Old 11-04-2011, 11:38 AM
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FT
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Personally, I think the "Big Plan" is important.

I didn't know about that stuff when I quit. But I had to take a strong STAND against any further drinking behavior in myself, and when I proclaimed myself (silently, in my head, mind you) to be a non-drinker, I meant what I said. From then on, the decision was very simple, because there WERE no more decisions to make.

That doesn't' mean it was EASY. It was probably 3 years before I stopped thinking about drinking, and before I no longer needed the daily self-pep-talk that I had made the right choice. But once the decision was made, that was IT. DONE.

That's how I perceive the "Big Plan". To me, change of heart simply means the plan was never solid to start with. It's a tough decision to make. But it can be done.

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