my thoughts when i THINK i want a drink

[lloydlady]

That one was too funny ABC, but oh so true

[abcowboy]

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[abcowboy]

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[Struggles 106]

Today I was thinking that maybe Saturday night I would drink. After all it takes some planning, after the bad thinking starts, since I do have my mess.
I thought it through and went straight tot eh kitchen and took my "magic" pill.
For now they are a priceless help.
So it will be a sober weekend. Yay!

Ann C

[Struggles 106]

Haha
I meant since I do have my MEDS

[paulywogg]

I wrote out this thread with every nitty gritty detail I could think of at the time, I'm sure there's more to add to the list, the point is that it NEVER changes,the same ugly, disgusting things that happen when we drink will still happen again and then we hate ourselves even more and our foundation and trust in ourselves gets shaken, don't drink, it's gross.

[abcowboy]

I think I've hijacked this thread long enough, I'm sure other members can add some of their drinking thoughts as well.

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[paulywogg]

Cowboy, you've been a great help anything you could add to the list?

[abcowboy]

Thanks Pauly, my thoughts when I think I want to drink?

I don't often think about drinking anymore, but when I do, I think about how hard it was in the beginning, how far I've come, and how much better a person I am now. If I picked up that first drink I'd go back to being just another drunk on the road to nowhere... I have better roads to travel now...

[starty]

My thoughts take me back to how hard it was to actually get to a position where I had the will to quit. That feeling has been fleeting over the last 2 years since I fell off a 6 year wagon. If I fall again would I have the strength to return? Possibly not

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Re: my thoughts when i THINK i want a drink

Bump

[paulywogg]

Re: my thoughts when i THINK i want a drink

Bumping this nastiness for anyone who needs it

[Struggles 106]

Re: my thoughts when i THINK i want a drink

Hang in there Pauly! We can do this.
I like what you wrote. For me it's the knowledge that the last time I could have killed someone, driving.
Nuts!
I'm all for Antabuse. It has been good for me. I find that 125 mg about every 4 days works fine.
If you want to chat privately that would be cool. I have. Bit more than 8 weeks,and I can't go back.
I could be stupid and think I can drink and just NOT drive, but that's nonsense. That last time I drank I had no intention
to drive all over the place blind drunk. But I did it, like a dumb ass.
Never again.
I wish you peace and continued sobriety.

Ann

[Guitarista]

Re: my thoughts when i THINK i want a drink

I'm all for Antabuse. It has been good for me. I find that 125 mg about every 4 days works fine.
Ann

Hi Ann. Great work. Popped my first ever antabuse pill today about 9 hrs ago. I could only get them in 250 mg tabs, so i cut one up and took a quarter of that. I'm not going to take it daily but a quarter every few days i reckon, as i'm concerned with the power of the med and potential side effects. that should work for me fine because i read that i can't drink for about 2 weeks after a pill so plenty of time to deal with drinking thoughts. My purpose is to take the option totally off the table. It's taking a med to do it for me this time around, as emotional turmoil (imagined/self inflicted) has been too much for me this early in the game. Looking forward to getting a few months under my belt and getting some living done. Nursie's taking AB as is Tony nice day.

Thanks 4 the thread Pauly!

[paulywogg]

Re: my thoughts when i THINK i want a drink

Mr.G even a piece of a 250 mg tab will indeed bring on a reaction (trust me I tried it) maybe not as severe but nothing you want to mess with!