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Redleader said:
^ Are you willing to tell the story with any more detail?
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Yes. Busy mod is busy. Did quite a bit to STAY busy today... unfortunately I haven't yet had time to do the full writeup.

I'm going to tomorrow's meeting and have remained sober. I don't know how far into the "program" I wish to get beyond attending meetings. I do know that every hour that passes (now several days!) in which I don't drink makes it easier.

Bottom line. If I don't pick up that first drink, I will remain a nondrinker.

:)
 
Mariposa said:
I do know that every hour that passes (now several days!) in which I don't drink makes it easier.

Bottom line. If I don't pick up that first drink, I will remain a nondrinker.

:)
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This is good news!
You can do it:)

Red-
Mariposa did write some about it in the NA/AA thread........
you should check it out.........
How are you doing with drinking ?
 
I think I finally found/have my reason to not drink (so much/every day) anymore. 3 days in and lovin' it. I'm going to go like this as long as I can, and hopefully I can learn to drink on occasion again, WITHOUT having to get shit-faced. This definitely means no more vodka. I'm going to have to learn to like beer again.
 
sixpartseven said:
I think I finally found/have my reason to not drink (so much/every day) anymore. 3 days in and lovin' it. I'm going to go like this as long as I can, and hopefully I can learn to drink on occasion again, WITHOUT having to get shit-faced. This definitely means no more vodka. I'm going to have to learn to like beer again.
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Good stuff :) I recently saw an old school friend who drank like a fiend in university (litres of wine a day) and now only drinks light beer. "You can drink all night without getting messy" he claimed. It made me seriously consider it myself; there are a lot of decent light and mid strength beers available in Aus at the moment.
 
5 days. This is usually where I end up giving in and drinking again. I have never made it past 5 days, so hopefully all will be well and I can keep on going.
 
Well Ive gone a week without any whiskey which is good for me I havent blacked out at least. Ive had some beers here in there but not too much. I'm feeling a little better these past few days and havent had a desire to drink really. I'm going to try and keep the hard alcohol out of my life all together it makes me act like an asshole :\
 
^That's a good bit of the reason I quit, Charlie. My temper can get combustible on alcohol. I am so much more relaxed now that I don't drink. Everyone be sure to taper gradually, with or without benzos, to stay safe and seizure-free.

6/7: yeah, that was approximately my breaking point too though I've made longer. This time I haven't given myself an endpoint. I'm just not picking up a drink, period.
 
6/7, Charlie, Mariposa - great work, all of you! I'm so proud of you guys <3
Enki, how are you doing with drinking/not drinking?

I'm not doing too well. I've slipped up again this week. I was doing really really well the 3 weeks before this though,
as in, not drinking anything through th week then only having a few drinks on the weekend. But yeah, I'm a bit fail
this week. All kinds of fail, not just in the drinking department. Boooooo.
 
n3ophy7e said:
6/7, Charlie, Mariposa - great work, all of you! I'm so proud of you guys <3
Enki, how are you doing with drinking/not drinking?

I'm not doing too well. I've slipped up again this week. I was doing really really well the 3 weeks before this though,
as in, not drinking anything through th week then only having a few drinks on the weekend. But yeah, I'm a bit fail
this week. All kinds of fail, not just in the drinking department. Boooooo.
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Aww n3o, don't be too hard on yourself!

I'm kind of all over the place too; a couple of days drinking until blacking out and then a couple of days sober. Let's see how I go on the weekend; worst time for me because I have so much free time.... an idle brain is the devil's workshop hey?

Good work mariposa, cosmic charlie and sixpartseven! How are you going with April sobriety Redleader?
 
Still have yet to beat the 5 Day Curse. It was only 48 ounces of beer last night, though, so it isn't as bad as my normal 5th of vodka and whatever else I can find to break the 5 day dry-spell.

I guess I could call that an improvement?
 
one year today. the desire for alcohol left several months ago, sometime in december i think.

i still experience severe stomach pains several times a week but with much less frequency and somewhat less intensity than i did in the first couple of months.
 
Hey everyone. I posted about my alcoholism awhile back.

Just wanted to update. I managed to go backpacking for 2 months through Asia and not break my sobriety (besides once- I did have a drink to gather up the "courage" to do a big scary swing in Vang Vieng Laos, which I'm not proud of, but that was the only time).

People were drinking and partying around me every day, so I'm pretty proud of this and confident in my sobriety and I know now that I never want to drink again for the rest of my life. I just wanted to share this with you guys, because I was a terrible terrible drunk before and I nearly destroyed my life, and if I can do it you all can too!
 
That's great Mariposa =D

Ive managed to avoid the hard liquor for a pretty good amount of time now and stick to the beer. And I havent even been drinking everyday lately or using heroin. I'm doing really well and my mood has picked up quite a bit. I'm no longer in that sad state of mind I was in a few weeks ago. Life is Good :D
 
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