Purplrks3647

I'm going to see these guys in April ~ AV has already "decided" that I'm gonna drink that weekend....just thought I'd share and stay close to SR so hopefully I won't slip!

This is my anthem....one of my favorites (a good workout song too!)

Godsmack "War and Peace" lyrics :

Here we go!

Dance with the devil inside of me
I'm longing for a second chance
And taste what seems to remind me
Of all my skulls and skeletons

Live and let live
Die and let die

War and peace in my head, my temptations
This war and peace inside will take me to the end

Hell awaits
Its closing in on me
It strokes its hand down on my back
And no more mistakes
My intentions are finally clear from how I've always been

Live and let live
Die and let die
Live and let live
Die and let die

War and peace in my head, my temptations
This war and peace inside wont end
War and peace in my head, yeah
This war and peace inside will take me to the end

War and peace in my head, my temptations
This war and peace inside wont end
War and peace in my head, yeah
This war and peace inside my head will take me to the end

Written by James Shannon Larkin, Rob Merrill, Salvatore P. Erna, Tony Rombola • Copyright © Universal Music Publishing Group

Dee74

The AV should have no vote at all. You can do this Purps

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Fusion

Purplrks, your AV doesn’t run the show....you do! Don’t let the AV spoil the show!

One of the highlights of my sobriety, is attending shows and concerts.......SOBER! I absolutely adore them and feel so energised, alive and buzzing with a natural high. You can too. My AV puffed itself up and appeared large and powerful at times, but my experience is it’s a pathetic little creature ignored (like a toddler having a tantrum - it’s over faster if ignored and not fed with attention) and in time it shrivels up and enters slumber mode.

The concert may awake the AV and it may roar like a lion (I call it my wee beastie to put it into perspective) but it’s just a wee kitten and cannot control you.

D122y

Purp,

No advice from me anymore, just stories.

Until I had a serious reason to quit...I thought I was dieing...I couldn't do it.

The suffering had too much patience.

Thinking back....when I quit for 8 months when I was 28...I craved and caved.

I was at work yesterday and started to romance about my...Drinking days.

I started to decide that I was going to start drinking...controlled...again.

Then I remembered how I almost lost everything because of drinking, and how amazing I feel, how I barely get sick anymore etc etc etc.

The crave will never go away, but I will never drink again.

I have unlearned drinking.

Thanks.

Healthyandsober

((Purplks))

I don't know this song when i saw the tittle i thong you were talking about the book

you are always so together its hard to see you struggling , and i know exactly what you mean. maybe as you are planning to drink you can plan a plan to be sober during the concert.

someone here i think has a signature or something that said "once you learn a truth you can't unlearn it. " i can drink tomorrow but at some point i will either have to start back here maybe with more horrendous concecuences maybe even physical or i would just die. there snot in between i cross a line and i would never be able to control my drinking or what i do under the influence.

whatever happens in the future we will be here for you here at SR

SportsFan15

This is so well said!

You can do this, Purps. I've heard people talk about going to concerts sober when they used to drink; they say EVERYTHING is better without drinking. The music, people, the feeling, ya know how music moves the spirit - they leave the concert having savored it. They never lose their intense passion for the music, it only grows in sobriety.

I relate that to when I used to drink wine dining out. For a while I thought ugh the food, the friends, atmosphere, is not going to be good without wine. The opposite is true. I feel more alive without wine, my senses heightened, so food/friends/atmosphere are even more enjoyable and....memorable!! I walk away having had an EXPERIENCE that makes me feel good instead of drinking it away.

You can go to concerts sober and love it!

Pelagic263

You can do this, Purpl. Remember, you've already done it, right? Stay close and say no to the AV. Wishing you all the best today.

doggonecarl

I quit in 2010, a few weeks before a concert I wanted to see. When the date of the show rolled around I found myself wondering, "Did I quit for good? Or until the Whitechapel concert?"

Decided not to go. Decided to stay sober.

I waited two years before I went to my first sober concert. At that point, drinking wasn't even a thought.

saoutchik

Just don't drink today Purps. April can take care of itself.

DreamCatcher17

There is so much growth from here to April. You can do it, F that AV

I went to a show while I was 30 something days sober and I left early. Not because I wanted to drink but the drunks were annoying me, well that and it was an all standing show with no room to move.

You got this, remain vigilant!

andyh

it's only decided that because you've let it. tell it to stfu. deal with April when it happens. concentrate on today for now - the only time you can change anything is in the present.

SoberLeigh

Tell your AV to make other plans, Purprks; you bought one ticket.

Concerts are definitely so much better sober - who knew?!

Keep building you sober muscles. Keep building your love for sobriety and recovery.

You've got this, Purplrks.

Purplrks3647

Awwwwww, Thanks so much for all your replies.....You guys are the best!

You are right....all I can do is focus on the present and keep working on recovery....kinda like preparing to run a marathon. You don't show up on race day to begin training......

Thanks again, everyone!