Don't think I'll ever quit =o(
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Victoria, Australia
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Don't think I'll ever quit =o(
I'm so sick of trying ...and at the same time have all my friends tell me I don't have a problem! drink more water, you'll be right! Anywho, here's to you.....Lis xoxoxo
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Lis do you want to quit drinking?
Lis if one of your friends had said to you a year ago "I think I have a drinking problem." What would you have told them?
If you think you have a drinking problem..... guess what? You do!!!!
People who do not have a drinking problem never think they have a drinking problem.
Lis the question is, are you willing to do what ever it takes to stop drinking and stay stopped? If you are then I will assure you that I found a solution for mine that has worked for millions of others like me. There is a solution, but it only works when one is willing to do what ever it takes to stop and stay stopped.
Lis if one of your friends had said to you a year ago "I think I have a drinking problem." What would you have told them?
If you think you have a drinking problem..... guess what? You do!!!!
People who do not have a drinking problem never think they have a drinking problem.
Lis the question is, are you willing to do what ever it takes to stop drinking and stay stopped? If you are then I will assure you that I found a solution for mine that has worked for millions of others like me. There is a solution, but it only works when one is willing to do what ever it takes to stop and stay stopped.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: St. Louis, MO
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I can relate. I imagine you're young and you and your friends go out to the bars alot. After a hard night of drinking you wake up the next day feeling like a truck ran over you and you vow never to drink again. Does this sound like you? Regardless, it perfectly describes my situation for most of last year.
If you feel that you're drinking too much then do your best to stop yourself. When you do go out, limit yourself to the amount of drinks you have or better yet don't drink at all. Volunteer to be the sober driver among your group of friends to give yourself an incentive not to drink. Your friends will probably thank you for it! Realize that you do not have to be drunk to have a good time. And if your friends give you any grief about your stance, then they're really not your friends in the first place.
Never say to yourself, "I don't think I'll ever quit" b/c you're just lying to yourself. I know what you're feeling. You think you can't b/c you think about how much fun you and your friends have and think that if you stop the fun will go away. Well take it from me, it may seem hard, but once you put your mind to it it becomes alot easier. Believe in yourself and be determined to acomplish your goals.
good luck
If you feel that you're drinking too much then do your best to stop yourself. When you do go out, limit yourself to the amount of drinks you have or better yet don't drink at all. Volunteer to be the sober driver among your group of friends to give yourself an incentive not to drink. Your friends will probably thank you for it! Realize that you do not have to be drunk to have a good time. And if your friends give you any grief about your stance, then they're really not your friends in the first place.
Never say to yourself, "I don't think I'll ever quit" b/c you're just lying to yourself. I know what you're feeling. You think you can't b/c you think about how much fun you and your friends have and think that if you stop the fun will go away. Well take it from me, it may seem hard, but once you put your mind to it it becomes alot easier. Believe in yourself and be determined to acomplish your goals.
good luck
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mississippi
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Lis, I know exactly how you feel.
I'm 24 and go out drinking with my friends. I've known I have a problem for some time. I've gone through phases of sobriety, the most recent being about 45 days. I thought I was done for good that time, but the boredom and temptation got the best of me.
I've started back up drinking...and even though it's not as bad as it has been, I KNOW I will eventually return to that point. I want to stop so badly...I just don't feel like i'm 100% ready. I want to be there so bad, I'm just not. I often ask myself, "what is it going to take to make me REALLY want to stop?" I do not know...
I'm 24 and go out drinking with my friends. I've known I have a problem for some time. I've gone through phases of sobriety, the most recent being about 45 days. I thought I was done for good that time, but the boredom and temptation got the best of me.
I've started back up drinking...and even though it's not as bad as it has been, I KNOW I will eventually return to that point. I want to stop so badly...I just don't feel like i'm 100% ready. I want to be there so bad, I'm just not. I often ask myself, "what is it going to take to make me REALLY want to stop?" I do not know...
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Lindsay, tomorrow my daughter goes to the funeral of a former HS classmate. He was 24 and for almost a year the doctor had been telling him he had to quit drinking or it would kill him due to his pancreas. Well Sunday night he went to bed after getting snot slinging drunk again. He never woke up again.
Perhaps my daughters friends death would not be in vain if his death is enough to convince one single alcoholic to stop drinking for good.
Perhaps my daughters friends death would not be in vain if his death is enough to convince one single alcoholic to stop drinking for good.
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Lindsay...the key is that you must want it more that you want to drink. I hope you find the resolve before the consequences become too great. Everyday is a new opportunity to make the right decision...it's not as complicated as we make it. Best of luck!
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lis79, faulkner, BDP, welcome to SR. Glad you've decided to join our family in recovery, we hope you'll stay.
I'd like to share the AA Thought for the Day with you, it's a pretty simple message......
AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)
January 16, 2009
Simplicity
Repeated experiences have forced us to this logically inescapable conclusion:
If we do not take the first drink, we never get drunk.
Therefore, instead of planning never to get drunk,
or trying to limit the number of drinks or the amount of alcohol,
we have learned to concentrate on avoiding only one drink: the first one.
In effect, instead of worrying about limiting the number of drinks at the end
of a drinking episode, we avoid the one drink that starts it.
Sounds almost foolishly simplistic, doesn't it?
©1998 AAWS, Living Sober, p. 5
I'd like to share the AA Thought for the Day with you, it's a pretty simple message......
AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)
January 16, 2009
Simplicity
Repeated experiences have forced us to this logically inescapable conclusion:
If we do not take the first drink, we never get drunk.
Therefore, instead of planning never to get drunk,
or trying to limit the number of drinks or the amount of alcohol,
we have learned to concentrate on avoiding only one drink: the first one.
In effect, instead of worrying about limiting the number of drinks at the end
of a drinking episode, we avoid the one drink that starts it.
Sounds almost foolishly simplistic, doesn't it?
©1998 AAWS, Living Sober, p. 5
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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It is exactly the same for me. My best friend told me I don't have a problem, just drink a glass of water between drinks. But I know better. The sad thing is that if I could drink one bottle of wine everyday without any adverse effects...I would do it in a second.
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Location: Serene In Dixie
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For me to finally quit drinking....drastic changes were reuired.
I began with...
I stopped hanging out with drinkers...found new friends in AA
that shared my new goals and lifestyles....
Most of my former drinking friends are now dead.
26 that I know of...since I quit in '89.
They were not interested in making changes and kept drinking.
Alcoholism is an incurable progressive disease.
Unchecked...it kills...no exceptions.
before death...so many horrific things happen to you.
These are my observations and experiences.
Good to see Lis and Lindsay again...
I began with...
I stopped hanging out with drinkers...found new friends in AA
that shared my new goals and lifestyles....
Most of my former drinking friends are now dead.
26 that I know of...since I quit in '89.
They were not interested in making changes and kept drinking.
Alcoholism is an incurable progressive disease.
Unchecked...it kills...no exceptions.
before death...so many horrific things happen to you.
These are my observations and experiences.
Good to see Lis and Lindsay again...
Helping Others, Helps Me
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North Dakota
Posts: 481
Originally Posted by CarolD 
Alcoholism is an incurable progressive disease.
Unchecked...it kills...no exceptions.
before death...so many horrific things happen to you.
Unchecked...it kills...no exceptions.
before death...so many horrific things happen to you.
Not to mention how truly vulnerable I am when I am drunk. Don't miss that. O and I am sure being drunk has ruined more opportunities for dates and the like over gaining em.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
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Don't look so far ahead - just don't drink for today. Just for today, don't drink. Worry about tomorrow when it gets here. Just don't drink for today. :ghug3
I had to get to the point where I wanted to stay sober more than I wanted to drink. Now I stay sober one day at a time, that's all - just for today.
I had to get to the point where I wanted to stay sober more than I wanted to drink. Now I stay sober one day at a time, that's all - just for today.
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