Tell me why you drink?
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Tell me why you drink?
For me it's simply the taste and warm, dull buzz from wine. Not looking to escape problems or numb any pain. Just love the feeling. Is a bottle of wine a day really so bad? lol!
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Hi Winey
I just read this question on yr blog. Nice to meet you
I drink for different reasons. Sometimes cos I need to sometimes cos it's there and I don't know how to say no. Sometimes it's because I just finished doing something else and there's a space to fill. it's the first thing I think about when there's a beat in the conversation.
But mostly it's because I love to get high. I mean I really really love it.
How about you?
Still
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I just read this question on yr blog. Nice to meet you
I drink for different reasons. Sometimes cos I need to sometimes cos it's there and I don't know how to say no. Sometimes it's because I just finished doing something else and there's a space to fill. it's the first thing I think about when there's a beat in the conversation.But mostly it's because I love to get high. I mean I really really love it.
How about you?
Still
xxx
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Yeah, I just love the way it makes me feel. I really don't have any other reasons. It definitely makes time spent, more fun. I wish I had deeper issues so I had an excuse about why I drink (or drank!) too much.
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I drank because I liked the feeling. Towards the end, I liked the challenge of "getting away with it"- as in with my husband and my probation officer.
Of course that did not last.
Also, it stopped making me feel good. It made me feel like crap: physically and emotionally.
Of course that did not last.
Also, it stopped making me feel good. It made me feel like crap: physically and emotionally.
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I drank because I craved it. I drank because I didn't know anything else.
You don't need to have deep-seated "issues" in order to drink too much. Alcohol is an equal-opportunity employer. This is just MHO, but over-analyzing the reasons didn't ultimately solve my problem. I took a hard look at what my life had become, and decided that I'd finally had enough of alcohol and its negative effects. Wondering how I got there didn't matter anymore, what was more important was what I was going to do to change it.
Congrats on day 8, Winey.
You don't need to have deep-seated "issues" in order to drink too much. Alcohol is an equal-opportunity employer. This is just MHO, but over-analyzing the reasons didn't ultimately solve my problem. I took a hard look at what my life had become, and decided that I'd finally had enough of alcohol and its negative effects. Wondering how I got there didn't matter anymore, what was more important was what I was going to do to change it.
Congrats on day 8, Winey.
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I started drinking because I loved the way it made me feel - then... I started to rely on it to help me do things...I ended up needing to drink whether I wanted to or not.
I think most of us go through grief...but you can grieve an abusive partner too.
You're making a great choice WW- welcome to SR
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I think most of us go through grief...but you can grieve an abusive partner too.
You're making a great choice WW- welcome to SR
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WW, i love your username! I drank to numb, to escape, to get out of my own head. When i am having a hard time, i really miss it. But i know that is so short term and it leads to me being a hot mess, so no more for me. Congtats on 8 days! xo
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Thx All. I'm feeling the love. Honestly, I'm not sure this site is the best thing for me. Just reading everyone's stories about relapsing and then everyone else's comments of "been there" makes me want to have my own relapse because everyone says you're gonna or they did. I want to go open a bottle right now! I agree with you Elisabeth888, I do feel like crap physically and emotionally. Although, on Day 8, I do look less puffy in my eyes. Thanks be to Vanity!
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I too am struggling with reading about relapses, it makes me sad. 
I went to my Group Meeting on Monday night and one of the gals there had relapsed over the weekend and it totally rocked me. I have no idea why, still trying to figure it out, I barely know her.
And...I drank for because it felt good at first, then I drank to cope with my shakes and anxiety, then I drank to "deal" with my husband, then I drank because that's just what I did.
I went to my Group Meeting on Monday night and one of the gals there had relapsed over the weekend and it totally rocked me. I have no idea why, still trying to figure it out, I barely know her.
And...I drank for because it felt good at first, then I drank to cope with my shakes and anxiety, then I drank to "deal" with my husband, then I drank because that's just what I did.
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1. My twisted cure for insomnia.
2. To get wasted out of my own *crazy brain, if only for a short while.
*crazy brain = social anxiety and resentment.
(I first got serious about quitting back in April of 2011... I got 12 days sober, then relapsed and fell back into hell for the entire summer, by September 22nd I had enough.)
2. To get wasted out of my own *crazy brain, if only for a short while.
*crazy brain = social anxiety and resentment.
(I first got serious about quitting back in April of 2011... I got 12 days sober, then relapsed and fell back into hell for the entire summer, by September 22nd I had enough.)
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