stumbled across my stepfathers rum just now.
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It's s lot like a cross roads guys. We can make the decision to go back the way we came, and end up at the cross roads again...or we can take a new road.
Take the new road - it's hard now but you'll look back and be glad you did
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Take the new road - it's hard now but you'll look back and be glad you did
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I felt the same way once. I kept a half bottle of vodka under the sink. I didn't want to smell it or touch it. I was afraid. Then again, keeping that vodka under there was not as terrifying as the idea of it NOT being there. That was where my true terror lay but I was too afraid to admit that. Fear, fear, FEAR! Eventually, I took a deep breath, turned on the water and dumped the vodka. I may have closed my eyes when I did it. Then, in an act of defiance, I rinsed out the bottle. A couple of minutes later, I was pulling the bottle out of the bin, trying to get one last drop. Alas, water!
It was hard but I knew that if I kept that snake in my house, it would eventually bite me and I would die. Dump the drink. Rinse out the bottle. Maybe you panic and try to get that last drop like I did. Maybe you don't. But a sober alcoholic doesn't keep a bottle of booze in the house if they're afraid of it.
It was hard but I knew that if I kept that snake in my house, it would eventually bite me and I would die. Dump the drink. Rinse out the bottle. Maybe you panic and try to get that last drop like I did. Maybe you don't. But a sober alcoholic doesn't keep a bottle of booze in the house if they're afraid of it.
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Originally Posted by DisplacedGRITS 
I felt the same way once. I kept a half bottle of vodka under the sink. I didn't want to smell it or touch it. I was afraid. Then again, keeping that vodka under there was not as terrifying as the idea of it NOT being there. That was where my true terror lay but I was too afraid to admit that. Fear, fear, FEAR! Eventually, I took a deep breath, turned on the water and dumped the vodka. I may have closed my eyes when I did it. Then, in an act of defiance, I rinsed out the bottle. A couple of minutes later, I was pulling the bottle out of the bin, trying to get one last drop. Alas, water!
It was hard but I knew that if I kept that snake in my house, it would eventually bite me and I would die. Dump the drink. Rinse out the bottle. Maybe you panic and try to get that last drop like I did. Maybe you don't. But a sober alcoholic doesn't keep a bottle of booze in the house if they're afraid of it.
It was hard but I knew that if I kept that snake in my house, it would eventually bite me and I would die. Dump the drink. Rinse out the bottle. Maybe you panic and try to get that last drop like I did. Maybe you don't. But a sober alcoholic doesn't keep a bottle of booze in the house if they're afraid of it.
It actually worked for me. I was having next to no cravings. The only reason why I caved and went back is because I felt like I would never feel any better. I was tired of feeling so blah.
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How are you doing nintendoguy90?
Not sure you can claim it 'worked' when you went back to drinking PB
Do you see a connection between the two - a willingness to completely give alcohol up?
A small but persistant belief that alcohol in some respect still 'works' where sobrotety doesn't?
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It actually worked for me. I was having next to no cravings. The only reason why I caved and went back is because I felt like I would never feel any better. I was tired of feeling so blah.
Do you see a connection between the two - a willingness to completely give alcohol up?
A small but persistant belief that alcohol in some respect still 'works' where sobrotety doesn't?
D
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