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Old 05-08-2015, 09:57 AM
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Nonsensical
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Originally Posted by Solarion View Post
Stuck on item #1, of course.
Me, too, and I've been working on this darned list for quite a while now.

I think it's a great exercise to get the head on right. I never think I should drink, but I sometimes feel like drinking. That feeling has been powerful and overwhelming at times. It has made me anxious and feeling like if I don't get a drink something horrible could happen. It sometimes feels like I'm about to panic. OhmygodOhmygodOhmygod...

So one day I decided I should make a list - the 5 worst things that could happen if I don't drink. For me this simple exercise exposes that anxiety and sense of impending doom for what it is - irrational and absurd. It always calms me down. Allows my thinking to override my feeling.

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