My new saying..
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Minnetonka, Mn
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My new saying..
I just wanted to share this. I have something I say to myself every day. here's where I'll start..
Like many of you, I knew I had a problem, I knew I needed help to quit. I told my wife I was done. My kids are to young to know, I didn't need to tell my friends. eventually I did. After I made it perfectly clear that I did not drink anymore, I went to great lengths to hide it.
I would sneak cash and only buy with that. I fill a water bottle and hide it in my jeans pockets in my closet. I would hide the bottle(s) in the arms of my suit jacket, I would express my love for bottles of iced tea, then spike them with Vodka. I would be late to work because I would sneak the empties to the local recycle place on my way to work. All the while I would sneak to my closet for little shots off the bottle. When I knew I was tipsy I would go take a big sip and go to bed, eventually I would mix a drink at 6 A.M. to take the edge off. Then the following week the cycle would start all over again. I finally got help at a group. One thing I said in the group that helped me was thes.
"Put as much effort into staying Sober as you did into getting drunk"
Maybe it's been said before, maybe not. I almost made it 8 months, and had my first relapse (Which is in another thread). It's time to start putting my words where my mouth is...
Thanks for reading.
Like many of you, I knew I had a problem, I knew I needed help to quit. I told my wife I was done. My kids are to young to know, I didn't need to tell my friends. eventually I did. After I made it perfectly clear that I did not drink anymore, I went to great lengths to hide it.
I would sneak cash and only buy with that. I fill a water bottle and hide it in my jeans pockets in my closet. I would hide the bottle(s) in the arms of my suit jacket, I would express my love for bottles of iced tea, then spike them with Vodka. I would be late to work because I would sneak the empties to the local recycle place on my way to work. All the while I would sneak to my closet for little shots off the bottle. When I knew I was tipsy I would go take a big sip and go to bed, eventually I would mix a drink at 6 A.M. to take the edge off. Then the following week the cycle would start all over again. I finally got help at a group. One thing I said in the group that helped me was thes.
"Put as much effort into staying Sober as you did into getting drunk"
Maybe it's been said before, maybe not. I almost made it 8 months, and had my first relapse (Which is in another thread). It's time to start putting my words where my mouth is...
Thanks for reading.
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Arizona
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When I was using one of the things I used to do was hike out into the woods, get wasted, wait till I sobered up enough to come home and cook dinner, etc.
These days I come home from work, hike into the woods so I WONT get wasted, then come home and attend to the business of home and recovery. So I am not only putting the same effort into recovery, some of my habits have truly been transformed. My internet use as well, there were ways I abused my time online to support my addictions, now I use it to support my recovery.
Transformation is possible!
These days I come home from work, hike into the woods so I WONT get wasted, then come home and attend to the business of home and recovery. So I am not only putting the same effort into recovery, some of my habits have truly been transformed. My internet use as well, there were ways I abused my time online to support my addictions, now I use it to support my recovery.
Transformation is possible!
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"Put as much effort into staying Sober as you did into getting drunk"
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