Bayliss, we care for each other at SR because we all share that common bond.
I needed only six days sober to know that I had been wrong for a long time, thinking that lots of drinks would help me to cope with a bad situation. Soon I found out that drinking made it all worse in every way. It didn't take long at all to see this.
After six days sober, that bad situation was really not a big deal for me anymore because I could now see a way through it. Over the next month, I regained that confidence and motivation that I new I hadn't lost for good. I had to dry out so that my brain could make the decisions I needed to make.
So, I see it like this:
- Drinking makes everything worse
- You wll start to feel better in a matter of days
- Your defogged brain will be able to do its job.
So, back to my favorite question, Bayliss. At this moment, right now, what is your future plan for alcohol? Whenever it is when you make this plan, it will always be 'now', it will be in the present. So, you have to agree that 'now' has to be 'right now'. Now is good. Your very first thing you must do, is make that plan, and make it now.
So, what is your plan?