Entertainning the thought of drinking
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If in my mind I start debating back and forth if I should or could do something
----- conscience -----
there's a good chance that the correct answer would be -- don't do it.
Usually the right things to do come with no great thought.
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----- conscience -----
there's a good chance that the correct answer would be -- don't do it.
Usually the right things to do come with no great thought.
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Yeah, I just dismiss the thought as soon as it pops up. Too much good stuff is going on in life right now that I can't afford to miss out on.
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Originally Posted by FormerBeerLover 
Anytime the thought even enters my head (which is very seldom), I just think back to my Day 1, lying in the ER with an IV stuck in me, thinking I was going to die...that does it for me
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Originally Posted by GussWest
"Maybe you're not really an alcoholic."
Boy, that one sure does get me tripped up from time to time.
Boy, that one sure does get me tripped up from time to time.
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Originally Posted by SoberinSyracuse
Yeah, I just dismiss the thought as soon as it pops up. Too much good stuff is going on in life right now that I can't afford to miss out on.
Today my life is pretty darn easy but, with some challenges.
Those challenges would be so overwhelming if I was drinking.
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I'm glad I read this, too. I feel like I'll never drink again then something happens like I'll get invited to a bar and for a few moments drinking seems like a normal thing I should be able to do.
It only takes one weak moment to start the train wreck all over. I need to stick with my plan better. I haven't slipped but I don't follow my plan like I should either.
Thanks for the post
It only takes one weak moment to start the train wreck all over. I need to stick with my plan better. I haven't slipped but I don't follow my plan like I should either.
Thanks for the post
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Entertainning the thought of drinking
Took a long time in this man's life
to learn to flee as fast as I can from sin or the thought of sin.
Oh - yes in my case drinking liquor is a proven sin.
I have learned to never entertain the thought of drinking.
For too much of that kind of foolish thinking
can turn into a full blown desire to drink again.
Usually getting a fast drink down ones throat
before even giving thought to the possible consequences.
Yes, how fast one can talk themselves into a little simple sinning.
Telling ourselves -- one drink would be no big deal.
Maybe a drinking reward is due for me -- I have been sober for a long time.
My wife would never even know that I had one small drink.
I could drink just for a while and then stop again -- right ?
Don't entertain the thought -- flee -- while one still can.
M-Bob
to learn to flee as fast as I can from sin or the thought of sin.
Oh - yes in my case drinking liquor is a proven sin.
I have learned to never entertain the thought of drinking.
For too much of that kind of foolish thinking
can turn into a full blown desire to drink again.
Usually getting a fast drink down ones throat
before even giving thought to the possible consequences.
Yes, how fast one can talk themselves into a little simple sinning.
Telling ourselves -- one drink would be no big deal.
Maybe a drinking reward is due for me -- I have been sober for a long time.
My wife would never even know that I had one small drink.
I could drink just for a while and then stop again -- right ?
Don't entertain the thought -- flee -- while one still can.
M-Bob
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