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Octsober!!

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I got off to a bad start, since I didn't stop drinking 'til 7th Octsober, but I'm in for NOvember. I'll try chip in with support if anyone's struggling.
 
I like the idea of doing these sober months......I hope others will continue with it as well-
More to just have a thread a month for support for those who want to- And it doesn't always have to be sober for good- I know some people just want breaks or to cut down, and thats good too......
I think doing NOvember will be good :)
 
Honestly, here's how it's been for me this month - when I feel suicidal I use, when I have a problem I'm not able to cope with yet (I am in extensive therapy and groups) I use. Aside from that, I have stayed true to my goals, this has basically cut my opiate use in half and the benzos are gone minus panic attacks, which have flared up more w/less opiate use (duh). I just found my lil pup havin seizures the other day and that just broke my heart, he's everything to me. My coping mechanism - use. I'm not there yet ladies n gents, but this thread HAS helped me use LESS. And ultimately, I'll always be an addict, but I beg for my life I won't be a junkie forever. best of luck to all of you, wonderful forum - feel so free to be open here.
 
That is so awesome you've cut down your use taow! :)
I really look forward to hearing more of your continued success <3
Is your pup okay?? Seizures can be horrific to see happen to our loved ones, but it can be treated. Did you get to take him to a vet?
 
I had two boston terriers, the first one died from a brain tumor - the second of natural causes - but my pug tristan started to get those horrid twitchse@@ I was terrified!! But luckil the blood work came back fine, they actually wanted ot put him in a calendar LOL!!!! He has mini seizures and has medication for it.
 
^^ Excellent work D's, keep it up!! <3

taow, Tristan is GORGEOUS!! <3
Pugs are awesome little guys!
And that's so great to hear he hasn't got anything further wrong with him. Seizures are so scary to watch though :(
R.I.P to your 2 Boston Terriers, they are great little dogs too <3
 
thanks (: - I'm takin some classes to learn how to help him when they come on, so far I keep him real relaxed (even though he walks 3x a day and goes to the park haha) - he sleeps in my bed so he's always close so I can tell if anything is up!! I love dogs so much ((:
 
Re: NOvember.

I am impartial to either doing an official month thing, or just opening up a sobriety support social. Which would run like this, only more of a rolling-basis type of deal. I think the major advantage to either of these is that people from all of the different drug/habit-specific threads can meet and learn about each other in this pooled effort. I know a lot of people probably don't know a significant portion of TDS because they just don't go into the mega-threads for drugs/habits which aren't relevant.
 
^ How about just a sober thread...You're right I don't go into the mega threads much unless it's one for my specifc desires.

Octsober: Super flu-like cold at beginning of week kept me from drinking...then after feeling better I went off the deep end. Also, lots of drama in my life so I turned to my bottle to console me.

I'm with n30 though (from the alcohol thread) a hangover sure does make you appreciate why I don't want to drink.

Still drama...not sure where I want to go from here :(
 
^^ You know that drinking = drama, and you know that your life is better without the drama, so you know which way you need to go hun :) <3
 
I'm hanging in there.

I plan to drink on Halloween. I'll either be home with a few good friends or out at a boring party full of grad students. :p

My post-Octsober goals include drinking only in social settings, and continuing indefinitely with not drinking spirits. I seem not to have problems with beer and wine.

I am - after months of suffering - back to restabilizing on benzodiazepines; Klonopin for maintenance of a calm mindstate and Xanax for acute panic reactions or when I know I will be facing a trigger.

I cannot abuse alcohol when on benzos. I don't want to end up like a bad 1950s housewife. :D

I plan to finish the month (until Halloween) alcohol free. It looked precarious for awhile. Alcohol is at least as, if not more, anxiolytic than benzos for me.

I will not be returning to daily drinking, that is for sure. It's getting to halfway in my semester, midterm is on Monday, so there's plenty of reason to continue to stay alcohol free. I thought about doing NOvember with something else, though: caffeine because the support of this group has been really valuable. Thanks to you all for motivating, and continuing to motivate me. I know we're going into the "home stretch" but for people with an addiction, relapse is not as far away as we in our better moments think it might be.

I'll make a decision about the caffeine in a couple days, and start tapering that if I decide to have a caffeine-free NOvember. People with panic disorder and generalized anxiety should avoid caffeine ideally. I like the buzz, though, and the taste even better than alcohol.

I also thought about quitting tramadol (which I use as an antidepressant) because it's expensive, but not until after I stabilize for a few weeks on the benzos.

Continued good luck to all of you. Even if you relapsed - you still made a "personal best" and NOvember will be a new month.
 
Hope everyone is doing well, still sober here, even with the tension in the house of my parents splitting up it isn't too bad. Keep it up guys, best TDS thread I've seen in a while :)
 
cool deal, prodigy! 63 days so far for me. I get cravings from nowhere and sometimes I find myself coming up with the strangest justifications to use.

It simply isn't an option today
 
Still doing good, but holy fuck am I getting slammed at work. This is like the month of hell seriously. Cannot get into it too much but I have a very mentally ill client harassing me from 9 to 5 every work day. Obviously this is not going to help her case but its driving me nuts myself.

It has been very hard to hang in there this last few days. I'm not going to beat myself up if I have a few beers over the weekend as long as I have studied first.
 
I'm debating on a party tonight guys - when I drink I can control the booze but the drug control barriers go down real quickly. I really would like to be there for a multitude of reason (people, not the drugs) but I'm not sure if I should go or just make a quick appearance ? Any suggestions ??
 
Well except for 1 slip up on alcohol ive been doing better then expected. Even then i cut myself off at 3 beers which im proud of but im pissed at the fact that i even drank 3 beers. I thought i was done with it because im honestly sick to death of the stuff. I hadent drank since about the beggining of july up until then so im kinda disapointed with myself there.

Still cutting myself off at 3 beers is no easy thing for me so i should be proud of that.
 
theartofwar said:
I'm debating on a party tonight guys - when I drink I can control the booze but the drug control barriers go down real quickly. I really would like to be there for a multitude of reason (people, not the drugs) but I'm not sure if I should go or just make a quick appearance ? Any suggestions ??
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hmmmm, dude, do you live on the east coast? for some reason this reminded me of the get-together I'm attending tonight (a high school mini-reunion). I'm heading over after a meeting so I think I'm covered.

Are you still hitting meetings? Perhaps you could bring someone with you? Maybe just pop in to say 'hello' and pop out just as quick?
 
Yeah I'm in boston. And yeah, still going to meetings although it's very difficult for me still for a few reasons. Bringing someone from my meeting would be a great idea, I'm pretty shy but maybe I could make a call and see if they would tag along - good idea , thanks :)
 
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