Strange Question
where the light is
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,763
About 18 months ago, I was trying to get sober using self-will alone. I had a left-over six pack at home. I was the man! "I quit drinking & I'm not even tempted" eventually turned into "Hey, maybe I'm not an alcoholic." Several benders (hurting my loved ones, damaging my career, the sickness) later, I finally got over myself & started working a program.
By the way, I never did drink that six-pack. It eventually went down the drain.
By the way, I never did drink that six-pack. It eventually went down the drain.
Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Virginia, USA
Posts: 449
Right now it's the memory of withdrawals that is keeping me from jumping in my car and going to grab a bottle of bourbon. It's still a fresh memory - the agony of panic and anxiety, the horrors I put my body through, the way I was poisoning my brain, liver and body, the shaking, the weakness, the insomnia, the "I'm going to die!" thoughts, the voices, the fact that I was a prisoner in my own home... all because of some stupid bottle of poison that I thought I wanted.
When a craving has come on (and this is only my 7th day, they are still coming on strong), I find it helpful to speak out loud to "the voice" and say "NO! I don't drink alcohol anymore." When that stops working, I'll call my sponsor and sit in back-to-back AA meetings.
When a craving has come on (and this is only my 7th day, they are still coming on strong), I find it helpful to speak out loud to "the voice" and say "NO! I don't drink alcohol anymore." When that stops working, I'll call my sponsor and sit in back-to-back AA meetings.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
Good to know you have a year of sober time!
Are you working a formal program for recovery?
I find AA to be an awesome adventure.
Glad you returned to SR..
Are you working a formal program for recovery?
I find AA to be an awesome adventure.
Glad you returned to SR..
Attitude of Gratitude
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 2,305
HOW MUCH IS YOUR SOBRIETY WORTH?
SURELY A LOT MORE THAN THE COST OF THE VODKA!!
DUMP IT!
Then immediately get to an AA meeting
And then another one
And another one
And another one
And another one . . . .
SURELY A LOT MORE THAN THE COST OF THE VODKA!!
DUMP IT!
Then immediately get to an AA meeting
And then another one
And another one
And another one
And another one . . . .
Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 10,182
The drinking was only a symptom of a deeper underlying problem for me. Otherwise it would stand to reason that once I put down the drink and walked away, I would be fine!
Oh contraire Monfraire! The problem lays squarely between my ears, in that noggin of mine that is all twisted up with crazy attitudes and much wrong thinking!
Thank God that AA taught me a new way to think, act, and live
Oh contraire Monfraire! The problem lays squarely between my ears, in that noggin of mine that is all twisted up with crazy attitudes and much wrong thinking!
Thank God that AA taught me a new way to think, act, and live
Let go, let God.
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 244
Hi BackToSquareOne. After reading this thread it made me think of Nicolas Cage in that "Leaving Las Vegas" movie. You received some really good advice here. I hope it sunk in. I'm going to say some prayers that you make the right decision. I think you posted in the first place wanting some help and you got it. We do really care about you. Please keep fighting off this disease. We don't want it to beat you.
:praying
:praying
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