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    I want control of my life

    I don't want to be posting here. I love you guys despite rarely and never being here. My grandmother had a poster on her wall (or idea in her head) that in our life our heart takes on footprints. I have a close friend who I rarely talk to but whom 500 days feels like yesterday. I get older but some things remain the same.

    I'm not sure where I'm going with this save to say that that I continue to appreciate the people on this forum helping. It's been years now that I've come here and I've posted only a small amount and only when my problems come to a precipice. That point where I can't take it anymore and have to force myself to do something about it. The hope that I can and the questions about why other normal people don't face the same problems that I do. What do they do with their lives?

    Most of the time I feel like I live life in a haze and that others are different from me. I don't know why but I feel it through my core and to my bones.

    I worked hard at one point to reach sobriety and it felt good for a while . My longest stint of AF was ~3 months, now it happens via life of days or weeks or months. It also didn't alleviate the problem and it's still there. Sometimes I abstain long periods without drinking (weeks or months, never years), but that craving other than when I'm "life distracted" always reappears.

    Someone suggested seeing a psychiatrist and I agree, will resolve to do it and see how that goes. I want to consciously go AF again by posting this. It's my internal acceptance that it's time once more to know myself and hopefully improve something.
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    Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
    Tomorrow never comes.
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    I want control of my life

    xuxi i'm drunk writing this and just coming down preparing for a final shot to hit the sack. The level of efficiency that I've managed my alcoholism in other walks of life would be a thing of beauty. Right now however I'm realizing it's a car that's filled with 999 parts gasoline and 1 part of whatever damages car engines. A slow percolate towards this whole setup crashing.

    Sorry for lots of posts and thanks for reading.
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    Today is the first day of the rest of your life.
    Tomorrow never comes.
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      #3
      I want control of my life

      Hi Sigh,

      It's good that you're feeling positive about being AF again.

      On top of the work you're already doing to have sober periods and thinking about having therapy, how about getting help from others?
      I think support from people who understand what you're dealing with is crucial, either online or in the real world (AA etc). If you can, try to post here more often, join a regular thread. I found it helped with accountability too in the early days.

      I hope you pop in more often.
      sigpic
      AF since December 22nd 2008
      Real change is difficult, and slow, and messy - Oliver Burkeman

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        #4
        I want control of my life

        Im not sure I know what you mean about living in a haze and being distracted but would you please make sure you now about Attention deficit disorder especially the non hyperactive type called primarily inattentive Add. Please understand that Im not saying you have it but I always pick up on people who say they are always feeling distracted or living in a haze or fog as they are two of the symptoms. Add and alcohol problems go hand in hand. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Forums. Good luck with your psych visit if you decide to go.

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          #5
          I want control of my life

          sigh: I didn't feel like a normal person until after I was sober for a while. It takes time for our minds to clear & for us to learn life's lessons. Even in sobriety I feel insecure & uptight at times. What's different now is that I'm learning something about myself. I honestly think there will be a time when I'm at peace w/myself most of the time. Mary
          Wisdom, Courage, Strength
          October 3, 2012

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            #6
            I want control of my life

            :hxo:l

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