I am so done

[imdone]

At 4:16am today, I decided to be done. Done from drinking 3 glasses of wine a night. Done from telling myself that I should continue to drink so others don't feel uncomfortable in social settings. Done from the worry that I'm ruining my health. Done from worry that my kids might drink like they see me drink. Done from not wanting to work out because the booze has zapped my energy. Done from waking up at 2am, 3am, 4am with a feeling of regret. Done from making up rules that I can never keep about my drinking (weekends only, beer instead of wine, 1 glass instead of 3)
I want to be done from all of it. And I want to be done now. Done. Done. Done.

[Rags]

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Dear I'm done,

Wow!! That is absolutely fantastic!!! No more excusesa for others....... you are doing this for yourself!
This has to be one of the most forthright enthusiastic posts I've seen!
Do you have a plan to ease off or stop drinking?
Please, keep up your fantastic enthusiasm and resolve. Picture the wonderful things ahead in your life. KEEP GOING FORWARD!!!
Rags.

[betty boop]

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Hi I'm done & :welcome:

Well done for making such a fabulous decision .....

With the help of all the lovely people here you can do this ....

Love & Hugs

[Debh]

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Hi I am Done

Thats Great. Good on you.

We are here to help. Keep it up.

DebH

[gabby]

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Good for you Iamdone. Imdone too and have been for 11 months now. It feels great.

[Beaches]

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Welcome Done, sounds like you have great motivation to be done. Stick around!

[goingsobermum]

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Great decision, great place to be for help and support.

[paula]

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welcome done,
best of luck on making the right decision.

[imdone]

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A load off...

Thank you for your replies. It was a wonderful release to post my decision for others to see. I am so grateful for this site. I just needed to tell someone at 4:16am this morning! I truly feel that a weight was taken off my shoulders ever since I made the decision not to drink again. To answer a question posted in a reply - no moderation for me. My family has a history of alcohol abuse (both parents, siblings). I always knew in my mind that I would end up here. It was just a matter of time. So, in a way, I'm glad to get on with it.
All day I've been thinking of how great my life will be alcohol free. I will replace my preoccupation with alcohol with a new desire to get healthy. I will restart my exercise program, I will drink my green tea and water. I will take vitamins and supplements. I will read books on health and fitness. I will become the person that I know lives within me.
If anyone asks, "You don't drink?" I will answer "I'm on this health kick". Ya, that's right...for life.

[landsharkman]

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Same as the others, come here as often as you can, the help and support is wonderful, I'm AF 23 days now aiming for 24!!

You're on the right track, the BIG decision has been made, well done!!

[nancy]

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I admire your ambition, but it might be good to take things a day at a time, or to set shorter timeframe goals. if you can do what you are planning, that is wonderful, just don't want you to get discouraged.

good luck

[imdone]

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Hi all,
I'm on like day 8 or 9 and feeling great. Need to go get more green tea! I have slept soundly every night since I'm off the wine! That is a first in 20 years. It's funny because I really had to count with my fingers how many days it has been since I had anything to drink. Had I only committed to stop for a week or a month, you KNOW I'd be keeping score. Not now. 8, 9, maybe it's even been 10 days. I just doesn't matter now because it is for LIFE. This time seems easier because I know there is no "last day, or last week" like there was before when I'd quit for short periods. I've gotten on with life and won't look back. I'm enjoying desert like I never had before! What a simple, silly pleasure. Wine was always my desert. And I always went back for second helpings.
I know in my heart that it was a friend who is dying who really helped save me. Her kidneys are shot. She has cancer. No hope. I found myself looking into her eyes one day and I saw us both dying. She has no choice but I there I was choosing mine every day. From that moment, I realized that it was all a matter of choice. Not an easy choice, but a choice I was so thrilled to get to make.