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That IS Good News.
Chess, with the day I'm having - that was just what I needed.
I bet time's flown by hasn't it? Drinking seems distant past now - and that's only just 14 months (today!) woo, not quite 4 years, but still a bit of a landmark.
Deg.
Chess, with the day I'm having - that was just what I needed.
I bet time's flown by hasn't it? Drinking seems distant past now - and that's only just 14 months (today!) woo, not quite 4 years, but still a bit of a landmark.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Thank u guys!
I think with me it was just the time that did it. I consider myself extremely lucky and thank the higher powers most days.
My problem drug these days is coffee and with it I go through the same struggles as some of you with alcohol.
With me 5-6 years ago I got a job where this man who used to be in the peace corps and only drank one beer a year got me interested in martial arts and reading all the self help books I could get my hands on. After reading a new book or website I used to talk to him about them. I quess in a way he was my mentor and a friend. Then on that year 4 years ago he died the same week my grandpa died and something in me just clicked. One morning I woke up and didn't crave for alcohol anymore. So for me the quitting was easy but the problems with my life did not go away and I did not work the steps. I think I just isolated myself from all the unhealty people and worked on the unhealty ways of my thinking. I'm still doing that.
I used to drink most weekends and on get togethers and could not relax in the crowd without alcohol and when I drank I almost always ended up legless since I consided it a waste of money if I did not black out.
These days I'm working on me and my codie ways. And I have learned to let go and relax on most days
These days my not so healty way of dealing with problems or boredom is sleeping. I find that after taking a nap my mood is not the same as it was before the nap. Maybe I got some bear geans in me
I wish there was some wisdom I could pass on to you all but there is none. All I know that for me it started with working on myself and learning to love me and finding ways to except or at least deal with and tolerate my shortcomings. We all got 'em and I think it's only human to struggle with them.
Good luck to you all in your recovery and remember one can start a new every single day And so far the sun has not failed to rise. Don't be so hard on yourselves.
I think with me it was just the time that did it. I consider myself extremely lucky and thank the higher powers most days.
My problem drug these days is coffee and with it I go through the same struggles as some of you with alcohol.
With me 5-6 years ago I got a job where this man who used to be in the peace corps and only drank one beer a year got me interested in martial arts and reading all the self help books I could get my hands on. After reading a new book or website I used to talk to him about them. I quess in a way he was my mentor and a friend. Then on that year 4 years ago he died the same week my grandpa died and something in me just clicked. One morning I woke up and didn't crave for alcohol anymore. So for me the quitting was easy but the problems with my life did not go away and I did not work the steps. I think I just isolated myself from all the unhealty people and worked on the unhealty ways of my thinking. I'm still doing that.
I used to drink most weekends and on get togethers and could not relax in the crowd without alcohol and when I drank I almost always ended up legless since I consided it a waste of money if I did not black out.
These days I'm working on me and my codie ways. And I have learned to let go and relax on most days
These days my not so healty way of dealing with problems or boredom is sleeping. I find that after taking a nap my mood is not the same as it was before the nap. Maybe I got some bear geans in me I wish there was some wisdom I could pass on to you all but there is none. All I know that for me it started with working on myself and learning to love me and finding ways to except or at least deal with and tolerate my shortcomings. We all got 'em and I think it's only human to struggle with them.
Good luck to you all in your recovery and remember one can start a new every single day
And so far the sun has not failed to rise. Don't be so hard on yourselves.
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