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    #151
    Abstinence Challenge

    Well today is the day, I'm NOT going to drink at this girls night. Lying in bed this morning I was just thinking how this indifference thing feels and the simple fact is I've came too far through some very rough terrain to drink just because I feel pressured to.

    I like the fact that I can have a couple if I wanted to but this time I'm choosing not to indulge and the power of that choice is something else. I can remember when I stopped before using the Alan Carr method and in a way I was indifferent but I'll never forget that one sip that Christmas and how POW my brain lit up again and that was it I was in its clutches again. Such a shame, I wish I knew about Bac back then.

    So, this is new and I've never been here before and I will stay true to the Challenge because that's what I choose to do.

    AF wine is being rebottled and put into my cool bag and they won't know the difference, this will be fun, packing my cloak and dagger alongside my AF wine. Have a great day everyone, will report back tomorrow as to how I got on.
    Honour Thyself

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      #152
      Abstinence Challenge

      Emily u can totally do it. We'll be here waiting for u. I can't believe ur doing this. Wow. Ur way stronger than me. I would have already sold out days before I left...probably to the point that I would have drank a few days before I even went. I have a key piece of advice if u get hassled by anyone... Fuck em.
      When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn into a fossil.

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        #153
        Abstinence Challenge

        emily;1531711 wrote: Well today is the day, I'm NOT going to drink at this girls night.
        That's the spirit, girl!

        If they want to drink the poison, it's their problem. Not yours.

        Have a good night of fun and post us the details of how funny it is to be sober and watch your friends acting silly
        Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

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          #154
          Abstinence Challenge

          Day 23 for me, without a problem.

          I only wished I started on July 1, because I'm getting tired of looking it up all the time and calculating the days.

          Anyway, instead of opening a bottle of poison next week, I'm going to extend the challenge to the end of August. Maybe longer, but I will decide then.

          By the way, this is no real challenge for me, because I don't have the need to drink and it's really effortless to be AF for me.

          But I'm proud of all you guys and girls who really struggle to do do this challenge.
          I have huge respect for you, because once I was like you and I know how unbelievable difficult it was to stay AF.
          Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

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            #155
            Abstinence Challenge

            Xadrian;1531774 wrote: I know how unbelievable difficult it was to stay AF.
            It's just so BORING!

            Kidding. Sort of. Ugh.

            Anyway, just checking in, peeps. I guess it's not difficult, but if the bartender accidentally set a bottle of real beer in front of me instead of an AF one, I'm not sure I'd be able to correct her mistake. Until after I'd drank it, that is, at which point I'm sure I'd order shots and beers and then who knows maybe a margarita, until casually falling off the bar stool and finally asking for her hand in marriage.

            Day 63 here. If I make it through today, which I don't doubt I will, it'll be the longest stretch of continuous abstinence in my adult life. Weird.

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              #156
              Abstinence Challenge

              How do you casually fall off a bar stool? Is it just a matter of saying "I do that all the time" afterward? Then I guess "marry me" would smooth things over. But, damn, you should definitely try to avoid saying that casually.

              Congratulations btw. :goodjob:

              And Emily, I don't even need to say this but, you'll be fine.
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                #157
                Abstinence Challenge

                StuckinLA;1531846 wrote: It's just so BORING!
                And that's exactly what drove me to the boozer on countless occasions. Why not read a book or watch TV or put on a record or have another wank? Nah, I'm wasting valuable drinking time just considering some alternatives.

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                  #158
                  Abstinence Challenge

                  8

                  I am overly excited I think. But I would like to explain. I am excited because I know I'll be fine. In the past if I were excited about a beer day, I would for sure drink before these next 8 days were up. Also, I would have in my mind... Well things r probably going to go bad but I just hope not too bad... God I hope not. Anyways I don't feel like that. I know I'm ready. I'm 30 mg over my switch dose. I am used to this dose now. It's on. I have a few contractors drawing up plans for my outdoor mancave and it will be Rollin by football season. Woohoo!!!
                  When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn into a fossil.

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                    #159
                    Abstinence Challenge

                    Colin;1531891 wrote: Why not read a book or watch TV or put on a record or have another wank?
                    Because that's what I do when I'm drinking!

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                      #160
                      Abstinence Challenge

                      Hi,

                      7 weeks today alcohol free.

                      I am on 80mg and it has taken any cravings away. What is helping more though is that I have made a promise to myself never to drink again. The baclofen enabled me to drink a few glasses and stop but I still had the mental preoccupation with alcohol. It is easier for me to have none.

                      I have done lots of damage to my body which is only showing up now, at 51 I have thin bones and osteoarthritis and who knows what else. But if I had carried on things would/could have been so much worse.

                      But you know what, I am fed up with myself for acting like a victim all these years and feeling sorry for myself because of the cards I have been dealt. I am now going to be a fighter.

                      So alcohol can fuck off, I am not going to let it take anything else off me.

                      I have baclofen to thank (and MWO posters) for giving me the first realistic chance of leading a life without the monster leaching my very marrow.

                      Thank you all.

                      Caro

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                        #161
                        Abstinence Challenge

                        Congrats on your 7 weeks AF, Caro.
                        Also on your decision to never drink again.

                        Good going, girl!
                        Today is the first day of the rest of my life.

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                          #162
                          Abstinence Challenge

                          Thanks Xadrian,

                          Caro

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                            #163
                            Abstinence Challenge

                            Just back home from the girls night out and was completely AF.

                            the AF wine to start with worked a treat, they did try to ram a couple of these shot things down my throat so had to put my foot down and just say no to those. Afterwards, I kept out of any rounds that were being bought, luckily I wasn't the only one doing this so that was fine and when I did go to the bar I bought tonic water and said I was drinking G & Ts.

                            Day 21 for me and was glad I didn't let myself down or you guys down just for the sake of a couple of beers.
                            Honour Thyself

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                              #164
                              Abstinence Challenge

                              Holy hell. I saw last post Emily. I couldn't scroll fast enough. WOOHOO!!! Due u have taken the abstinence thread to a whole new level. I was at a casino last night and this damn girl was like almost following me around yelling cocktails, cold beer. My finance knows all about this, so she was just laughing. I was like god why is that girl trying to kill me....I don't even know her. If I knew her I would understand . 7 days to go for me.
                              When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn into a fossil.

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                                #165
                                Abstinence Challenge

                                Wow Emily, you did take it to the next level! Thank you for sharing this. I'm so happy for you.

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