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Old 04-05-2010, 05:18 PM
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Things I'm not going to miss

Just thinking about a few things that I'm really not going to miss about drinking...

Arguing with my wife
Breaking things through stupidity / falling on them
Liver pain
Being too hungover to get out of bed
Incontinence
Blacking out
Depression from the above
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Puffy face - I will not miss that gawdawful puffy face.
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Puffy face is the worst!!!!!!
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Unhappy

I will not miss:

Being depressed
Being anxious
Feeling embarrassed (why did I act so crazy?)
Eating fatty foods all day
Calling out of work/ lying

:wtf2

Feeling even more guilty
Feeling fat
puking



craving salt
not working out
not wanting to talk to anyone
loss of voice b/c I smoked like a chimney

I GET THE WORST HANGOVERS!!!

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Not just puffy face, puffy BODY!!
bloodshot eyes
paranoia
wanting to stay in a dark room
avoiding everyone
not answering my phone
worrying my family
not being there for people
the list is endless.....
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Self-Absorbed, when ya hate yourself even! What a prison that was.
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Old 04-05-2010, 09:47 PM
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Old 04-05-2010, 11:45 PM
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I hear ya, Poochi26... my list would also add:

worrying my husband to death
guilt about doing it AGAIN
not being in control on or offstage
wondering if I really do remember all of last night

And absolutely... the awful hangovers.
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Not looking people in the eyes
The look on my kids face
Empty wallet
Time alone
Looking at my call log to see who i called
The look on the cashiers face at the liquor store
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this thread is very helpful-i would say yes to all of these as well
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Old 04-06-2010, 12:33 PM
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Looking for early morning Public house
shaking and shivering
aching head
wet bed
guilt
hating everyone/loving everyone
always wanting more and more!!
looking for hidden booze
Making up excuses for an argument so as to get out.
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Great thread!

Thumping headache at work being a norm
Having to arrange my day's/evenings activities around whether I'll still be fit to drive
Not daring to ask what I've agreed to do the evening before
Not daring to eat because the calories added to the booze will be too much
Being embarrassed by the noisy clanking of the bottle recycling bin when I wheel it outside the house and cringing as I hear it being emptied

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Being embarrassed by the noisy clanking of the bottle recycling bin when I wheel it outside the house and cringing as I hear it being emptied

Oh How I remember this one sooo much...
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I second most of these things!

Another is making plans with people while I was drunk and then subsequently standing them up because I didn't remember making plans. Great way to keep friends...
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Great thread!


Not daring to eat because the calories added to the booze will be too much
Being embarrassed by the noisy clanking of the bottle recycling bin when I wheel it outside the house and cringing as I hear it being emptied

Oh the embarrassment of filling up the 30 gallon huge recycling can on wheels, filled with WINE bottles.....now days, it's almost empty every 2 weeks...canfood cans are much smaller....

and drinking my dinner.... and the face-bloat, stomach bloat, redness (a la WC Fields).

nope, i don't miss it at ALL!
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Ah yes, the recycling bin... and most everything else here, too. Thanks for everyone's additions
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A lot of it has already been said (shame/guilt/hung over) but one thing I didn't see mentioned unless I missed it was the horrible procrastination. I don't know about you guys but when I was drinking everything was "tomorrow"....I'll do that tomorrow, I'll get that in the mail tomorrow, I'll pick that up tomorrow. But tomorrow never came.

It's felt good to do things on time these past couple months.

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Self-Absorbed, when ya hate yourself even! What a prison that was.
Yup... I was a completely self-absorbed alcoholic that hated myself for being a selfish alcoholic. From where I come from thats called insanity
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guilt. I won't miss the guilt...
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