Old 01-02-2016, 12:27 PM
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BixBees505
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Originally Posted by Nonsensical View Post
Bullseye

Strange as it seems now, for many years I would try to quit by not drinking and then hoping I would not feel like drinking again.

Well, golly - I was addicted to alcohol. OF COURSE I would feel like drinking again. When that feeling came I would react to it by hoping it would go away. When it didn't in a few hours or days, I was back to drinking.

Hope: it's a great thing, but it isn't a PLAN.

The next time I feel like drinking I will _________________ instead.
Fill in the blank. That's the simplest short-term plan I know. It works if you use it.
I super-super like this.
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