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Drug Sabbatical Support & Appreciation Thread

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I never ever used to drink at home, didn't see the point. Things have changed.
 
I didn't choose life mate, I chose something else.

Roll on tomorrow evening, I think I'm going to buy a bottle of cheap rum, lots of coke, limes and a bag of ice and then saunter down to my mates flat armed with some Gatecrasher CDs, get him to go pick up some furries from somewhere and get right fucking mad with it! :D
 
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Roll on tomorrow evening, I think I'm going to buy a bottle of cheap rum, lots of coke, limes and a bag of ice and then saunter down to my mates flat armed with some Gatecrasher CDs, get him to go pick up some furries from somewhere and get right fucking mad with it! :D
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That's the spirit!!!

I'm a tad jealous...i may have to find the mythical shop over here that sells legal pills and suchwhat, and see if they have any mephedrone, methylone, methelated spirits, methedone, etc
 
I'm straight and perfectly content in the here and now. :)

Am delighted with my state at this very moment and my reaction to it. So much so I'm noting it here so I can remember it and come back to remind myself of it when I'm clawing at the walls of the craving room. :\

Quite unusual for me... I can do it ;)

Mr Fish your posts here are fantastic... wise & zen <3
 
Today marks the beginning of my path into sobriety. I'm not stopping drugs as I don't do them that often anymore really and I don't view them as a problem interfering with my life.

Alcohol on the other hand has been a problem for a long time and is now affecting my own mental health and the people closest to me. With a kidney infection that has been unresponsive to anti-biotics still giving me pain I have to stop drinking until it's investigated further.

I have Antabuse to help me as I have tried myself but find it difficult being around people who drink in front of me and the temptation always over powers me. It's also been my coping mechanism for a long time so I'm a little terrified of what else I can do when things fuck up. I have decided that I need a little helper just to get me through the hardest part and out of the cycle that I'm trapped in at the moment

I have a positive attitude and really want this to work this time. Working in a pub is going to make it more difficult as people are always saying, 'You going to stay for a drink after your shift, go on just one.' and being around friends who are drinking is going to be a pain in the arse, but i'll adapt.

Going to use the time and money I would waste on booze to do something, join some fitness classes and get happy that way :)
 
Good to see you in here, man you'll be amazed at the amount of money you'll have kicking around. Hope you can resist the calls to drink, you're braver than me as I sort of just squirrelled myself away but hopefully there'll come a point where it's easy just to say 'no' straight out.

Still working on that one meself.

Having a positive attitude is like 90% of the game really, pointless doing it if you don't want to and it's just other people pressuring you to. Really hope it goes well <3

Doing good myself, seeing as I'm in here. About 100 days booze free now. Still occasionally miss sitting here with a crate of beer and my PC and videogames but the kidney pains have gone as has the general arseyness and antisocialness. It feels a little like discovering the world for the first time again after four or five years of viewing it through a nearly constant drunk haze.

Good stuff. More into my drugs and that now but that's never been a problem for me and I don't think it ever will be.
 
Thank you :) <3

Hope you can resist the calls to drink
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If I drink I'll end up very very unwell. I'm taking something that means I CANNOT DRINK. I'd be stupid if I did.

It's the first week and dealing with the cravings that's going to be the hardest and being around people who are drinking. Treac said he wont drink near me just for the first week. I think once I'm through that I'm okay. I know that I CAN'T drink though so it's not like I can say oh sod it I'll just have one it wont hurt.

So speaking of alcohol, I have to leave for a shift at work to go serve it up to people in pint form. I shall be back later I'm sure.
 
Cherry I'm so pleased for you <3 - a hard decision but the right one... you are too important to you and all the other people in your life to let alcohol hurt you. Not letting it's going to be difficult but I get the impression your one strong lady who'll not let this one beat you :)

Hold onto the good moments of sobriety :D - and relive them when the going gets tough.

*hugs* <3
 
Hope is all works out for you cherry, sounds like you've got the right attitude to pull it off.
 
Thank you for all the support all of you :)

I have a confession to make though and It's totally the fault of my boyfriend. We had planned to watch a film tonight, I told him I was taking my tablet after dinner then he said Ah but wouldn't it be nice to have a few beers with the film. So, it begins tomorrow.

I shall take it at work so then when I come home he cannot put peer pressure on me as I really do have little will power at the moment.

Makes sense to start on a Monday anyway, it's still the weekend ;)
 
i went from having a massive alcohol problem to well over a year with only drinking once (and moderately). lately i'm beginning to think i preferred the raging drunk life.

the subject has been on my mind lately and i'd never noticed this discussion. good thread.
 
What's he putting pressure on you to drink when you phsyically can't due to health problems. Irresonsible. :\

Wouldn't it be nice if you gave up too Treacle, a show of support, make it easier for her, do yourself a favour too.
 
Yes, he is giving up for the first week when I get used to not drinking and my meds. He is also not going to drink around me when he starts to drink again.

It's not that I physically can't due to health problems, I just shouldn't until things are investigated. Once I begin taking Antabuse I WILL NOT be able to drink. That is what the issue is here. I didn't feel really ready myself, and THAT is the important thing. He just suggested something and me being weak willed agreed. I am all to quick to give in and say yes when it comes to alcohol - I really need little encouragement. Addiction is a difficult thing to understand unless you've been there yourself I guess.

Treacle has been very supportive about my drinking and has actually helped me to cut it down. Maybe at first in the wrong way by trying to tell me that I CANNOT drink and physically stopping me by taking drink away from me, or reminding me how much i've drank or counting how many units a day i've had, but now he understands and it is working.
 
I've decided to give the sabbatical the fuck off tablet.

I've cut down my boozing loads since the start of the year, and my coke intake has never really been an issue, so as long as i don't go too mental on too regular a basis then i'm happy with the current intake. :)
 
Haha wish I could do same! Scared if I went back on the booze I'd go mad though. Had a carrier bag full of Stella dumped practically in front of me today and it was all I could do not to drink the whole damn lot. Think it was only the fact I had to drive that stopped me.
 
You're doing very well Snolly, and plenty of people on here think the same and are proud of you. :D<3

Stella is very old hat anyway......the cool people are back drinking orange tango these days. ;)
 
Aw thanks, good to know that is <3:)

And I knew I was ahead of the game with the Tango! Though the lychee soda might still be a little ahead of its time...
 
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