1 month
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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1 month
1 month done, mixed emotions so far.
Theres a never leaving feeling that it wont last, that if I can do maybe 6 months then I'll be cured and can start drinking again. Or there will be some great excuse to start again soon.
But its tempered a bit by logic, I think its starting to come a little easier each time I'm tempted and I can think "I know exactly where this will lead", never do I wake up wishing I'd had a drink the night before.
I'm hoping this will continue, that at 6 months I'll think why bother even trying to drink again in moderation.
Theres a never leaving feeling that it wont last, that if I can do maybe 6 months then I'll be cured and can start drinking again. Or there will be some great excuse to start again soon.
But its tempered a bit by logic, I think its starting to come a little easier each time I'm tempted and I can think "I know exactly where this will lead", never do I wake up wishing I'd had a drink the night before.
I'm hoping this will continue, that at 6 months I'll think why bother even trying to drink again in moderation.
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Congrats on a month!
I think your worries are probably normal as I'm just over a month and get the same thoughts going through my head. Usually they are fleeting or I quickly reason with then, but they are still there. Like you, I am hoping they (call it the AV or whatever) go away with time.
Keep going!
I think your worries are probably normal as I'm just over a month and get the same thoughts going through my head. Usually they are fleeting or I quickly reason with then, but they are still there. Like you, I am hoping they (call it the AV or whatever) go away with time.
Keep going!
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Congrats on one month! This statement below in your post I will keep in my mind, so much truth to it and will say it out loud on the evenings when I start to romanticize my drinking habits. Thank you and one month is fantastic!
Originally Posted by upontheroof 
......"never do I wake up wishing I'd had a drink the night before".
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Well done Upon. I just reached the 6 month mark today, and there is no way am about to test the waters and see if I am "cured". There is just no good reason to drink and I never want to face another Day 1.
Day 1s have got to be the most miserable place to be. Don't fool yourself into thinking you can just have one.
CF
Day 1s have got to be the most miserable place to be. Don't fool yourself into thinking you can just have one.
CF
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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Congrats on 1 month! I'm around that mark myself.
I have had many runs of sobriety for the past several years, Longest I made it was 10 months before I decided I could moderate(I can't)... I'm hoping this current run is the last one I'll ever need. \
You are doing well remembering to shout down those thoughts that say "Hey, I can moderate... maybe just a few drinks is okay".. because we all know what road that leads us down.
I have had many runs of sobriety for the past several years, Longest I made it was 10 months before I decided I could moderate(I can't)... I'm hoping this current run is the last one I'll ever need. \
You are doing well remembering to shout down those thoughts that say "Hey, I can moderate... maybe just a few drinks is okay".. because we all know what road that leads us down.
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