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[hadit]

Hello Everyone, I have been away for 8 weeks and need to get back in the fight. My drinking has been out of control (again). Don't know how many times I have tried,but here I am again at the bottom of the heap. Feeling like crap.Dissappointed in myself after going almost 40 days a/f a few months ago and was feeling just fantastic!!! Why was I born with an addictive brain?? I know I just can't drink!I need lots of support at the moment. Thanks for listening everyone.

[LillyE]

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Hey Boozer,

Come join us in the Newbies Nest for support if you'd like - we've got a great little group going on and a bunch of us trying to do a 30-day 'Boot Camp'. You've done it before, you CAN do it again. Stop beating yourself up and focus on getting a plan in place

What worked for you before? Where did you go wrong this time? What do you need to make it work now?

As for why you have an addictive brain? I know it's a rhetorical question - one many of us ask. But, really, it's like the short-sighted person railing against being born with crappy eye-sight. It just is. Unfortunately for us laser surgery isn't an option but there is a free solution: abstinence.

Come over and tell us more about you. :welcome:

Lilly x

[mario]

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Hiya Boozer and welcome back, You know what you have to do,And as you have done it before you know the drill,It took me years to stop drinking,I was forever making a go at it until some excuse game me a reason in why I should just have that one ?? Its a baffling and cunning disease/addiction/problem we all have.Anyway Boozer for now the main thing is that your back so go for it and remember nothing changes if nothing changes.

[ronnie]

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BOOZER XXXXXXXX
Welcome back honey, this is really wierd as i was just thinking about you today, its lovely to hear from you (if you know what i mean)
You gave me so much support in the begining you know you can do this, you just have to keep telling yourself that you can. Remember what your life was like when you were A/F it was fantastic and thats what you can get back again.
Keep posting honey, you are a wonderful person xxxx

[K9Lover]

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Hi Boozer!

Welcome back! The important part is that you're here with us again. I know it's frustrating to go AF and realize how great it is, only to fall back into the trap again. I know, as I have done it many times! I am like Mario, it took me YEARS to quit drinking. Please stick close to us and soak up the support and encouragement. You CAN do this, you know you can, and I know you can too!

K9

[hadit]

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Thanks everyone for the welcome back and your encouragement! I am feeling a little better today. Been a/f for a couple of daysxxxxx Really frightened this time round!!

[ronnie]

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Boozer, with every A/F day you get then the better you will fill
You can do this, the first few days are the hardest as you know, stick with it honey and gradually see your life change for the better.
You can alway PM me if you need a chat xxxxx

[mauritiusdodo]

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Hi Boozer, I have quit so many times I can't count but this time I have a plan and I am sticking to it, wishing you success on being AF, you know you can do it!

[itsmytime]

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I'm with you Boozer, Day 1 of my journey to sobriety.

[FreeFly]

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Hello Boozer,

I met you & Ronnie on her weekend thread some time ago. Like you I'm returning once again. I'm so fed up with the whole thing. Had so much time AF time which feels awesome and then I descend back down, down, down. Drinking as I write :-( but hope to saddle up tomorrow. BTW you were an awesome inspiration on that weekend thread, as were you Ronnie.

[shueaddict]

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Boozer - great to see you back !!!

Look at the reasons that lead you to drinking in the first place. You mentioned sometimes your work gets you depressed.

As you know I have been on and off quite a bit. Queen of the slips !!! I had to make a few adjustments:

- rejected 2 new projects that could have meant big bucks but also big stress
- refused to go out with friends about 6-8 times in the last few months alone (when I was feeling low / bored ) knowing I would be tempted to drink
- kept myself out of the house a few weekends in a row - home alone on Saturdays when my boys were at golf meant licence for Shue to snuggle up on the coach with Mr. Sauvignon blanc and trash TV as of 11:00 AM and call it relaxing after a long stressful week in work.

I am by no means cured but each new hangover (or even minor brain fog) after an AF stint made me feel terrible, like I never learnt anything. But I did, I tried to remember each time the circumstances that precipitated my slip and tried to avoid them or at least be aware next time.

I am not one of those determined people who put their mind into it and took only 1 quit. I had to have several and then some, before it slowly stuck.

I am here for you :h