What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

[A Work in Progress]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

CS, you just did! All you have to do is reply to it! Then it goes to the top of "new posts" and everyone can see it.

[CS04]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

Oh, OK -- I thought there was some other tricky device I was missing. Duh! (I also like the title of this thread better than the "you know you're an alcoholic when..." Not that I can't relate to many of those stories too.

[MormonMom]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

WOW!! Talk about powerful stuff!! It's enough to sober you up!! I cringed at all the ones involving young children. Mine are still 5 and under. I have time if I quit now. Why am I saying "if". How about "NOW" that I've quit. 24 days under my belt now. Though it's an ongoing battle, the first two weeks are the hardest. For those of you under that, STICK WITH IT!!!!

I hate lying in bed at 3am, unable to go back to sleep because I'm too busy thinking about how I'm going to quit.
I hate holding the wine bottle up to the light the morning after to see how close to the bottom I got. Of the second bottle that is!!!
I hate not being able to make important decisions because I'm too hung over.
I hate giving valuable things (including money) to others just because it seemed like a good idea when I was drunk.
I hate pouring my wine in another container so that people don't know it's wine.
I hate realizing that the quickest way I can get over the miserable morning after shakes and sickness is by popping open another alcoholic beverage.
I hate planning my meals around what alcoholic beverage goes best with them.
I hate that I can relate to almost every single one of the responses to this thread.
I hate that my children can inherit this behavior.
I hate that I spent hundreds of dollars on concert tickets throughout my life and have absolutely no recollection of the actual concert itself.
I hate that my best friend remembers things that happened to me over the years when I have absolutely no recollection.
I hate that I'm in several people's wedding videos HAMMERED AND LOOKING STUPID!!

I love that by reading all of this, I am not alone.

[CS04]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

MM

Thanks for posting. Don't give up. Stay with the group - we are here for you.

[Monica]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

* Waking up hungover, missing my morning run, feeling like death warmed up.
* Going to work with big, black, puffy rings under my eyes from sheer dehydration.
* Arguing with my teetotal boyfriend - couldn't ever recall what about, the next day.
* Feeling really crappy all day, eating junk food to comfort myself.
* Being hung over at work all day, swearing off for life, then buying wine on the way home.
* The way friends and family laugh and roll their eyes when I say I'm quitting AGAIN!
* Feeling ashamed of myself, my dirty drinking secret.

[It's Time]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

Doggygirl,
You said it!
What I really hate about AL is all the silly, loud, horrible, ridiculous, embarassing, indiscrete, compromising, humiliating and cringe-worthy things I manage to say and do.
I also hate the sad, worried look I have seen in my mother's and my best friend's eyes when I'm really on a roll...
At the moment, my mantra is: I'm never going back there, I'm never going back there.
I'm 2 days in!

[MormonMom]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

Having to eat a big, greasy, calorie-ridden cheeseburger the next day because I think it's going to make me feel better

[retteacher]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

I hate:
-having empties rolling around in my car so that I can find an out-of-the-way trash recepticle to put them in.
-having to replace the wine I've drunk, then drinking the replacement up, thus having to replace that, ad infinitum.
-talking very carefully so as not to slur (even though I do slur anyway).
-pushing myself through the day feeling awful in mind, body, & spirit.
-feeling guilty & depressed.

Also: all of the above.

Mary

[A Work in Progress]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

Bump for newbies!

[Petey]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

So many that I can relate to but I think the worst for me is - having my mom come visit me and we were out with my friend, she came back to my place and I went to my friends to drink some more and never made it home (by walking up the street 5 blocks) because I passed out on him bathroom floor. The next morning I managed to walk home and had to see the disappointment (or extreme concern) on my mother's face. I don't think I will ever forget that time. I am starting over - I made it 14 days AF and then relapsed for a week and now I am starting day 1. The weight gain, the forgetting, the hoping no one notices or finds out - I relate to it all. When I want nothing more then a healthy, happy life, how can I allow, AL to keep that from me. Oh, sorry for the rambling but I guess I just needed to let it out for once. Thanks for the thread.

[retteacher]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

Petey: You can do it. This is a good thread to look at when you feel tempted. The negatives far, far out-weigh the positives of drinking. That buzz is very short-lived. When will I realize that drinking more does not bring it back. Mary

[Chacha]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

I had the contast pink cheeks, the extra weight I've been carrying, I can't fit all my recycling in the bin b/c there are too many bottles, memory lapses from fun evenings and good conversations, the fact that my daughter asks if we need wine when we go to the grocery store, leaving my keys in the door when I come home or the front door wide open, waking up with bruises and gashes, losing friends because of overblow emotions and words, expensive grocery bills, headaches that keep me from focusing at work, not enough energy to make it through the day, oh my....better stop here for now.

[on my way]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

I hate al for taking away my love for life...no more you bastard....i win

[freeintexas]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

I am new here and read this thread tonight. I cannot believe how much I have in common with what all was written here. It is sad and at at the same time motivational for us newcomers. Thanks to all of you for your replies...it has helped me realize that I have to take responsibility for what I am doing to others and myself and do something about it. I made an appointment today with my physician to start this program for real instead of just reading about it. And now this only proves to me that I did the right thing for me and my family.

[on my way]

What I HATE, LOATH, and JUST CAN'T STAND about drinking.

Heya lostintexas....jump on here any time. This is a very supportive group and you are welcome here, omw