Here we go again.
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Here we go again.
Well, I attended my first AA meeting at the ripe old age of 25, only one month after getting married. For the life of me, I don't know why she married me then, or why she has chosen to stand by me in the years since. That was five years ago, almost to the week. In the time since, I quit attending meetings and fell right back into the same old story. If I had a dime for every time I swore I would stop, I could retire right now! Found the same group, same spot, right around the corner from the office and I plan to attend my first meeting in five years tomorrow after work. Here's to hoping that I can beat it this time around.
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I'm sure she married you because she loves you!
You sound tired and fed up with yourself?
Giving up drinking is not easy honey.
Go easier on yourself.
Hating yourself won't make packing in the booze any better.
If it was so easy to stop, AA and forums like this would not exist. There would be no need for them.
Not many of us 'got it' first time, with or without AA, it took a few attempts.
Don't think back too far about how long you have been drinking and don't think forward too far.
Just take it one day at a time.
For me, my success was thinking 'today I am not going to drink. If I want to drink tomorrow, I will think about that then. But today I will not drink'
Honestly, that type of thinking has got me over 3 years without a drink.
I wish you the best xx
You sound tired and fed up with yourself?
Giving up drinking is not easy honey.
Go easier on yourself.
Hating yourself won't make packing in the booze any better.
If it was so easy to stop, AA and forums like this would not exist. There would be no need for them.
Not many of us 'got it' first time, with or without AA, it took a few attempts.
Don't think back too far about how long you have been drinking and don't think forward too far.
Just take it one day at a time.
For me, my success was thinking 'today I am not going to drink. If I want to drink tomorrow, I will think about that then. But today I will not drink'
Honestly, that type of thinking has got me over 3 years without a drink.
I wish you the best xx
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for some reason alcoholics pick good wives. There are a lot of women married to alcoholics that put up with some fo the crazyiest stuff out of us.
I dunno how but we manage to pick good wives mine put up with me and my nonsense.
that being said remind yoruself how lucky you are to have a good wife to stand by you.
good job on going back to AA.
I dunno how but we manage to pick good wives mine put up with me and my nonsense.
that being said remind yoruself how lucky you are to have a good wife to stand by you.
good job on going back to AA.
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Originally Posted by holiver 
Well, I attended my first AA meeting at the ripe old age of 25, only one month after getting married. For the life of me, I don't know why she married me then, or why she has chosen to stand by me in the years since. That was five years ago, almost to the week. In the time since, I quit attending meetings and fell right back into the same old story. If I had a dime for every time I swore I would stop, I could retire right now! Found the same group, same spot, right around the corner from the office and I plan to attend my first meeting in five years tomorrow after work. Here's to hoping that I can beat it this time around.
Then, when you're ready to live a far better life than you could have imagined possible with a booze-addled brain - you can have joy and depth and richness and presence and love and goodness and the ability to feel and the capacity to ride out the ups and the downs with equal gratitude.....
you can do it.
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One of the best things about being alive, I think, is that each new day offers us another opportunity at a fresh start - a new beginning. No matter what is in your past, unless you are locked up in jail or completely incapacitated, you can, at any time, change the direction in which you are headed.
You can hope you beat your addiction this time around, holiver. But that sort of suggests that there is an element of chance to the equation, doesn't it? Why not just decide that you are going to beat your addiction this time around. We know you can do it. You really can.
You can hope you beat your addiction this time around, holiver. But that sort of suggests that there is an element of chance to the equation, doesn't it? Why not just decide that you are going to beat your addiction this time around. We know you can do it. You really can.
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