so if has been a week
so if has been a week
yup now on day eight, Wanted a drink, then it came to me. Not a DRINK, but something to drink, something cool with ice, Like duh! Dude, you never did want or need booz, at least for the most part, you just wanted something to drink. You just started to fall into a bad habit, of adding alcohol to it.
Did a lot of reading this past week, the question was put to me the when i first got here, "do you think you are an alcoholic" Well after a week of no drinking, a LOT of reading the answer is NO! Was i starting to develop a problem? YES! Was i a heavy drinker? YES. Did i have an addiction to alcohol? YES, i had the withdraws. Will i beat this, I know i can.
Read a lot about people like me, people who are drinking to much, on the road to, but not yet an alcoholic, Found some very interesting studies. One from the national institute of health.
so for now, i will say good by, I may drop back in from time to time, and i hope with out need for this palace. just to remind my self how close i came to the edge.
Did a lot of reading this past week, the question was put to me the when i first got here, "do you think you are an alcoholic" Well after a week of no drinking, a LOT of reading the answer is NO! Was i starting to develop a problem? YES! Was i a heavy drinker? YES. Did i have an addiction to alcohol? YES, i had the withdraws. Will i beat this, I know i can.
Read a lot about people like me, people who are drinking to much, on the road to, but not yet an alcoholic, Found some very interesting studies. One from the national institute of health.
so for now, i will say good by, I may drop back in from time to time, and i hope with out need for this palace. just to remind my self how close i came to the edge.
perhaps a month, maybe more maybe less, The amount of time is not what counts. What does count is doing it right, not over doing, not drinking to often. Setting some time limit, goal of "X" days clean is setting one up for a fall. I feel that if you do this then you are just building your life around drinking. when the time comes, I know i will deal with it the right way from what i have learned here and other places.
I thought you'd left?
If you want to try moderating - try it.
I tried it - for me it didn't work.
For me, not drinking at all wasn't setting myself up for a fall, nor was it basing my life around drinking - it was simply admitting I had a problem, a problem I couldn't 'fix'...
no matter how hard I tried to control it, it always controlled me.
I hope you're not like me.
You've made a decision
and I wish you again, good luck
D
If you want to try moderating - try it.
I tried it - for me it didn't work.
For me, not drinking at all wasn't setting myself up for a fall, nor was it basing my life around drinking - it was simply admitting I had a problem, a problem I couldn't 'fix'...
no matter how hard I tried to control it, it always controlled me.
I hope you're not like me.
You've made a decision
and I wish you again, good luck
D
perhaps a month, maybe more maybe less, The amount of time is not what counts. What does count is doing it right, not over doing, not drinking to often. Setting some time limit, goal of "X" days clean is setting one up for a fall. I feel that if you do this then you are just building your life around drinking. when the time comes, I know i will deal with it the right way from what i have learned here and other places.
Hope he or she doesn't need to come back too
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