desperate to drink
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coming off an 11 day bender after 83 days sober
Today is day 1 again
weathered lots of storms in my 83 day voyage but lost it when the divorce papers came
But i know i need to be sober and so now I start again
weathered lots of storms in my 83 day voyage but lost it when the divorce papers came
But i know i need to be sober and so now I start again
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Join Date: Mar 2016
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Appreciate your sad circumstances but on the twelfth day of my having stopped drinking I wanted to drink because it was raining or it was too hot in the sunshine, I can't remember. But I didn't. In the twelfth year of my having stopped drinking I wanted to drink because I was arrogant enough to believe I was OK. So I had one. Compared to those twelve years, by great distance the best of my life, the next ten turned out to be the worst. That hell of ten years came to an end two years ago and I have regained the contentment I had in the sobriety of the twelve. Believe that one day that the option of having a drink recedes in your consciousness in the meantime talk to people who understand and then talk some more. By helping yourself this way you're also helping them. Things can never be so bad that they cannot be made worse by having a drink
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Sorry to hear that you're going through a rough time at the moment tonesward but like you I have only just joined SR and already it seems like a great place to get support. Wishing you all the very best.
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Please help me to heal
Please help
I am drinking nearly a bottle of vodka a day
I'm 51 and I think i will die very soon if I don't stop but every day I go through the same cycle of shame, resolution to stop, trigger, purchase, consumption and black out
I'm reaching out. I want to stop. I need some help to get through one day sober.
thank you
I am drinking nearly a bottle of vodka a day
I'm 51 and I think i will die very soon if I don't stop but every day I go through the same cycle of shame, resolution to stop, trigger, purchase, consumption and black out
I'm reaching out. I want to stop. I need some help to get through one day sober.
thank you
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Tonesward,
I’m at day 38. I know NOTHING except that time and distance from your last drink are miracle workers. Don’t overthink it. Don’t worry about tomorrow, or even an hour from now. Don’t stress over sobriety success. Don’t batter yourself. Make it as simple as possible.
Just think: I will not drink right now.
Not you cannot, but you will not. Give yourself that painful gift that will reward you in time.
I’m at day 38. I know NOTHING except that time and distance from your last drink are miracle workers. Don’t overthink it. Don’t worry about tomorrow, or even an hour from now. Don’t stress over sobriety success. Don’t batter yourself. Make it as simple as possible.
Just think: I will not drink right now.
Not you cannot, but you will not. Give yourself that painful gift that will reward you in time.
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Originally Posted by tonesward 
Please help
I am drinking nearly a bottle of vodka a day
I'm 51 and I think i will die very soon if I don't stop but every day I go through the same cycle of shame, resolution to stop, trigger, purchase, consumption and black out
I'm reaching out. I want to stop. I need some help to get through one day sober.
thank you
I am drinking nearly a bottle of vodka a day
I'm 51 and I think i will die very soon if I don't stop but every day I go through the same cycle of shame, resolution to stop, trigger, purchase, consumption and black out
I'm reaching out. I want to stop. I need some help to get through one day sober.
thank you
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