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[aison]

I have trying to learn to use this correctly but so far have not been successful. I am trying to slow down my drinking. I succeed sometime but not for more than two weeks or so. I'm not going to write more until I receive a response.

[Nelz]

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Well, let me be the first to respond, so you can start on the path to being AF(alcohol free)



What would you like to discuss, Ive got a little bit of time to kill

[hart]

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Welcome Aison, I'm glad you are here I'm sure you will find much support. Hang in there~!

[aison]

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stumbling along

mollyka;1257625 wrote: Aison, I've responded to another thread you started - I find a good way to find what I've previously posted - if it's recent is to click on 'new posts' on the home page and anyone who has posted on an up to date thread - their posts will come up.

Thank you for your reply. I have not yet been able to find what I sent or who responded. MWO send me a specific email address and that's they only way I found you reply I will check on 'new posts' daily.
I feel free on MWO to say how I feel.
Aison

[aison]

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hart;1257658 wrote: Welcome Aison, I'm glad you are here I'm sure you will find much support. Hang in there~!

Thank you for your resply. I am counting on MWO to help me get ov er the hurdles. Support, patience, and some understanding are what I need, I believe.

[aison]

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aison;1257622 wrote: I have trying to learn to use this correctly but so far have not been successful. I am trying to slow down my drinking. I succeed sometime but not for more than two weeks or so. I'm not going to write more until I receive a response.

Thank you for your response. I am usually a slow learner, I hope, but this site stumped me in several ways, and I was annoyed that there was no way to get in touch with the site, per se. It always says that I wrote no messages and received none. I all that is past tense.
In a nut shell I have been drinking too much too often and by myself. I have been saying for a long time that I want to want to quit. I don't get very far with that. I completed an 18 hour IOP and am not much better than I was before. I think I do not discipline as much as I could.

[aison]

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Nelz;1257623 wrote: Well, let me be the first to respond, so you can start on the path to being AF(alcohol free)
What would you like to discuss, Ive got a little bit of time to kill

I want to have enough discipline to drink much less. Usually, I am okay in company because I don't want to make a fool of myself. But when I'm home alone I almost always go to the store to get something to drink. I seldom drink too much, but I cann consume a pint of hard liquor everyday. I do this by drinking slowly and starting around 3 in the afternoon. I have had various drinking 'schedules' but they don't usually last long. I think my main problem is that when I was working I was terrified of losing my job and so I didn't drink for seven years. Now, in the financial sense, my life is 'made.' What I'm afraid of now is losing my health.

[aison]

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aison;1260202 wrote: Thank you for your reply. I have not yet been able to find what I sent or who responded. MWO send me a specific email address and that's they only way I found you reply I will check on 'new posts' daily.
I feel free on MWO to say how I feel.
Aison

I want to have enough discipline to drink much less. Usually, I am okay in company because I don't want to make a fool of myself. But when I'm home alone I almost always go to the store to get something to drink. I seldom drink too much, but I cann consume a pint of hard liquor everyday. I do this by drinking slowly and starting around 3 in the afternoon. I have had various drinking 'schedules' but they don't usually last long. I think my main problem is that when I was working I was terrified of losing my job and so I didn't drink for seven years. Now, in the financial sense, my life is 'made.' What I'm afraid of now is losing my health.

[aison]

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a few corrections

aison;1260560 wrote: Thank you for your response. I am usually a slow learner, I hope, but this site stumped me in several ways, and I was annoyed that there was no way to get in touch with the site, per se. It always says that I wrote no messages and received none. I all that is past tense.
In a nut shell I have been drinking too much too often and by myself. I have been saying for a long time that I want to want to quit. I don't get very far with that. I completed an 18 hour IOP and am not much better than I was before. I think I do not discipline as much as I could.

I meant to say that I am not usually a slow learner. However, if you replied to the above message, I haven't found it. I'm not sure I know how to find it.

[jessie]

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How are you feeling Aison? I hope much better by now. I tend to binge, and the terrible anxiety I suffer when coming off a binge made me realize being AF is simply much, much better. I'm not there yet, but way better then before with periods of being AF up to 36 days. I have wished for a brain transplant because it's insane to pick up that first drink again and I should know it. Take care.

[aison]

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Hi Jessie, I agree about the brain transplant (except we might lose our good qualities also. My immediate goal is two drinks daily. that means about four ounces, way too much. My long term goal is to have wine with dinner and a drink when I'm out at a happy our with friends. That long term is goal is two months max. I know totally that AF is wonderful. When I was like that for almost 7 years, it was a breeze. Now it's a real effort. We'll both hang in and work toward our goals. Aison