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    What can I stop next lol.

    Hi All,

    Just a little bit about myself, I was known as Aroundtwit who did eventually get around to it and have stopped drinking for just over 9 weeks, I have changed my name to Carolb now so its a new beginning and its onwards and upwards from here in.
    I feel as if I have a very addictive personality so whatever I have done I have taken it to the limit I got to 14stone10lb by overeating and then stopped and have gone the other way and am now 7stone, I started smoking and got to 40 a day but thankfully stopped that 7 years ago and then I started drinking in 1995 getting worse and worse until I stopped on Boxing Day 09 so any ideas on a postcard what I can give up or take up next lol.
    I can admit that I absolutely loved drinking and miss it more than anything else I have given up but its my own fault if I can`t be sensible and I can`t, one isn`t enough and once started I would end up in total blackout every night, I can`t even say that I ever drank that much but with my weight so low even a couple would knock me for six, my skin was shot as were my eyes and don`t even mention my memory what memory?
    I gave up several times with the help of this fantastic site but each time I thought I had it under control I went back I ended up drinking even more each time, anyway to cut a long story short I totally excelled myself running up to Xmas and ended up with the worse pain ever in my liver area and couldn`t even reach, pick up or even turn over in bed, it put the fear of God in me that I would never see my family again and it was then I knew that was my wake up call to stop, I was given a warning and it was up to me to act upon it and I have and know that this is it for me.
    It has been hard getting through these Winter nights without a wee drink and I am dreading Summer as all it reminds me of is sitting out late on the patio watching the sun go down whilst drinking but I know I shall manage as I should never want that pain again knowing it was self inflicted.
    I also want to say a big thankyou to everyone who helps on this site, to me it is like having the 4th emergency service at hand 24 hours a day, I think we forget that it takes a lot of time for people to be helping others even when they have their own problems, I won`t name names as we know who they are so a big pat on the back to each and every one of them.
    I hope I haven`t bored you all and well done and keep going to all who are trying so hard to kick this habit to the wall it can be done.
    luv Carol x

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    What can I stop next lol.

    :lThanks for the post CarolB, and I'm so happy to hear that you are doing so well. I ended up with stomach ulcers which was no fun, and that was a wake up call - we are really fighting for our lives. All the best to you.
    make the least of the worst, and the most of the best - everyday.

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      #3
      What can I stop next lol.

      Thanks CarolB....I am fighting right there with you!!!!!
      I love my family more than alcohol.:h
      Live in the Solution....not the problem

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        What can I stop next lol.

        CarolB - :goodjob:
        Well done on everything you have achieved.

        I have the same association with you re summer nights but you know im SO looking forward to climbing into bed sober after a day in the fresh air and even better, waking up feeling great.. Watching the sun go down sober has to be way more memorable than that haze i squinted at last year :H
        "In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer ."
        AF - JAN 1st 2010
        NF - May 1996

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          #5
          What can I stop next lol.

          Thanks Carolb,
          I'm there with you too.. I also found it hard to stop at one.. this site is truly a godsend.. it has helped me enormously in the short time I have been here.. I also had pains in the liver region after a binge, which I thought too as a sign that I really needed to stop being in denial.. I think people use the term 'alcoholic' too loosely and it scares people into denial.. thats why I prefer to call myself a 'problem drinker'!
          Sending you strength and hope,
          k xx
          "It works if you work it, because you are worth it!!!"

          :groupluv:

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