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    #31
    Just another cautionary tale

    Hey Overit!!!
    So glad to see your bag!!!

    It only takes a couple good AF days under your belt and you will feel right as rain again and back on track! B
    All you gotta do, is get thru this day. AF 1/20/2011
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      #32
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      Thanks Byrdie, Just posting today has made me feel like I'm on my way back to feeling human
      The easy way to quit drinking?:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow0lr63y4Mw

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        #33
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        I posted in NN a couple of times, but I see that there have been more responses here, so I wanted to give you an update.

        I'm doing much better. Probably due to the love and support I have received here. I managed to clean up my home tonight and cooked a decent dinner. Soon I will tackle the unopened mail sitting on my kitchen table. Uck - drinking sucks. It makes me lazy and unmotivated. It's truly an awful way to live. However...

        I also have great news. Last night, I talked to my youngest son on the phone for nearly an hour and half. An hour and a half!! A real conversation. It was wonderful. Unfortunately, things aren't going so well for him, but I was sober and present and hopefully, helpful.

        This is what it is all about for me. Family. You are all my family so I want to be sober, present and helpful for all of you too. I'm kicking AL's a$$ out of my life forever. Thank you.

        Overit - glad you posted. You can do this. It's hard. I won't lie. But it's so worth it. Hang in there.

        Too all who responded, I can never thank you enough. Your unwavering support is carrying me through these first few hard days.
        Everything is going to be amazing

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          #34
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          Hi all, hope you don't mind me posting I'm new on here and not quite sure of the correct thread etiquette. I've been reading your posts and I think you all seem truly inspirational. You keep going and aiming for the 1 target we are all here to achieve, I'm quitting for the 1st time after a heavy kick up the backside forced me to face the fact I was an alcoholic (I won't bore you with the details) my partner (also an alcoholic, although for more years than myself) is also quitting TODAY so we both have a huge mountain to climb (I've been sober around a month) anyway after rabbiting on my point is that seeing people ahead of the journey than us is proof we can do it. Wishing everybody great success on this journey :new:

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            #35
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            Great going Moss! Family IS a great motivator! Xxoo, B
            Edit to add, Hey Leighann! Welcome aboard! Please notice the 2 links in my signature line, great spots! We are so glad You are here!
            All you gotta do, is get thru this day. AF 1/20/2011
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              #36
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              Hi Byrdlady :-) thank you I'll have a look

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                #37
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                Hi MossRose, I just had an experience similar to yours. What I've learned from this experience is that ANY addict can go back to using at ANY TIME. As my therapist says, "I PROBABLY won't drink again." She always qualifies it - even after 25 years of sobriety. Truly, it could be any one of us.

                I've been going to intensive outpatient therapy, but I need to just go away for a while and am looking at inpatient options. "Half measures have availed us nothing," and chose IOP because I didn't want to do inpatient. But I obviously can't handle recovery and life at the same time. When I told my wife I've made that decision she cried.
                In the middle of my life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood, as I had lost the straight path. It is a difficult thing to speak about, how wild, harsh and impenetrable that wood is. Just thinking about it recreates the fear. It is scarcely less bitter than death, but in order to tell of the good that I found there, I must tell of the other things I saw there. --Dante, paraphrased

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                  #38
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                  Hi Alky. There's no doubt that we are all vulnerable to relapse. I can testify to that. I can't say that inpatient treatment hasn't crossed my mind. If I have another relapse, it may be my only choice. Inconvenient, yes. But perhaps necessary. So if you feel that this is the correct choice for you, then you must pursue it. I am so sorry that your wife is upset. Or is she happy that you are going to do this? I'm a bit confused. She is probably feeling a whirlwind of emotions right now. But you are making a choice that in the end will benefit you both. Let me know what you decide. Going to be standing right here with you.
                  Everything is going to be amazing

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                    #39
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                    No, she was happy about it. She said "maybe I can have you back."
                    In the middle of my life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood, as I had lost the straight path. It is a difficult thing to speak about, how wild, harsh and impenetrable that wood is. Just thinking about it recreates the fear. It is scarcely less bitter than death, but in order to tell of the good that I found there, I must tell of the other things I saw there. --Dante, paraphrased

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                      #40
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                      That made my heart hurt with joy. You have the one thing in life that can help you succeed - true love and caring. Best wishes to you, Alky. You can do this. Make sure you come back to us We'll be here.
                      Everything is going to be amazing

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                        #41
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                        I'm resurrecting this thread, because I don't really feel a new one is in order. I've been gone a while again, and I've had some interesting experiences. Some very good, some very bad. I've managed to hang in there for most of it. I won't lie - I fell down one night, and it only made things worse.

                        Anyway, my vacation was fabulous. I managed to go an entire week without turning on the TV or a computer. I didn't even know that Joan Rivers had died until someone told me. Weird, but true. I highly advise it to anyone inclined. It was the most peaceful week of my life.

                        But I was only home one day before I learned that my SIL has acute myeloid leukemia. I was with her when she was diagnosed. I thought we would get her test results, I would run to Walgreens and fill a few scripts, drop her off and probably go back to work. But it didn't turn out that way. Instead, I listened to a doctor tell someone I love that she is most likely going to die soon. It had a profound affect on me. Her life turned upside-down in seconds. My nephews life turned upside-down in seconds. It was awful.

                        But the strange thing is that it made me want to drink less. Yes!! Less. I want to savor every moment. I have always known that I was squandering my life and my health, but until I saw it up-close-and-personal, it didn't really register. Now it has. Take care my fellow MWOers. Live life sober and to the fullest. As cliche as it is, live each day as if it were your last. Don't let it be a drunk one. Please.
                        Everything is going to be amazing

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                          #42
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                          So sorry to hear about your SIL Moss but so glad you will be with her sober and able to help and support her. I have a friend with anal cancer and he has to have a major op to take out his bowel, bladder and prostate. Its been so upsetting but i have the strength to be there for him as i am sober. It seems so unfair but what can we do but be there. He turns 50 next month. I do know i dont want to drown out my sadness and helplessness with al. Stay strong Moss and sending hugs girl. xx
                          AF free 1st December 2013 - 1st December 2022 - 9 years of freedom

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                            #43
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                            Moss first I'm glad your vacation was good.
                            Sorry for the bad diagnosis. Your nephews and SIL are at a crisis and I'm glad you are THERE for them.
                            I understand what you mean about living each day. I spent so many days in bed recovering from a "good time" that I generally never remembered. That is one of the main things I do not miss. Each sober day is a present.
                            Thank you.:l
                            No matter how far you go or how fast you run, you can't get away from yourself. ....said at an AA meeting. It stuck with me.

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                              #44
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                              Thanks Ava and LB. I probably shouldn't have posted this. It's so depressing. I am just very down right now. My nephews are still reeling from their dad's cancer (my brother), and now their mom is critically ill. I realize they are adults (barely), but it doesn't make it any easier. Both parents diagnosed within a few months of each other...

                              I can't sleep right now. But I'm not going to drink. Period. I'm just not.

                              Ava - sorry to hear about your friend. Sending prayers.
                              Everything is going to be amazing

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                                #45
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                                I deleted my last couple of posts. Too depressing. Hang in there everyone. Love to you all.
                                Everything is going to be amazing

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