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[JDizzle]

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And lastly, I probably need to drop off this thread until I can take a serious attempt at abstinence. I think what u all are doing is awesome. Drinking is bad.

[Yourfriend6116]

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Caro--thanks so much for your update. I really want to stop drinking on my Baclofen. Do you mind if I pm you?

[caro/2]

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Dear Yourfriend,

Feel free to pm me if you wish.

I will try and help in any way I can.

Good luck.

Caro

[skullbabyland]

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Day 62 AF

[Mandiekinz]

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Haha, JD, you at least bring humor into this room. It needs it sometimes...no, all the time.

Hope you had a good time! I believe mulligans aren't limited in this thread.

I used to hit up day 1 pretty much every day sometimes every week in here. Keep trying.

HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!

Welcome, Caro...thank you for sharing your story. You should hit up this thread...
https://www.mywayout.org/community/f2...ers-87634.html

[skullbabyland]

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Day 63 AF

[skullbabyland]

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Day 64 AF

[skullbabyland]

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Day 65 AF

[skullbabyland]

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Day 66 AF

I know I've mentioned this before, but I hope I'm not sucking the life out of the room with my daily count...

[Mandiekinz]

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Not at all, Skull. You're keeping this thread alive and giving lurkers encouragement

Excellent work keeping true to yourself and pressing forward. Feels pretty damn good, huh?

[Juan BH]

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Juan is still in too!

Things have been kinda up and down for me lately, but I'm hanging in there and still rollin' AF style. I have a whole cart load of excuses for not posting here lately, but if I want to be honest with myself, they aren't very good ones. Man I'm super tired tonight, but wanted to get a post in.

Hey Caro! Well done on maintaining all that AF time... fantastic! I definitely agree with you on the point that baclofen is not a magic bullet and there are still a lot of issues to deal with after the alcohol is out of the picture. I am glad you were able to titrate down safely and that your cravings are minimal. Thanks for checking in!

Nice job of hanging in there Skull and Mandie and everyone else who's doing the abstinence thing... it's been trying this last month with Lo0p passing and lots of holiday stress along all the other difficult stuff that life can throw at us. You are all an inspiration for me to just keep moving on without alcohol... and it's working out really well, so thanks!

JD - Who the hell signs up for an abstinence challenge two days before New Years Eve? If you want to drink, that's your perogative. I ain't yo momma! If you still want to do a 30 day challenge and check in here, please do. I want to know how that Gabapentin is working out for you to bro, so if you are out there give us a post sometime, will ya?

[skullbabyland]

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Thanks Mandie. Yep it does feel pretty good... after a while it's almost odd to look back and see the days starting to rack up. As of tomorrow, I'll have beaten my previous daily record of 67 days. UNLIKE that time, I'm going to keep on til 90, then recommit to make it 120. This will be the longest I'll have been AF since I was probably... 17 years old.?

Thanks Juan, and all, for the encouragement

Day 67 AF

[Poink]

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I'm in. Day 2. My goal is to get 28 days AF and then get a new psych evaluation. In the last few years I have had a couple of psychiatrists diagnose me as BP and am currently being treated for CD, but being an alcoholic it is always The Chicken or The Egg. Every time I go on Antidepressants and off of alcohol I feel worse than when I am drinking. I got to where I refused to take any ADs, but the last shrink talked me into Wellbutrin and that has helped a lot but I still drink more often than not.

I went to a shrink a couple of years ago who refused to treat me until I had 28 days sober, which was the old model. I've found some now who treat me anyway but shit's not getting any better, so I'm going to do it their way.

Anyway, it's the morning of Day 2. On my manic days, I will try to remember to drop in and post.

[Juan BH]

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Welcome Poink

[Juan BH]

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I think I am going to try focusing on being more assertive this month. I have identified a lot of personal issues since getting off the booze, but really need to get my hands dirty if I want to stay AF. Today I will try to maintain a balance between Mr. Nice Guy and angry Juan. I did open up a discussion about a resentment I had with a coworker yesterday morning and that was super helpful. I had been stewing on that for a few days, and it was getting ugly (spun monkey kind of stuff). I stood my ground and hashed it out with the other person and we arrived at a mutual understsnding. Unfortunately, my boss threw me under the buss in the afternoon and I was too passive about it. Overall, it was an improvement, but there is room for a LOT more growth in this area for me. Didn't have a burning desire to escape when I got home and another day AF went in the book.