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Originally Posted by Joybot 
Going a day or two or a week is a struggle but going a full month or a year is a great feat and going beyond that is super human.
...your whole lifetime is a constant struggle not to relapse and it is so easy to fall back on the drink because anything could trigger it at any time.
Being sober for many, many years is a feat of super human strength and those who have the will power to keep it up; you are super-human.
...your whole lifetime is a constant struggle not to relapse and it is so easy to fall back on the drink because anything could trigger it at any time.
Being sober for many, many years is a feat of super human strength and those who have the will power to keep it up; you are super-human.
That is the difference between "white knuckling" it and "happy, joyous, and free."
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JMHO -
This is an addiction. Part physical part physiological - you have to not want alcohol in your life anymore - you have to want to be rid of the pull or it - of how it can control you - about how you can let it change what you do in a day - how it makes you feel.
You need the will power to get through the physical part - let your brain chemistry and GABA receptors get back to normal - through drinking you actually changed you brain chemistry and it takes time for it to go back. The physical part will pass - that's biology, science. Some say a few months some say up to a year - after that it is all that you don't want that in your life anymore.
Then it's all the physiological part - living life with no escape (
) that's what scares me. I can't escape for a night - can't numb myself away with alcohol anymore. I believe I will develop coping mechanisms - I believe I'll learn to cope with life sober - I truly believe that with all my heart. If I didn't I'd pack the kids in the car and go out and buy 10 bottles of wine today.
hummm. Looks like I'm writing this for my own benefit... how do you like that...
This is an addiction. Part physical part physiological - you have to not want alcohol in your life anymore - you have to want to be rid of the pull or it - of how it can control you - about how you can let it change what you do in a day - how it makes you feel.
You need the will power to get through the physical part - let your brain chemistry and GABA receptors get back to normal - through drinking you actually changed you brain chemistry and it takes time for it to go back. The physical part will pass - that's biology, science. Some say a few months some say up to a year - after that it is all that you don't want that in your life anymore.
Then it's all the physiological part - living life with no escape (
) that's what scares me. I can't escape for a night - can't numb myself away with alcohol anymore. I believe I will develop coping mechanisms - I believe I'll learn to cope with life sober - I truly believe that with all my heart. If I didn't I'd pack the kids in the car and go out and buy 10 bottles of wine today.hummm. Looks like I'm writing this for my own benefit... how do you like that...
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Originally Posted by Joybot
Being sober for many, many years is a feat of super human strength and those who have the will power to keep it up; you are super-human.
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Some really great comments in this thread. I am slowly working towards three years sober. The desire to drink does go down with time. But, we must remain watchful and vigilant. The pilot light is always burning in our heads, it just needs fuel to start the fire.
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