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[gotta want it]

I'm new here and just made a 429.00 purchase to help me stop drinking.
The main thing I think for any of us to have success is that you have to really
want it, if you don't nothing will work that's how I got my user name I'm praying
for all of us and I sure hope this product helps me because I really do want to stop drinking.

[Byrdlady]

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Welcome aboard!
Let me point you to two places! The Newbie's Nest is a great place to get daily support from folks in all stages of quitting. The Tool Box is 7 years worth of tips and tricks to help you get a plan and stick to it! Links to both are in my signature line....see you in the nest!! Byrdie

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Hi Gotta and welcome. Yes you are correct we have to want it so much and be prepared to fight daily for being sober. I just stopped drinking and ate sugar. I made this quit my highest priority, nothing will come in the way of this. I was fighting for my life and it was hard, the hardest thing i have ever had to do but as the days go up it is the best thing i have ever done (except my children).

Different things work for different people. I use MWO as my AA, i posted like a lunatic at the beginning, i read on here, i watched documentaries, i ate what i wanted, i slept when i was tired, i changed my routine so i was not tempted to buy al, i came home from work and showered and put on my pj's so i could not be bothered to go out again to get al, i cleaned like a mad woman when the cravings/urges struck and i got through it.

If you want to stop drinking you will with the right tools and help. I never thought i would be sober for this amount of time and its largely due to the support from here and logging onto MWO twice a day. Being and keeping sober takes time and energy, that al voice does not leave for a very long time and is just waiting for a chance to return to our lives. I have made the choice not to let it in again.