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Old 11-11-2012, 06:23 AM
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Realization this morning

Today I start week 2 and I'm feeling good about making it through a week. I've had some urges I've had to fight off and sometimes I think about getting a bottle of wine out of habit and I have to remind myself, NO!

Well, this morning laying in bed at 5:30 am, I was thinking how great I felt making it through a week and then my thoughts started drifting...I thought "maybe my problem isn't drinking, it's just drinking wine" (because as hard as it was, I've accepted the fact that I can not moderate wine, once I have one, I'm done). I thought "maybe if I try a different cocktail I can be a "normal" drinker and just have a few in the evening", and then started thinking about what cocktails I could try, until all of a sudden it just hit me..."WHAT ARE YOU DOING???? Normal drinkers do not lie in bed at 5:30 on a Sunday thinking about what cocktails they can drink because they have a problem with wine". Clearly my problem is not just wine, my problem is drinking, period.

I have to accept that and keep a check on those thoughts, it's been easy to convince myself in the past, I can't go there this time.
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Old 11-11-2012, 06:26 AM
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Great job talking yourself through that! And so true. I tried switching beverages and it did not work!
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Old 11-11-2012, 06:26 AM
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I have the same thougths....sigh.. I went through every kind of alcohol, but wine was my favorite. Hang in there!
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Old 11-11-2012, 06:27 AM
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I actually tried that. I was downing Crown Royal every day. I switched to wine because of it's lower alcohol content. I was really stupid. Went form a bottle of whiskey to about 16 glasses of wine a day. Your progress is great. It isn't easy but look what you have accomplished.
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Old 11-11-2012, 06:34 AM
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your post made me smile. The same thing happened to me. At least you realized it. For me I was actually stupid enough to try and see if I could switch beverages. My thoughts were: hey maybe I am the 1:1000000 that can do it. Of course it did not work....
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Old 11-11-2012, 06:42 AM
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I loved wine as well and when I was
out if it at home and wasnt able to
get to the store, and the cravings set
in, I reached for what ever was close
at hand. Sherry that I used to cook
with and wasnt my drink of choice.

However, because I needed that drink,
Sherry did the job till my next run to
the store.

Thank God Id don't have to live in that
sanity any longer. Now it's ice cream.
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Old 11-11-2012, 09:18 AM
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Why is it, that the next thought out of my head after “maybe I’m not an alcoholic”, is “I think I’ll have a drink”?
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Old 11-11-2012, 09:28 AM
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The alcoholic brain is totally ridiculous!!
After every hard fought milestone-30, 60,90 days I've been so pleased with myself I've wanted a drink to celebrate......what's that all about?!?x
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