Of Mice and Morons
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Originally Posted by Tamerua 
How about calling yourself a soberist? On a quest to live life with no mind altering anythings?
Next time, try to remember what happens when you do drink, how you will feel after, in the morning.
Next time, try to remember what happens when you do drink, how you will feel after, in the morning.
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Originally Posted by Nuudawn
Okay...I too love the name of this thread...
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Originally Posted by Starflyer
"Alcoholic" Hmm...Just doesn't sit right with me.
Originally Posted by Starflyer
I like the idea of hope, that someday I WILL be able to follow a girl into a liquor store and not buy anything. That I will be able to go to a party and not feel any pressure to drink. That I will lay my head on the pillow at night not feeling the cravings.
The trick for me was an entire psychic change. I am not the same person who lived on the streets and died an alcoholic death before the ambulance arrived and restarted a heart that had quit way too long ago to have any right starting again. There is hope.
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Originally Posted by legna
I have often referred to my relationships with alcohol as an allergy. If the curious one persists, I explain that after drinking that I break out in handcuffs. Humor is another equalizer.
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Originally Posted by legna
Like fini, none of these activities cause me to second guess myself today.
There has not been a craving in over twenty years
The trick for me was an entire psychic change. I am not the same person who lived on the streets and died an alcoholic death before the ambulance arrived and restarted a heart that had quit way too long ago to have any right starting again. There is hope.
There has not been a craving in over twenty years
The trick for me was an entire psychic change. I am not the same person who lived on the streets and died an alcoholic death before the ambulance arrived and restarted a heart that had quit way too long ago to have any right starting again. There is hope.
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I've always been a "big picture" guy with every aspect of my life - which is toxic for somebody who wants to get sober. My mind says:
"You can NEVER drink a single drop of alcohol ever again. Not a beer, shot of liquor, NEVER."
When I should be telling myself:
"You don't have to not drink for the rest of your life, you just can't drink TODAY."
And then repeat it every day, break it down into something manageable; not so big and daunting.
"You can NEVER drink a single drop of alcohol ever again. Not a beer, shot of liquor, NEVER."
When I should be telling myself:
"You don't have to not drink for the rest of your life, you just can't drink TODAY."
And then repeat it every day, break it down into something manageable; not so big and daunting.
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Originally Posted by Starflyer
"You don't have to not drink for the rest of your life, you just can't drink TODAY."
And then repeat it every day, break it down into something manageable; not so big and daunting.
And then repeat it every day, break it down into something manageable; not so big and daunting.
I have only given up one drink; I left it in a trash can in front of a Subway somewhere south of Asheville, NC in December 2009.
Can't say I miss it much anymore.
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