Abstinence Challenge

[skullbabyland]

Abstinence Challenge

Hi Juan- good for you. I am the same way. Have you heard of Dr. Robert Glover, author of the book No More Mr. Nice Guy? It's a great book on being not a nice guy, but a good, balanced, solid, assertive, loving, grateful man.

Good for you for doing the talk with your coworker. I find that 90% of the time, it does wonders to increase understanding and diffuse conflict.

[skullbabyland]

Abstinence Challenge

Day 68 AF

[Poink]

Abstinence Challenge

Day 3 AF.

I came off of HDB 15 months ago, but went onto LDB at 50mg/day with Campral and topiramate. Stopped the campy for a long time when I started drinking again, and have been drinking on and off since maybe March. I haven't had any luck moderating, but the meds make it relatively easy to abstain. I take a month off every now and then and then pick back up. It's not craving, it's...hell, it's just being an alcoholic I guess.

Anyway, Day 3.

[skullbabyland]

Abstinence Challenge

Yeah Poink... I hear you. So much of it just sucks... but life gets better the more AF time ya have. Glad you're here

[skullbabyland]

Abstinence Challenge

Day 69 AF

[Yourfriend6116]

Abstinence Challenge

Day 8

[StuckinLA]

Abstinence Challenge

What's up party people. Not going to crash the abstinence thread, as I'm not really committed to abstinence at the moment. In the middle of last month I broke my 7+ month AF streak with 4 consecutive days of drinking, then had several drinks on NYE, and also got good and drunk last night after getting back to LA.

What I would like to say, though, is that solid chunks of AF time are really, really good. So mad-support for all of you doing the abstinence thing. I've found that even drinking a couple times has reintroduced drinking as a real possibility - like last night for example: even though I wasn't sure I wanted to drink, but kind of wanted, but didn't really *need* to, I still did. That almost certainly wouldn't have happened if I hadn't broken the streak in December.

Anyway, just sayin'. :l

[Poink]

Abstinence Challenge

Day 4 AF about in the bag. Will mess around on the computer a bit more, maybe find something on Roku to watch, then might try to read a bit.

[skullbabyland]

Abstinence Challenge

Stuck- good to see you again, man. Sounds like from your post you are concerned about backsliding into regular alcoholic drinking? Come be AF with us again if you're so inclined, my friend... You'll likely get more writing done that way!

Poink, Friend- glad to see others are posting days with me here It may be redundant, but there's also a Sober January thread and a Newbie's Nest Roll Call thread that I post in, being the MWO addict that I am. It keeps me on track. Lots of great folks and encouragement and even some laughs in those threads too, if you're interested.

Day 70 AF

[Juan BH]

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It is nice to see you again Stuck. I was wondering how you were doing.

Welcome Friend!

How are things for everyone else...Poink, Skull?

[skullbabyland]

Abstinence Challenge

Things going good for me, Juan. I'm at 71 days and that's a new record for me, I haven't been sober this long in at least 15 years. Feeling healthy and strong, and motivated to keep going.

How's everyone else doing today?

[Poink]

Abstinence Challenge

Somehow missed posting in here last night, but yesterday was a good day.

Today is Day 6 AF. My wife and I watch maybe 3 hours of TV series on Netflix together each night. When I'm drinking it messes that up. Now we finish, she goes to bed to read and I get on the computer. And I remember everything the next morning.

Juan, Skull, thanks for asking.

[StuckinLA]

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Hey folks. Glad it sounds like everyone's doing well. Like I said, I'm not sure I'm committed to abstinence, but today here's day 2 AF. Stopped by the bar both last night and tonight but made the choice to drive so that I would not have the option of drinking - I live well within walking distance of the bar, but it's up a lung-splitting hill to my place. Anyway, it's fine but did feel the need to take 1/2 an Ativan for anxiety/sleep last night. Tonight I'm just playing Xbox.

Keep on keeping on guys.

[skullbabyland]

Abstinence Challenge

Day 72 AF. Feeling very very sad and depressed today, scared of the future, and can't get going. It's gotta be the lack of cigarettes, right? I should pop a nicotine lozenge...

[StuckinLA]

Abstinence Challenge

What the holy sweet angry god, you quit smoking too???

Good on ya', but yeah that messes w/ the head something fierce.