If I had a short phrase that worked, I'd be a millionaire.
I can give it a go tho
remember it's the first drink that gets you not the last...
if you're an alcoholic like me, things go awry from the moment you take that first drink...everything that happens after radiates out from that one stupid decision..
there's a technique called playing the tape through - its about forcing yourself to remember where a drink will take you.
It worked for me - it was a lot harder to drink when I knew it might be weeks or months before I was sober again.
Noone ever woke up regretting not drinking SWB
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