aussieblue

Hi Marissa , day 5 is great , praying for you , it's really hard trying to stop with a partner who is still drinking . Sending strength your way.

Marissa41

Day 10!!!

rascalwhiteoak

Great to read of your success. Keep it going!

Stayingsassy

You are kicking this addiction to the curb, you've got it under your boot now and you are in charge. Well done.

Do not forget the addiction is relentless and does not stop until you die, so stay on top of it at all times don't let it do a sneak attack. Be the boss, be the woman in charge of YOU, and don't let it win. all positive thoughts of drinking must go and every bottle of alcohol you come across is poison and will kill you, so don't go near it in the store, don't bring it home, limit your exposure to it. It's a psychological as well as biological poison, because it starts working on you when you see it or are around it too much. You need to limit your time around it when you are in these early stages. Be watchful and cautious with your thinking, be on guard until you have more practice with this.

Delilah1

Double digits Marissa, great job!!

ScottFromWI

Congrats on day 10 Marissa, you have really come a long way!

Dropsie

10 (now 11) days is great!

But never forget, one sip and its over and out.

I love this from Sassy:

Give sobriety everything you have. Commit 100%. It takes the kind of commitment you take on when you are keeping your newborn alive and safe in the first few months of life. Remember checking on her to make sure she's breathing? Early sobriety is like that.

Truer words were never spoken. And I love Dee's saying, abstinence is not control. Many of us here have been able to stop drinking, mainly because we know that we CANNOT control it.

Please dont ever think that because you can stop you can slow down. You cannot, none of us can, no matter how long since our last drink.

This is an all or nothing thing for us -- and do or die -- I am so pleased you have made it nothing for 11 days.

But you have your life back -- your control -- your freedom!!

You got this. Enjoy it. But don't take it for granted...

Hawkeye13

Great job on Day 11!

Marissa41

Day 14.. Counting the 10th as my 1st completely sober date...
Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving weekend...

Had and have a few trying times, but looking forward to January as a positive month with a few other accomplishments I'm working on. Now is an excellent time to purge my house of all the things just taking up space and breathing my air by collecting dust!!! Putting up the tree this weekend. Maybe I'll actually decorate it this year.. Ha Ha......

Dee74

congrats on 2 weeks mariposa

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Stayingsassy

I am SO proud of you!! You're doing it! keep going. I know how hard it is. It takes a lot of bravery, and a lot of strength. I know you have it in you, Marissa.

I'm enjoying my own house purge. It's very, very satisfying. I'll raise my box to that it's very absorbing and at the end, you feel lighter, and have a nice space to look at.

Stayingsassy

Remember to heed your own warnings Marissa. It feels like an escape but it can and will take you down. Any drinking on a cirrhotic liver is like jumping off a bridge, willingly. It doesn’t feel dangerous when you’re pouring it down your throat but it’s the most dangerous thing you can do. You’re past the point that you can safely slip or relapse. You’ve got to be done with it forever, no matter how bad it feels for awhile. If you’re drinking, stop and make a plan to stick your sobriety.

Pearldoor