Hello all,
When I logged on this evening and started reading posts, I stopped to think....I didn't even want to have a glass/bottle of wine tonight. In fact, I didn't struggle one bit--someone on an earlier post referred to it as "white-knuckling it". That I can relate to...
For the past several years since my divorce, my drinking has been slowly, but surely taking over my life. In the past year, I've tried to make an effort to curb it and finally accepted I had a serious problem because mostly I was losing the battle. I joined MYO last summer, got the book, supps, tapes, but I never really followed through. About a month ago, I logged back on, and have been visiting every night. I have read the book a few times, am trying to take supps regularly, and just started taking the Kudzu. I think the Kudzu is crucial. I also started counseling and was prescribed an antidepressant.
All of these things combined are giving me the motivation to get a handle on my drinking and maybe even one day stop drinking all together. The opportunity that this website and all of the wonderful support offered here has been a such a tremendous help. I'm not AF yet, but I have been going 3-4 days between and then when I do drink I'm drinking less. What amazes me is the fact that tonight I did not have that inner debate with myself about drinking. What a wonderful feeling not to have that awful feeling of needing to drink into order to relieve stress!
Thank you everyone for being so honest about your own experiences and for being so supportive of one another.
Julie
When I logged on this evening and started reading posts, I stopped to think....I didn't even want to have a glass/bottle of wine tonight. In fact, I didn't struggle one bit--someone on an earlier post referred to it as "white-knuckling it". That I can relate to...
For the past several years since my divorce, my drinking has been slowly, but surely taking over my life. In the past year, I've tried to make an effort to curb it and finally accepted I had a serious problem because mostly I was losing the battle. I joined MYO last summer, got the book, supps, tapes, but I never really followed through. About a month ago, I logged back on, and have been visiting every night. I have read the book a few times, am trying to take supps regularly, and just started taking the Kudzu. I think the Kudzu is crucial. I also started counseling and was prescribed an antidepressant.
All of these things combined are giving me the motivation to get a handle on my drinking and maybe even one day stop drinking all together. The opportunity that this website and all of the wonderful support offered here has been a such a tremendous help. I'm not AF yet, but I have been going 3-4 days between and then when I do drink I'm drinking less. What amazes me is the fact that tonight I did not have that inner debate with myself about drinking. What a wonderful feeling not to have that awful feeling of needing to drink into order to relieve stress!
Thank you everyone for being so honest about your own experiences and for being so supportive of one another.
Julie
), I can also remember what it is like to experience my body as a clear place, and make the choice not to have another glass of wine.
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