100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

[Mick]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Went to the docs today..afterwards went to pick up some bits and bats from shops..went to one bargain store ..and there it was..my favourite beer from years ago..Efes..it is Turkish beer..brought back lots of memories of holidays in Turkey (been there 11 times)..I even managed to get some specially ordered when I came home..I canusually pick up bottles of al from the shelves look at them put them back etc with no probs, but believe me today was really really hard but I did it....got to get an op and all that crap..but actually walking away from that specific alcohol today has made me so pleased with my wee self!!!

[Byrdlady]

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Mick, we'll take the victories over AL any way we can get them!!!

What operation?? We love all of you, if something needs to be removed...we protest. If added, well, ok, if you must. We do want you in tip/top shape! B

[Catbuddy]

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Congrats, Mick. I love that we keep progressing, and it keeps getting easier. Well, thank God for that.

Cat

[kuya]

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Mick;1473449 wrote: Went to the docs today..afterwards went to pick up some bits and bats from shops..went to one bargain store ..and there it was..my favourite beer from years ago..Efes..it is Turkish beer..brought back lots of memories of holidays in Turkey (been there 11 times)..I even managed to get some specially ordered when I came home..I canusually pick up bottles of al from the shelves look at them put them back etc with no probs, but believe me today was really really hard but I did it....got to get an op and all that crap..but actually walking away from that specific alcohol today has made me so pleased with my wee self!!!

Good on you Mick

Sorry you have some health issues to address, but you will be fine I am sure :l

[Lavande]

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Aw Mick,
You know you did the right thing today. Keep walking away from the beer buddy
If you need ret Nurse Lav just give us the word. My assistant Stella & I will be right there!

[porqoui]

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Mick...Pleased with yourself!!! You should be right chuffed!!! :goodjob:

When I hear that someone like you can still have those "moments" and come out the right side up, it only reinforces in me that I too can do it.
Sorry it was a hard one but thinking back you'll be as proud of you as I am. :h

When people tell me they have quit smoking (I still smoke) for "however many years" my first question is...Do you still get cravings? It's kinda comforting to know that 2/3's say no.

Don't know where that came from, but Mick's experience made me think of it.

[Byrdlady]

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PPQ....good point. I still get thoughts from time to time, BUT I know what to do with them now. Just like I wouldn't pick up a stick that was on fire. Mercifully, they do come less and less over time. It's amazing my reaction now to one...it's like, 'are you f'ing kidding me???? After all I've been thru with you???' Just disbelief at how engrained this is in our heads. Of course, I am changing a 30 year habit, so I can only expect it to take a while to reverse it. If you think about it...2 years is a relatively SHORT recovery period when you compare it to 30 years of abuse. So I'm getting there! B

[porqoui]

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Oh how true Byrdie...never really thought of it that way.

6 months (for me) recovery for 44 years of abuse is just a piss in the pot....:H

[kuya]

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We are such an impatient creature, us human beings. I have said time and again that I will not expect 'normality' for two years, yet am still impatient to get there......wierd

[FallenAngel]

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kuya;1473732 wrote: I have said time and again that I will not expect 'normality' for two years, yet am still impatient to get there......wierd

Kuya, that's exactly how long it took me to finally feel "normal" and comfortable in my own sober skin.

[kuya]

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mollyka;1473842 wrote: Very interesting to hear the longtermers talking about the 2 years - in rehab they considered that the crucial period of time to grasp the concept of total sober living --- so even tho I'm happy in my own skin at the mo. I do look forward to 'shelving' my 2 years and getting that monkey off my back!

What I found fascinating when I googled learning time is that is takes TWO YEARS to learn a new language ........ I think there is a direct correlation here.......we take two years to become 'fluent' in sober.

The brain literally has to learn a new language to navigate the world without booze.

(Or it is just a coincidence, but I doubt it )

[K9Lover]

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It's SO nice to know that the other long-timers still get those stinkin' "thoughts". I actually felt the "perfect storm" building up last week. I hadn't taken my Antabuse in a week, my daughter went to her dads for the weekend...my nephew (that lives with me) went to his dads for the weekend...so I thought "Ut oh"...I immediately took my Antabuse because I KNEW where that kind of thinking would lead. I imagined a night of movies, a few (yeah right) drinks and overall happiness. Then I remembered what REALLY happens. I turn into a blubbering drunken mess, text/email/call, drive drunk, run around the neighborhood and generally make an ass of myself, then finish off the night by falling in the shower or some such thing. NO THANKS! I have no desire to go visit my cellie Diablo!

[Mick]

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K9 ..I think sometimes people forget that.....as time goes by the daily yearning for al diminishes..but it never disappears...you still have to pay attention for the occassional..wonder what its like..just the one, and all that crap..so well done k9 :goodjob:

[K9Lover]

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Thanks Mick! It's been quite a while since I seriously even considered it and thought "what if I just have a couple...." BUT...we all know where that leads! I'm glad I dodged the bullet. Drinking is a game of Russian Roullette, someday you WILL find the bullet!

[Byrdlady]

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Amen susta. I know in my heart of hearts if I ever fell, it would be ugly. I know I can't have one, or one night...or even one week. Hell even one month!!! See what I mean??? It's never enough!! As PPQ said...piss on it! I'll just continue on my happy sober way and stop trying to control something that I have no control over. B