Have You Given Up All Excuses For Taking A Drink? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

aasharon90 · 08-15-2006, 06:16 AM

Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.

By the Grace of my HP and you people I havent had a drink of alcohol since 8-11-90 and for that im truely grateful.

" Once and alcoholic, always and alcoholic.
Commencing to drink after a period of Sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever.

If we have admitted we are alcoholic, we must have no reservations of any kind, nor any lurking notion that some day we will be immune to alcohol.

What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic who repeats time after time desperate experiment of the first drink? Parallel with sound reasoning, there inevitably runs some insanely trivel excuse for taking the first drink.

There is little thought of what the terrific consequences may be."

Music · 08-15-2006, 09:55 AM

It's been said, and I agree that an excuse is nothing more than a futile attempt to find a good reason, where there is none. I have no excuses for drinking because there's no reason for me to drink today. There are however, decisions to be made. If I decide that a drink will make my life better, you bet I'll drink again. Bottom line is that through the process of working the 12 steps and trying one day at a time to put the steps to work in my life, I've built up equity in my sobriety and can't think of anything that would make me think that a drink would make my life any better. That's just for today. Tomorrow's another story yet to be written.

paulmh · 08-15-2006, 10:19 AM

I know from my own experience that when I harboured the slightest doubt I always drank again. It was only by acknowledging that alcohol had me beat - because I'm an alcoholic - that I was able to begin the process of "vital psychic change necessary to bring about recovery".

***chip*** · 08-15-2006, 02:17 PM

I constantly have to re-do my first step...every day. When these thoughts creep in, it leads me to look again at that first step, and make sure I've completed it properly. I also "play out the tape" in my head, and am honest with myself about what alcohol does to me. I have no control over my first thought, but I can control my second thought. I know I'm in danger when I allow a thought to develop into a fantasy. I havn't let this happen yet, and I let my HP intervene with my thought processes to avoid this.
chip

jlo34 · 08-15-2006, 11:42 PM

When I got sober this last time, I made myself some conditions or in the future, excuses.
1. I would stay sober until I was at least 21. (I was 17 at the time).
2. If I drank again, no one would ever see me alive.

Am I an alcoholic? Wow, with excuses like those, I'm either an alcoholic or I'm like totally a frickin' nut case!!!

Today, I have given up any and all excuses. I know the sober life is the life I want. I want my life full spiritually and reaping the benefits of living a good life.

The last time I nearly drank was nearly 1 1/2 years ago...13 years sober, almost 14. I had convinced myself in a matter of minutes that taking a sip of rubbing alcohol would not constitute a relapse. It would be ok. As it got closer and closer to my lips, I was thoroughly convinced it was absolutely ok what I was doing. When I was getting ready to put the bottle to my lips, I heard "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!!" And as though a hot flame, I recoiled from the alcohol. I put the top on, threw it, and thanked God for the intervention. I thought of absolutely nothing. The fact that I had been to 2 meetings that day and spent the past couple of hours socializing with AA friends didn't hit me in those scary moments.

That's why everything is just today, just this moment, and right now.
Jen

Sobriety1st · 08-16-2006, 07:34 AM

I quit the excuses almost 6 months ago, it was when i tried to stop drinking, thinking that it wasn't going to be that hard, and couldn't, and didn't do so great..well that was when i started with justifications as to why i should drink..But, for me i know i can never take that first drink, and i think i used up all the excuses and justifications, because the longer you are in recovery, and the more clear thinking you have, you begin to reason why you can never drink again,one day at a time, and you begin a new attitude..a new way of looking at things..

Sugah · 08-16-2006, 06:38 PM

I heard someone say once that, "If leave alcohol up there on the list of ways to deal with a problem, sooner or later, I'm going to try it."

Seemed kinda simple to me, but I tried it. I don't mean I tried alcohol to deal with things...no, I tried mentally crossing it off my list. Eventually, I made a new list, and "booze" was nowhere to be found, crossed off or otherwise. I've been through serious health problems (both mine & those of folks I love dearly), serious accidents (ditto again), death (thankfully, not my own yet!), financial hardship, all sorts of problems, as well as all sorts of joys -- weddings (my own and...well, you get the picture) and other events, just a good run of sunshine mixed with rain to make my garden grow, all sorts of good stuff that, in the past, I would have thought booze would make that much better, and I've not found it necessary to pick up a drink to grieve or to celebrate. If it's not on the list, I don't even consider it.

However.....I stop doing what I've been taught to do through this program, and I don't have to stop very long, it's like "Booze" is up there, but it's in invisible ink, and each moment that I'm sliding backwards in my program, that ink is becoming clear. If I like my life the way that it is, I have work to do, each and every day, or pretty soon, it'll not only appear, but creep to the top of the list. Written in thick, black Sharpie marker lines, even.

Thanks for the topic. I needed this reminder today!

Peace & Love,
Sugah

aasharon90 · 09-23-2006, 07:03 AM

Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.

By the Grace of my HP and you
people I havent had a drink of
alcohol since 8-11-90 and for
that im truely grateful.

" Once and alcoholic, always and
alcoholic. Commencing to drink
after a period of Sobriety, we are
in a short time as bad as ever.

If we have admitted we are
alcoholic, we must have no
reservations of any kind, nor
any lurking notion that some
day we will be immune to alcohol.

What sort of thinking dominates
an alcoholic who repeats time after
time desperate experiment of the
first drink? Parallel with sound
reasoning, there inevitably runs
some insanely trivel excuse for
taking the first drink.

There is little thought of what
the terrific consequences may be."

Today as i continue on my recovery
journey I still understand that if i ever
pick up a drinking of alcohol....or

................"POISON"..............

It will eventually either get me drunk,
go crazy or DIE.....

I still believe i have a purpose here
in AA and that is to continue to share
my own experiences, strengths and hopes
with those here in recovery.

I have NO... NADA ...excuses today
to pick a drink. To drink is to die...

Even at 40ish i feel young and im having
fun today if u can believe that... : )

Have u given up all excuses to drink or use today?

KarenOskie · 09-23-2006, 07:39 AM

I have given up all excuses. I gave 30 years of my life to alcohol. How sad! But I'm giving the rest of my years to recovery. I remember well how awful that prospect seemed to me when I got sober before. I thought, 'I want to stay sober, but I don't want to make a whole new obsession out of it!' But now, if that's what it takes that's what I'll do. I'm willing to do today whatever it takes to keep me sober. There are other things in my life. Things I couldn't have if I'd continued drinking, like family, job, me. Recovery will come first no matter what, so that I can keep those things.

FriendofBill · 09-23-2006, 12:29 PM

Recovery obsession sounds good to me~

aasharon90 · 09-23-2006, 12:51 PM

Its a good obsession..because it works...all in moderation tho..balance..with out sobriety i have nothing else....no family, no car, no house, no job, no life, no self-worth, no self-esteem, no reason to live, no friends, no joy, no connection to a Power greater than I, NO SR, NO NOTHING....

Little Missy · 09-24-2006, 10:38 AM

I often think, "what would it take for me to pick up again? Would the death of one of my children do it?" (terrible, I know)

You know, they say, "It's not the horse flies that get you. It's the little gnats!!"

Believing that nothing and nobody can make me drink, has been of great help to me. I realized that if I use the tools I'm been given, I will not "have to drink" over anything.

aasharon90 · 09-24-2006, 10:59 AM

I agree about sweating the big stuff but rather its the little things that get to us.....

I too wonder what would it take to make me drink again....at this point i cant think of anything...not even the death of a loved one....i havent experienced death close to me except my cockateil a few months ago...it was heart breaking and it began to tug on my emotions...but i held fast and thought of the things u shared with me to keep me focused on the postive....

As long as i have these recovery tools to protect me then im safe and secure from lifes tragedies.....

2dayzmuse · 09-24-2006, 11:00 AM

No excuse is worth drinking again, ever. I hope my last excuse (stress), was
indeed my last excuse. Luckily, I don't have cravings or have had moments of pondering. Thank God! However, there are no guarantees. I have to be prepared for tomorrow.

My last relapse/binge convinced my that alcohol was much more powerful than I. It kicked my butt and hard. I am no foe against alcohol. I am a lousy contender. I'm bounced around like a lifeless rag doll. Once alcohol gets its grips in my, I'm done.

I had a good reminder the other night why I can't drink. Although it had been a long time, I had a drinking dream and I'm glad that I did. In my dream I had went and bought a large bottle of wine. The same bottle that I had bought countless times before. It seemed that it had just appeared. It was not planned and the next thing I know, I have a bottle in my hand and I start to drink it.

I felt horrible, guilty and ashamed. Even after feeling these emotions and not knowing how I was going to face those I had let down, all I could think about was the alcohol that was still left in the bottle and how I had to drink it. I couldn't just dump it out, I had to finish the rest of that bottle. My point being is, that once alcohol is in my system, it awakens the mental obsession and unleashes the demon alcohol just like the Kracken. My dream tells me that the obsession is quietly awaiting for me to pick up again. My counterattack is to have it left crouching and waiting for an eternity. I'm not drinking, not today.

Chance · 09-24-2006, 12:02 PM

Thanks everyone I really liked some of the stuff that I read. Hope that we all have today to stay clean and sober.

I guess that I am a student

fraankie · 09-24-2006, 02:50 PM

yeah
rationalizing
keep changing the xecnario to fit your reason to drink
and
you have an excuse

best
fraankie

Clutch B · 09-24-2006, 07:03 PM

The last time I drank (almost 6 months ago), I drank with the excuse that my boyfriend broke up with me right after I found out that he had cheated on me with several people during our relationship.

I thought drinking would help me feel better and provide a way to escape my pain, but it really made me feel even worse. I was so miserable that I attempted suicide.

Today, if some horrible situation that I can't handle comes up, my first reaction is to stop and pray. Alcohol doesn't even come to mind anymore.

There is nothing in this life that creates more misery for me than drinking. It might sound morbid, but I would rather run razors down my arms and bleed to death than take a drink.

2dayzmuse · 09-24-2006, 07:14 PM

I agree, drinking only creates more misery.

aasharon90 · 09-25-2006, 04:59 AM

All my excuses to drink were dissolved when i came to believe that a Power greater than I could and would restore me to sanity. The willingness to go to any lengths to stay sober no matter what.

fraankie · 09-26-2006, 07:09 PM

"Have You Given Up All Excuses For Taking A Drink?"

what a bummer
my favorite excuse was
"if you had my problems, you'll drink, too"
but
being in AA

that excuse don't work anymore
like, bummerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

collinsmi · 09-27-2006, 06:44 AM

Yup, for me nothing taking a drink won't make worse/will make better

paulmh · 09-27-2006, 09:06 AM

Thanks for that Collinsmi. For a moment it left me so puzzled that I forgot all about myself.

Any way we can, right?

lol

collinsmi · 09-27-2006, 02:23 PM

I hope I said it right Paul!

08-15-2006, 06:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
aasharon90 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, La. Posts: 2,726	Have You Given Up All Excuses For Taking A Drink? Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic. By the Grace of my HP and you people I havent had a drink of alcohol since 8-11-90 and for that im truely grateful. " Once and alcoholic, always and alcoholic. Commencing to drink after a period of Sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we have admitted we are alcoholic, we must have no reservations of any kind, nor any lurking notion that some day we will be immune to alcohol. What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic who repeats time after time desperate experiment of the first drink? Parallel with sound reasoning, there inevitably runs some insanely trivel excuse for taking the first drink. There is little thought of what the terrific consequences may be." __________________ "A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED" SHARON M. Baton Rouge, La. 8-11-90 "Made A Decision To Turn My Will And Life Over To The Care Of God As I Understand Him."

08-15-2006, 09:55 AM	#2 (permalink)
Music Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Zion, Illinois Posts: 1,562	It's been said, and I agree that an excuse is nothing more than a futile attempt to find a good reason, where there is none. I have no excuses for drinking because there's no reason for me to drink today. There are however, decisions to be made. If I decide that a drink will make my life better, you bet I'll drink again. Bottom line is that through the process of working the 12 steps and trying one day at a time to put the steps to work in my life, I've built up equity in my sobriety and can't think of anything that would make me think that a drink would make my life any better. That's just for today. Tomorrow's another story yet to be written. __________________

08-15-2006, 10:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
paulmh Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,062	I know from my own experience that when I harboured the slightest doubt I always drank again. It was only by acknowledging that alcohol had me beat - because I'm an alcoholic - that I was able to begin the process of "vital psychic change necessary to bring about recovery". __________________ It all works. It IS simple Miss C

08-15-2006, 02:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
*chip* Community Greeter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: some where / no where Posts: 952	I constantly have to re-do my first step...every day. When these thoughts creep in, it leads me to look again at that first step, and make sure I've completed it properly. I also "play out the tape" in my head, and am honest with myself about what alcohol does to me. I have no control over my first thought, but I can control my second thought. I know I'm in danger when I allow a thought to develop into a fantasy. I havn't let this happen yet, and I let my HP intervene with my thought processes to avoid this. chip __________________ One Day At A Time.....

08-16-2006, 07:34 AM	#6 (permalink)
Sobriety1st Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 225	I quit the excuses almost 6 months ago, it was when i tried to stop drinking, thinking that it wasn't going to be that hard, and couldn't, and didn't do so great..well that was when i started with justifications as to why i should drink..But, for me i know i can never take that first drink, and i think i used up all the excuses and justifications, because the longer you are in recovery, and the more clear thinking you have, you begin to reason why you can never drink again,one day at a time, and you begin a new attitude..a new way of looking at things.. __________________ This Too Shall Pass and Easy Does It!! Have a Blessed Day, Tonya

08-15-2006, 11:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
jlo34 Grateful recovering alcoholic Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Blissfield, MI Posts: 816	When I got sober this last time, I made myself some conditions or in the future, excuses. 1. I would stay sober until I was at least 21. (I was 17 at the time). 2. If I drank again, no one would ever see me alive. Am I an alcoholic? Wow, with excuses like those, I'm either an alcoholic or I'm like totally a frickin' nut case!!! Today, I have given up any and all excuses. I know the sober life is the life I want. I want my life full spiritually and reaping the benefits of living a good life. The last time I nearly drank was nearly 1 1/2 years ago...13 years sober, almost 14. I had convinced myself in a matter of minutes that taking a sip of rubbing alcohol would not constitute a relapse. It would be ok. As it got closer and closer to my lips, I was thoroughly convinced it was absolutely ok what I was doing. When I was getting ready to put the bottle to my lips, I heard "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!!!" And as though a hot flame, I recoiled from the alcohol. I put the top on, threw it, and thanked God for the intervention. I thought of absolutely nothing. The fact that I had been to 2 meetings that day and spent the past couple of hours socializing with AA friends didn't hit me in those scary moments. That's why everything is just today, just this moment, and right now. Jen

08-16-2006, 06:38 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sugah Om, Aum, Ohm... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Punxsutawney/Pittsburgh Posts: 2,347	I heard someone say once that, "If leave alcohol up there on the list of ways to deal with a problem, sooner or later, I'm going to try it." Seemed kinda simple to me, but I tried it. I don't mean I tried alcohol to deal with things...no, I tried mentally crossing it off my list. Eventually, I made a new list, and "booze" was nowhere to be found, crossed off or otherwise. I've been through serious health problems (both mine & those of folks I love dearly), serious accidents (ditto again), death (thankfully, not my own yet!), financial hardship, all sorts of problems, as well as all sorts of joys -- weddings (my own and...well, you get the picture) and other events, just a good run of sunshine mixed with rain to make my garden grow, all sorts of good stuff that, in the past, I would have thought booze would make that much better, and I've not found it necessary to pick up a drink to grieve or to celebrate. If it's not on the list, I don't even consider it. However.....I stop doing what I've been taught to do through this program, and I don't have to stop very long, it's like "Booze" is up there, but it's in invisible ink, and each moment that I'm sliding backwards in my program, that ink is becoming clear. If I like my life the way that it is, I have work to do, each and every day, or pretty soon, it'll not only appear, but creep to the top of the list. Written in thick, black Sharpie marker lines, even. Thanks for the topic. I needed this reminder today! Peace & Love, Sugah __________________ I don't know what happens when people die Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear That I can't sing I can't help listening ~JB

09-23-2006, 07:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
aasharon90 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, La. Posts: 2,726	Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic. By the Grace of my HP and you people I havent had a drink of alcohol since 8-11-90 and for that im truely grateful. " Once and alcoholic, always and alcoholic. Commencing to drink after a period of Sobriety, we are in a short time as bad as ever. If we have admitted we are alcoholic, we must have no reservations of any kind, nor any lurking notion that some day we will be immune to alcohol. What sort of thinking dominates an alcoholic who repeats time after time desperate experiment of the first drink? Parallel with sound reasoning, there inevitably runs some insanely trivel excuse for taking the first drink. There is little thought of what the terrific consequences may be." Today as i continue on my recovery journey I still understand that if i ever pick up a drinking of alcohol....or ................"POISON".............. It will eventually either get me drunk, go crazy or DIE..... I still believe i have a purpose here in AA and that is to continue to share my own experiences, strengths and hopes with those here in recovery. I have NO... NADA ...excuses today to pick a drink. To drink is to die... Even at 40ish i feel young and im having fun today if u can believe that... : ) Have u given up all excuses to drink or use today? __________________ "A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED" SHARON M. Baton Rouge, La. 8-11-90 "Made A Decision To Turn My Will And Life Over To The Care Of God As I Understand Him."

09-23-2006, 07:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
KarenOskie Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 174	I have given up all excuses. I gave 30 years of my life to alcohol. How sad! But I'm giving the rest of my years to recovery. I remember well how awful that prospect seemed to me when I got sober before. I thought, 'I want to stay sober, but I don't want to make a whole new obsession out of it!' But now, if that's what it takes that's what I'll do. I'm willing to do today whatever it takes to keep me sober. There are other things in my life. Things I couldn't have if I'd continued drinking, like family, job, me. Recovery will come first no matter what, so that I can keep those things.

09-23-2006, 12:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
FriendofBill 1000 Post Club Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Recoveryville, USA Posts: 1,296	Recovery obsession sounds good to me~

09-23-2006, 12:51 PM	#11 (permalink)
aasharon90 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, La. Posts: 2,726	Its a good obsession..because it works...all in moderation tho..balance..with out sobriety i have nothing else....no family, no car, no house, no job, no life, no self-worth, no self-esteem, no reason to live, no friends, no joy, no connection to a Power greater than I, NO SR, NO NOTHING.... __________________ "A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED" SHARON M. Baton Rouge, La. 8-11-90 "Made A Decision To Turn My Will And Life Over To The Care Of God As I Understand Him."

09-24-2006, 10:38 AM	#12 (permalink)
Little Missy NOT EVEN 1 CLUB!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: When I find myself, I'll let you know! Posts: 1,831	I often think, "what would it take for me to pick up again? Would the death of one of my children do it?" (terrible, I know) You know, they say, "It's not the horse flies that get you. It's the little gnats!!" Believing that nothing and nobody can make me drink, has been of great help to me. I realized that if I use the tools I'm been given, I will not "have to drink" over anything. __________________ May all your days be filled with love and laughter!

09-24-2006, 10:59 AM	#13 (permalink)
aasharon90 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, La. Posts: 2,726	I agree about sweating the big stuff but rather its the little things that get to us..... I too wonder what would it take to make me drink again....at this point i cant think of anything...not even the death of a loved one....i havent experienced death close to me except my cockateil a few months ago...it was heart breaking and it began to tug on my emotions...but i held fast and thought of the things u shared with me to keep me focused on the postive.... As long as i have these recovery tools to protect me then im safe and secure from lifes tragedies..... __________________ "A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED" SHARON M. Baton Rouge, La. 8-11-90 "Made A Decision To Turn My Will And Life Over To The Care Of God As I Understand Him."

09-24-2006, 11:00 AM	#14 (permalink)
2dayzmuse Paused Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 5,083	No excuse is worth drinking again, ever. I hope my last excuse (stress), was indeed my last excuse. Luckily, I don't have cravings or have had moments of pondering. Thank God! However, there are no guarantees. I have to be prepared for tomorrow. My last relapse/binge convinced my that alcohol was much more powerful than I. It kicked my butt and hard. I am no foe against alcohol. I am a lousy contender. I'm bounced around like a lifeless rag doll. Once alcohol gets its grips in my, I'm done. I had a good reminder the other night why I can't drink. Although it had been a long time, I had a drinking dream and I'm glad that I did. In my dream I had went and bought a large bottle of wine. The same bottle that I had bought countless times before. It seemed that it had just appeared. It was not planned and the next thing I know, I have a bottle in my hand and I start to drink it. I felt horrible, guilty and ashamed. Even after feeling these emotions and not knowing how I was going to face those I had let down, all I could think about was the alcohol that was still left in the bottle and how I had to drink it. I couldn't just dump it out, I had to finish the rest of that bottle. My point being is, that once alcohol is in my system, it awakens the mental obsession and unleashes the demon alcohol just like the Kracken. My dream tells me that the obsession is quietly awaiting for me to pick up again. My counterattack is to have it left crouching and waiting for an eternity. I'm not drinking, not today.

09-24-2006, 12:02 PM	#15 (permalink)
Chance JUST DO IT!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Here Or There Posts: 7,090 Blog Entries: 9	Thanks everyone I really liked some of the stuff that I read. Hope that we all have today to stay clean and sober. I guess that I am a student __________________ With Love and Respect Vic Life isn't yesterday or tomorrow it is in the now.....

09-24-2006, 02:50 PM	#16 (permalink)
fraankie Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: brooklyn, new york Posts: 1,384	yeah rationalizing keep changing the xecnario to fit your reason to drink and you have an excuse best fraankie

09-24-2006, 07:03 PM	#17 (permalink)
Clutch B Just another Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 185	The last time I drank (almost 6 months ago), I drank with the excuse that my boyfriend broke up with me right after I found out that he had cheated on me with several people during our relationship. I thought drinking would help me feel better and provide a way to escape my pain, but it really made me feel even worse. I was so miserable that I attempted suicide. Today, if some horrible situation that I can't handle comes up, my first reaction is to stop and pray. Alcohol doesn't even come to mind anymore. There is nothing in this life that creates more misery for me than drinking. It might sound morbid, but I would rather run razors down my arms and bleed to death than take a drink. __________________ (Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book)

09-24-2006, 07:14 PM	#18 (permalink)
2dayzmuse Paused Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 5,083	I agree, drinking only creates more misery.

09-25-2006, 04:59 AM	#19 (permalink)
aasharon90 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, La. Posts: 2,726	All my excuses to drink were dissolved when i came to believe that a Power greater than I could and would restore me to sanity. The willingness to go to any lengths to stay sober no matter what. __________________ "A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED" SHARON M. Baton Rouge, La. 8-11-90 "Made A Decision To Turn My Will And Life Over To The Care Of God As I Understand Him."

09-26-2006, 07:09 PM	#20 (permalink)
fraankie Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: brooklyn, new york Posts: 1,384	"Have You Given Up All Excuses For Taking A Drink?" what a bummer my favorite excuse was "if you had my problems, you'll drink, too" but being in AA that excuse don't work anymore like, bummerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

09-27-2006, 06:44 AM	#21 (permalink)
collinsmi Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Colorado Springs CO Posts: 761	Yup, for me nothing taking a drink won't make worse/will make better __________________ "I was violating my standards faster than I could lower them!"

09-27-2006, 09:06 AM	#22 (permalink)
paulmh Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,062	Thanks for that Collinsmi. For a moment it left me so puzzled that I forgot all about myself. Any way we can, right? lol __________________ It all works. It IS simple Miss C

09-27-2006, 02:23 PM	#23 (permalink)
collinsmi Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Colorado Springs CO Posts: 761	I hope I said it right Paul! __________________ "I was violating my standards faster than I could lower them!"