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08-28-2009, 02:54 PM
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| Excellence... not Perfection  | Top5ResonsForNotUsing
What are yours? 1) Jail really isn't that much fun... 2) Slower rate of accumulating scars on my body... 3) Much lower risk of killing people... 4) People like me..They really really like me! 5) Being sober all the time can actually be fun!
__________________ "We're all told at some point in time that we can no longer play the children's game, we just don't...we don't know when that's gonna be. Some of us are told at eighteen, some of us are told at forty, but we're all told." |
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08-28-2009, 03:04 PM
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| Forum Leader  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family!
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Hey EW, I'm happy to see another alkie from Phoenix here, hope you're enjoying today's extreme heat warning! Let's see........ 1. I'm not driving my kids around drunk today, endangering their lives as well as everyone else on the road. And I don't have to worry about DUI's. 2. Chances are pretty good that I won't **** off my fiancee today, or anyone else. 3. I won't lie to my partner, employer, friends, or family today. 4. I won't hate myself today. 5. There's a 99.9% percent chance that the AA meeting tonight will be awesome, and the weekend will be equally great. On second thought, it's pretty much guaranteed.
__________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---*WOW-What a ride*!" |
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08-28-2009, 03:07 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Syracuse, NY
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1. Don't feel like being a jackass, drunken A hole. 2. Not going to ruin my hardwork and others time invested in it. 3. Don't want to. 4. I Will comply to my recklessness of my mind. 5. Disapointment
__________________ Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand |
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08-28-2009, 03:07 PM
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1) cuz crack is really a stupid horrid awful drug.... 2) i wanted to let DAYLIGHT into my house again... 3) i was tired of punk @ss drug dealers ruling my life... 4) there wasn't any other drug that was gonna make it all better, might as well just quit and be done 5) probably a good idea to try quitting while i still could! |
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08-28-2009, 03:17 PM
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| Member Join Date: Nov 2007
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- No hangover, alcohol withdrawal, dt's ,etc - minimized anxiety and other assorted psychological benefits - less at risk for health problems - time and energy previously spent revolving around alcohol now freed up to be spent on whatever activities and endeavours - better communication with others and not just drunken rambling |
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08-28-2009, 03:31 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: In my head...tis dark in here!
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1. My kids. 2. Not waking up on and off thru-out the night in a startle..full of anxiety...heart racing, pacing around. 3. Not laying awake for hours feeling like I am losing my mind, making promise after promise not to do it again....trying to peice together things that have happened and been said the night before. 4. Not wasting the following day by being good for nothing...health! 5. Not feeling full of self-disgust, regret and shame.
__________________ I'm in my own world, it's OK, they know me here... One day at a time...  |
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08-28-2009, 03:35 PM
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1. Because every time I drink I break out in handcuffs 2. Because every time I drink I have an uncontrollable urge to run sh1t over with my car, like Phone Booths (my record is 15 in one night) (direct correlation between #2 and #1 but am still trying to puzzle it out) 3. Because my Penicillin Bill and medicated Shampoo bill with those little combs is prohibitively high when I drink, and people look at me funny when I am clawing at my crotch all the time. 4. Because I ran out of excuses why I needed Penicillin and those little combs in my relationship, and there was direct correlation between those and my nose getting broken over and over 5. Because last time I drank I ended up turning yellow, like really yellow and started blacking out regularly before my first shot even hit the bar after downing it, if I am going to kill myself drinking I want to be able to remember it. |
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08-28-2009, 03:50 PM
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1. bloody vodka shits, not fun---a yet 2. not fun anymore 3. want to grow as a person instead of stay a 16yr old thirty five year old---brutal honesty 4. Don't want to let down my SR and AA friends 5. Can't stop once I start drinking---powerless
__________________ "Your sucess and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them"--Albert Camus |
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08-28-2009, 03:51 PM
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Strangely enough am best friends with all my exes still from those days, they called me an "attractive nuisance" and thought I was funner then a barrel of monkeys to date but learned eventually "boyfriend material" I was not while drinking. Wish I could have recorded some of the phone calls they got some mornings: Honey I'm in Jail/Mexico/Florida/New Orleans/Houston/in Hurricane Andrew somewhere can you send money? | |
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08-28-2009, 04:47 PM
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1. Living life without regrets 2. my dog actually got out for his morning walk instead of peeing on the bed 3. taking the $ formerly spent watching the game at the bar and spending it on tickets 4. I can see a cop and not have a heart attack 5. I'll remember that I typed this in the morning and can check back for replies |
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08-28-2009, 06:21 PM
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| SR Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas
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__________________ “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be”Lao Tzu |
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08-28-2009, 06:24 PM
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1. I'm living not existing 2. I'm doing something, hopefully good, with my life 3. I'm the happiest and most content I've ever been 4. I'm a good partner to someone who really deserves it 5. I'm closer to being the woman I always wanted to be Lazy? Maybe, but I agree with all Mr. Dee said, but had to play with #5 a tad. 
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08-29-2009, 10:01 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Top 5 reasons that I'm trying hard not to drink today: (1) When my son told me, "Mom, I'm so proud of you." (2) Getting my life back in order, ie, 'What I want' v/s 'What I do not and will not tolerate.' (3) Love that natural high, Yes, it is there. (4) Hated that selfish me. It is more about others and giving back today. (5) More about focus and goals and what I need to complete. So tried of putting my dreams, (travel, saving, etc) on the back burner, just to escape, I will not hide behind alcohol! Stay strong. Thanks for this thread.
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08-29-2009, 06:06 PM
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| Owner of a strange glitch.  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: midsouth
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Yeah, welcome Chrissyeman. 1. If I drink again, then I have to go through withdrawals again. Unless I've gone and took it too far, in which case I die. Also, if I go through withdrawals again I might die. Sobriety may kill me too, but the odds are better that I'll last longer. 2. I liked that time when I had 9, 10, 11 days of sobriety, I liked waking up all bouncy and feeling like doing things and getting them done. 3. I am losing the support and even respect of those are (suddenly, hmmm) recently willing to help me deal with the things out of my knowledge range, and without that help, I also lose any realistic ability to go forward with my life. 4. It's not fun and no longer allows me to avoid dealing with things, so it's really an expensive waste of time. A set of jacks would serve the same purpose, and that's a dollar. 5. I promised myself I wouldn't. |
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08-29-2009, 08:39 PM
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| Faerie  Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Australia
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Why I am weaning myself off of codeine. 1] My health, particularly my liver. 2] To stop the emotional numbness and deal with my issues head on 3] So I can now be honest with my family and friends 4] My Self respect 5] So I can enjoy a happier, healthier sober life again.
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08-29-2009, 08:58 PM
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1. My kids deserve a mother who is truly THERE for them and not in La La Land 2. My self-esteem and sense of worth as a person 3. My health (& my sleep, & my exercise) 4. Being way more productive at home and at work 5. No longer being a jackass and saying stupid things to ex-boyfriends online 6. Being able to wake up in the morning feeling good and not having to piece together what embarrassing things I did the night before (Sorry, couldn't limit it to 5 )
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