60 days!
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Purplepixie,
Congratulations on 60 days! Believe in yourself. You can make it to 90 days and then some. Look at what has worked for you to make it to 60 days and harnass that desire in any way you can.
Congratulations on 60 days! Believe in yourself. You can make it to 90 days and then some. Look at what has worked for you to make it to 60 days and harnass that desire in any way you can.
Out standing achievement purplepixie! Also wishing further success for you.
The third time was the charm for me..... it can be for you too! Congratulations on 60 days!!
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Thank you very much everyone 
I've been looking forward to today as a kind of milestone but it's actually been one of the hardest days yet. I attended the local 'bartender's ball' tonight for those of us who work in pubs and restaurants and didn't get to celebrate last night because we were working and it was really not a good idea at all. It was held in a vodka bar (which is my drink of choice) and everyone was getting smashed and I started thinking to myself 'oh I could just have a couple and pick my car up tomorrow' and 'I've done 60 days so I can obviously quit so I can have a couple' This is what happens every time I reach this kind of number as the bad memories have faded and I feel back in control of my drinking
I think because I can quit, easily (I realise I'm very lucky) and I'm probably not what most people would consider to be an alcoholic that I forget that I hate the person I become when I've been drinking and just because I'm not physically dependent on alcohol, doesn't mean it doesn't have a negative impact on my life, because it definitely does, when I do drink, I binge and don't know when to stop and make horrible decisions that I later regret. It's bad for my depression and my body and mind
Anyway, I DIDN'T DRINK!!, I went home and am now in bed with my laptop and so glad that I didn't give in to the devil on my shoulder and it's day 61 tomorrow
I've been looking forward to today as a kind of milestone but it's actually been one of the hardest days yet. I attended the local 'bartender's ball' tonight for those of us who work in pubs and restaurants and didn't get to celebrate last night because we were working and it was really not a good idea at all. It was held in a vodka bar (which is my drink of choice) and everyone was getting smashed and I started thinking to myself 'oh I could just have a couple and pick my car up tomorrow' and 'I've done 60 days so I can obviously quit so I can have a couple' This is what happens every time I reach this kind of number as the bad memories have faded and I feel back in control of my drinking
I think because I can quit, easily (I realise I'm very lucky) and I'm probably not what most people would consider to be an alcoholic that I forget that I hate the person I become when I've been drinking and just because I'm not physically dependent on alcohol, doesn't mean it doesn't have a negative impact on my life, because it definitely does, when I do drink, I binge and don't know when to stop and make horrible decisions that I later regret. It's bad for my depression and my body and mind
Anyway, I DIDN'T DRINK!!, I went home and am now in bed with my laptop and so glad that I didn't give in to the devil on my shoulder and it's day 61 tomorrow
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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Good work, purplepixie. I am at day 64. I still have hard times once in a while. It's funny I feel the most vulnerable to urges when I'm doing something mundane like washing the car or watching something dumb on TV. Bars and parties I can handle. Though the drunks can be tedious, they make me not want to drink.
Maybe day 90 will be more of a milestone. I'm sure a year will be nice.
Maybe day 90 will be more of a milestone. I'm sure a year will be nice.
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