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    #31
    I won't drink today *because*

    Question: can you rewire depression thinking circuits?
    You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi

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      #32
      I won't drink today *because*

      I'm not sure.. I'd like to think yes??

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        #33
        I won't drink today *because*

        That is still up in the air Free. Dr. Daniel Amen has done some interesting work on brain imaging, nutrition, medications, etc on the brains of people addicted to various substances that he has attempted with varying levels of success to write up for laypeople - thinks you can heal it - but only some - and with a lot of work on specific nutrition for specific addicitions - but his work is highly controversial and not at all universally accepted by the medical community yet.

        That's kind of the issue with AL addicitions right? If there was an accepted answer we could turn to - we wouldn't all be struggling...

        No "one" person has magic answer yet - no one set of supplements fixes everything, no one set of protocols is the way to peace of mind and freedom.

        And I don't love how his stuff pushes you to his clinics for testing since few people do what he does. BUT - look at a few of his images of brains of AL a users after long term AL abuse versus nonAL abusers and you might actually cry. I felt gut punched. No wonder I can't remember after a blackout if that's what I have done to myself. I looked at some of those scans, said we need to be a lot kinder to our poor brains, and nearly heaved my cookies.

        His stuff is at Amazon and the Apple books store - download or by delivery. Get the one on addicted brains. It will take your breath away. But there is no current unified consensus we can truly rewire - although I happen to believe ultimately that will be proven true.
        That popping sound you hear is me attempting to remove my head from my arse. It's been there for years so this may take a while.
        Admitting I need healing. And I am not big enough to do this alone.
        AF - August 20, 2012

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          #34
          I won't drink today *because*

          Hi Patrice & Prairie. I'd like to think yes too.
          Prairie, thanks for this reply. I shall check out Amen although I'm a little apprehensive to see what I may have done to myself!
          You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi

          :lilangel:

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            #35
            I won't drink today *because*

            Thanks Praire.. I'n going to check him out too!! Hi FF
            Hope you are all doing well

            Patrice

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              #36
              I won't drink today *because*

              I won't drink today because I got a class today and classes tomorrow.
              I quit drinking on March 8, 2020. Taking it One Day At A Time and no more taking my quit for granted.

              Also doing it for me. I got to stay sober for me.

              Just consecrate on today and do what you can to remain sober for today and worry about staying sober tomorrow, tomorrow.

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                #37
                I won't drink today *because*

                Oy - the pictures....tell me after you've looked they don't upset you. We could start a whole - Brain Scans...scaring you straight to AB and abstincence thread after a few of you read them....
                That popping sound you hear is me attempting to remove my head from my arse. It's been there for years so this may take a while.
                Admitting I need healing. And I am not big enough to do this alone.
                AF - August 20, 2012

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                  #38
                  I won't drink today *because*

                  I won't drink today because I promised I woke up today on Day 4. I rode out wicked Night 3.

                  I earned a Day 4. And I am not resetting to a Day 1.
                  That popping sound you hear is me attempting to remove my head from my arse. It's been there for years so this may take a while.
                  Admitting I need healing. And I am not big enough to do this alone.
                  AF - August 20, 2012

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                    #39
                    I won't drink today *because*

                    Prairie Fairy;1367941 wrote: Oy - the pictures....tell me after you've looked they don't upset you. We could start a whole - Brain Scans...scaring you straight to AB and abstincence thread after a few of you read them....
                    Gulp! Prairie, they're scary! Might explain my current brain fog - got myself a holey brain!! The encouraging thing is the set with a year's abstinence. We do have the opportunity to heal our brains. Wanna be holy, not holey!
                    You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi

                    :lilangel:

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                      #40
                      I won't drink today *because*

                      RIGHT - after you get done breathing in and out of paper bags - you say to yourself - ok - what do I have to do to fix that? And no wonder I can't remember SHITE.
                      That popping sound you hear is me attempting to remove my head from my arse. It's been there for years so this may take a while.
                      Admitting I need healing. And I am not big enough to do this alone.
                      AF - August 20, 2012

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                        #41
                        I won't drink today *because*

                        Took one look at those after ignoring my book - and said - Prairie - time to order that dang AB - give yourself a year to get your brain straight - literally and figuratively...
                        That popping sound you hear is me attempting to remove my head from my arse. It's been there for years so this may take a while.
                        Admitting I need healing. And I am not big enough to do this alone.
                        AF - August 20, 2012

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                          #42
                          I won't drink today *because*

                          I won't drink today because I went to bed last night reading the book about addictions/AL and the brain from Dr. Amen. And looking at those scary brain scans of Alchoholics. I don't want a holey brain.

                          I have always been proud of "being smarter that the average bear" and I'm not going to lose that to AL.

                          I will not drink today so my brain can heal. I will not drink today so that I don't lose my start. I will not drink today because I promised myself I won't - and I keep my promises to other people - I need to learn to keep them to myself.
                          That popping sound you hear is me attempting to remove my head from my arse. It's been there for years so this may take a while.
                          Admitting I need healing. And I am not big enough to do this alone.
                          AF - August 20, 2012

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                            #43
                            I won't drink today *because*

                            I will not drink today because my daughter needs her mother to be healthy.

                            IG
                            Fall down 7 times. Get up 8.

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                              #44
                              I won't drink today *because*

                              I won't drink today because I really want to, and I will not let it beat me!

                              I won't drink today because I am fed up of wondering what will happen if my girls need me in the night and I can't drive to get them, take them, help them.....whatever with them - cuddle them even...

                              I won't drink tonight because I am a hugely better person when I don't - and OMG I want to be that person.....
                              “The only courage you will ever need is the courage to live the life you want"

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                                #45
                                I won't drink today *because*

                                ... because it's already halfway through the day...!

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