I think I am going to make it!
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I think I am going to make it!
I am a new poster, but have been lurking for a while. For the past twenty years I have been drinking Vodka every night- never missed a night. I was able to stop after I hit the "limit" which was right around eight to ten shots. I drank alone for the most part. It started effecting my life & health. I have a friend who is a recovering alcoholic and he finally convinced me to try "not drinking". I stopped cold turkey three weeks ago today & I am already feeling a sense of power & relief. I see things clearer & seem to feel much happier. I wish I had tried to stop years ago, I wasted a large chunk of my life with alcohol.
I think I am going to be OK, I can drive into town and not even think about going to a liquor store. I have lost the "need" to have a bottle in the house.
I am going to try cigarettes next- cold turkey.
I think I am going to be OK, I can drive into town and not even think about going to a liquor store. I have lost the "need" to have a bottle in the house.
I am going to try cigarettes next- cold turkey.
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Whoa whoa slow down.......one thing at a time 
Get a solid grip on sobriety before you work on the nicotine. I gave up both within two months, darn near killed myself in the process.
Glad you've decided to stop lurking and join us in sharing!
Get a solid grip on sobriety before you work on the nicotine. I gave up both within two months, darn near killed myself in the process.Glad you've decided to stop lurking and join us in sharing!
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Man, or woman, slow down I agree with Astro. I too drank vodka every night for well over 20 years but never stopped at 8 or 10, I don't want to talk war stories, but I mean to say that one cold turkey does not make a christmas dinner. (Bad metaphor I know).
Take it easy, step by step, go slowly and reflect. Posting here is such a positive move. There are other things such as rehab and meetings that can be so helpful because you see the others just like you who are struggling yet still achieving sobriety on a daily basis.
I hope that doesn't sound too patronising, I mean to be encouraging.
Take it easy, step by step, go slowly and reflect. Posting here is such a positive move. There are other things such as rehab and meetings that can be so helpful because you see the others just like you who are struggling yet still achieving sobriety on a daily basis.
I hope that doesn't sound too patronising, I mean to be encouraging.
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hi wartrace-
i do understand the good feelings that start to flow with sobriety. i'm 58 days sober myself.
for me, i find attending AA keeps me right on track. there will probably arise situations in your life where you are tempted to grab that vodka bottle....why not go to AA and get some tools to handle those situations?
i too quit cold turkey and feel good and have no intentions of going back...that's why i make AA a priority because i don't want to go back. please consider it.
naive
i do understand the good feelings that start to flow with sobriety. i'm 58 days sober myself.
for me, i find attending AA keeps me right on track. there will probably arise situations in your life where you are tempted to grab that vodka bottle....why not go to AA and get some tools to handle those situations?
i too quit cold turkey and feel good and have no intentions of going back...that's why i make AA a priority because i don't want to go back. please consider it.
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Thanks for the encouragement guys. I will be looking for local meetings of AA, it can only help. The thing I find encouraging is I haven't missed it at all. I recently lost my employment due to a plant closure & lost all the stress associated with that job. I was in that job for twenty two years & the drinking was part of the "routine". It was part of coping with a job that sucked but paid well.
I have no reason to drink now, I have no stress in my life. Luckily I was able to pay off my home & live debt free so I am not stressed about not working. The future looks brighter to me than at any time in the past twenty years, there is no telling what I will be able to accomplish without the ball & chain of alcohol in my life
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I have no reason to drink now, I have no stress in my life. Luckily I was able to pay off my home & live debt free so I am not stressed about not working. The future looks brighter to me than at any time in the past twenty years, there is no telling what I will be able to accomplish without the ball & chain of alcohol in my life
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Originally Posted by Wartrace 
I am a new poster, but have been lurking for a while. For the past twenty years I have been drinking Vodka every night- never missed a night. I was able to stop after I hit the "limit" which was right around eight to ten shots. I drank alone for the most part. It started effecting my life & health. I have a friend who is a recovering alcoholic and he finally convinced me to try "not drinking". I stopped cold turkey three weeks ago today & I am already feeling a sense of power & relief. I see things clearer & seem to feel much happier. I wish I had tried to stop years ago, I wasted a large chunk of my life with alcohol.
I think I am going to be OK, I can drive into town and not even think about going to a liquor store. I have lost the "need" to have a bottle in the house.
I am going to try cigarettes next- cold turkey.
I think I am going to be OK, I can drive into town and not even think about going to a liquor store. I have lost the "need" to have a bottle in the house.
I am going to try cigarettes next- cold turkey.
Ive quit cold turkey before as well(drinking). It was easy when I had a certain frame on mind going on. I hope you are able to keep the sobriety up. Sometimes I question addiction, though. Nicotine will kill as surely as alcohol. My father stopped drinking, yet he continued to smoke. Died at 61 years old of COPD. Didnt matter for him that he quit drinking. He died of smoking very early. To me addiction is addiction. I wish you good health and I hope you are able to remain sober and one day quit smoking as well.
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