stupid decisions and getting physically ill. Then the "fun" continues throughout the night, until I wake up (or come to) and see the damage from the night before, which brings on anxiety, guilt, shame, embarrassment, depression...etc. Nice reward huh?

        It takes time to see alcohol for what it really is...but when we do, the choice becomes much easier!

        I've recently discovered Ginger Ale as my reward...I never realized how much I like it (well that could be because I never tried it when I was drinking...lol). I did notice that it has quite a few calories...but nowhere near the 1,200 I used to guzzle down...every day!

        Hang in there, you are doing great, and keep posting!

        K9
        :heart:I love my daughter more than alcohol:heart:

        Believe in yourself. You are stronger than you think.

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          #19
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          Yeah on the reality. I too used to think I was just so mellow on booze. But I could sure get nasty at times. I sometimes would flare up at my poor long-suffering DH - he would irritate me beyond endurance by just being alive!!! Poor lamb. It was all I could do not to grab him by the neck and kill him - yeah, mellow all right. Booze is the devil's juice!!!! Better without.

          Ya want mellow? Howse about a nice cup of tea? Or a nice glass of ginger ale!!!
          Ask yourselves, would you rather be a non drinker with an occasional desire to drink or a drinker with a constant desire to stop doing it?
          (quote from Bean )

          Goal: Survival

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