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Old 06-19-2015, 08:30 AM
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Hello all. I'm one of the new guys here and am glad to have found the site. I've been a drinker for approximately 15 years and I feel that, after many false starts, I'm ready to let go of alcohol. I'm sick and tired of feeling, well, sick and tired. And I have to tell you, it's tough being a guy in his later 30's who's beginning to resemble a pregnant female. So I'm hoping to contribute regularly and that it may help. Anyway, thanks for reading, ladies and gentlemen. Good health to you all.
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Old 06-19-2015, 08:33 AM
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Old 06-19-2015, 08:50 AM
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Welcome to the family. There's lots of support here for getting sober.
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Old 06-19-2015, 08:53 AM
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Welcome, Edge78. I am glad you are here with us.
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Old 06-19-2015, 08:53 AM
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Glad you're here with us, welcome!

Many of us just got sick and tired of being sick and tired.......others were driven under the lash of alcohol to recovery (in a white van )

Regardless of how we get here we help each other not drink one day at a time.
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Old 06-19-2015, 08:58 AM
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Welcome, Edge! I hope you find as much help with camaraderie as many of us have.
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Welcome Edge! Glad you are here.
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Old 06-19-2015, 09:08 AM
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Thank you, everyone. I woke up this morning feeling awful and so I just know that I have to be done with it. Obviously, much easier said than done, but I simply cannot keep abusing myself with a twelve pack a day (it certainly did not begin that way). It's hurting my body and my wallet. And I know, those times I've stopped before, I've felt wonderful and dropped weight. I'm just dying to recapture that feeling and keep it this time.
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Old 06-19-2015, 09:33 AM
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Welcome Edge,

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Old 06-19-2015, 10:18 AM
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Welcome edge. I was afraid I was going to be the first man to have a C-section. You would be very surprised how fast you can loose it when your not consuming 2000 extra empty calories a day.
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Old 06-19-2015, 11:15 AM
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Welcome edge. I was afraid I was going to be the first man to have a C-section. You would be very surprised how fast you can loose it when your not consuming 2000 extra empty calories a day.
I know what you feel like, particularly since the rest of me is fairly thin. I've gotten a bit of excess chest fat as well, and no man alive wants man boobs. And here I was drinking light beer, which certainly still does not help. Thank you to all who have replied.
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Old 06-19-2015, 11:38 AM
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Old 06-19-2015, 09:08 PM
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Thank you everyone. Each one of you has made me feel incredibly welcome and it means a lot to me. I have successfully abstained from drinking this evening, though dealing with some wonderful aches and bloating while waiting for my body to settle down and readjust. Abdominal exercise seemed to help alleviate that a bit. I hope everyone else is hanging in there just like I am.
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