SoberLife2014

I'd like to share with you some of the ways my AV tries to talk me into having a drink. It all sounds pretty ridiculous. What are some of the things your AV tells you?

"It'll be easy! Just do it!" - Compulsion at it's finest.
"No one will know..." - Yeah right, we've tried that before. I'll know anyway.
"Come on, you seriously think that you'll NEVER drink again?" - One day at a time.
"It'll feel soooo good" - Yeah, looking forward to a horrible headache and nausea the next day for just 5 min of that burn.
"It'll help you relax" - Somewhere in-between hiding the evidence, the guilt that ensues, the possible fight with your spouse, and before the morning jitters.
"I'm sick of all this crap. I need a break!" - It'll be there waiting for you in the morning, along with a hangover.
"Look! See, that person has a TON of wine in their shopping cart! One bottle isn't that bad" - Is drinking 1 bottle in 1 hour ok then?
"You can always pace yourself..." - Yeah, that ALWAYS works.
"Come on, just give in" - A desperate plea.

There's more too! Those are just the big ones!

DoPerdition

"You can't keep me at bay forever."
"You stopped on the first try. You don't have a problem."
"Everyone else drinks way more that you ever did."
"Just drink me on vacations. Or when you leave the state. Or if you go to a different zip code."

IOAA2

One I used in the fog of drinking " I'm not as bad as xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" and on and on.

BE WELL

sugarbear1

I would tell that voice "Maybe I'll entertain you tomorrow, but today I think I will not indulge you"

every tomorrow became another today

SoberLife2014

That one works for me often too.

quitter13

I pretty much have been telling my AV everyday " F off , I hate you and I'm happy to watch you suffer every day for the rest of my life in return for all the suffering you caused me". LOL....I'm generally an easy going and nice guy with everyone else in my life but I tried being nice and reasonable with the AV in the past and it didn't work out so well

SoberLife2014

She has also started to say stuff like "Vodka sounds good! Let's go get some Vodka or something hard. It's easy to hide, it'll give us a good buzz, and if we get the right kind maybe we won't be hung over." I never ever liked Vodka. I also tried to stay away from the hard stuff. It's a horrible idea!

gaffo

Bottles of wine still talk to me once in a while. Sneaky bastards--beer was my DOC. I try and think of that scene in Caligula where they pour wine into that guy with a funnel...

ThorgNorton

"There's a lot of Cola in your fridge. You KNOW you want some Jack to go with it". - You're gorram right I do, AV, but i'm not going to give in.

karate

The Buzz will be gone quickly , the "afterbuzz" ,to include being depressed ,mad ,sleepy ,
And just generally feeling bad will last MUCH longer .