Feeling good lately....but....
Samantha
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Feeling good lately....but....
So I've been doing quite well lately (for me, anyways).
Yes, I have had drinks. No, I have not got blackout drunk like I normally would.
Not for quite a while now, and YES I am happy about that.
I would love to say that I am sober but I am not yet.
Am I allowed to say that I am happy that I haven't got completely drunk in a while?
Yes, I have had drinks. No, I have not got blackout drunk like I normally would.
Not for quite a while now, and YES I am happy about that.
I would love to say that I am sober but I am not yet.
Am I allowed to say that I am happy that I haven't got completely drunk in a while?
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you can SAY whatever you want...........but it's kind of like saying "hey i haven't slammed my fingers into as many drawers this week"
don't fool yourself tho...........the only way to assure you never get black out drunk again is to never drink again. everything else is just playing russian roulette with your own life.
don't fool yourself tho...........the only way to assure you never get black out drunk again is to never drink again. everything else is just playing russian roulette with your own life.
Samantha
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I realize I need to stop completely, and I am working on it.
I don't want to moderate or anything like that....it's just that a couple times I've given into cravings, had a couple of drinks and then felt bad and stopped.
I don't want to moderate or anything like that....it's just that a couple times I've given into cravings, had a couple of drinks and then felt bad and stopped.
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You're allowed to say whatever you want as long as you're perpared for the responses 
This kind of thinking is so familiar to me I even wrote a post about it.
I know it's scary to let drinking go completely but I really believe it's what we need to do to get better.
again: please don't fall for the same lies I did for all those years, anarock.
D
This kind of thinking is so familiar to me I even wrote a post about it.
When I was trying to get a handle on my drinking, not getting drunk was an achievement, a victory - it was hope to me, somewhere deep in me, that hey maybe I could control my drinking whenever I wanted....at the very least it was proof I was 'getting better'...
If I really looked back at my history I'd have seen the times when I drank 'like a gentleman' were the rare exception, not the rule.
I had 100s, maybe 1000s, of times where I got wasted and embarrassed or hurt myself or others - but I'd always go back to those handful of times where I'd had a glass or two and 'nothing happened'.
I really wanted to be a normal drinker, so I guess it's not surprising I clung to those few nights....but I'd always return to my normal pattern of drinking.
Looking back now, the truth was I was a blackout alcoholic drinker who sometimes had a 'normal' drinking experience - it was blind luck, not good management.
Please don't fall for the same lies I did for all those years.
Alcohol and I have a disastrous relationship. My drinking caused me immense pain and suffering, and it damn near destroyed me and all I loved....
if I drink - even one or two glasses - it's anything but a triumph.
If I really looked back at my history I'd have seen the times when I drank 'like a gentleman' were the rare exception, not the rule.
I had 100s, maybe 1000s, of times where I got wasted and embarrassed or hurt myself or others - but I'd always go back to those handful of times where I'd had a glass or two and 'nothing happened'.
I really wanted to be a normal drinker, so I guess it's not surprising I clung to those few nights....but I'd always return to my normal pattern of drinking.
Looking back now, the truth was I was a blackout alcoholic drinker who sometimes had a 'normal' drinking experience - it was blind luck, not good management.
Please don't fall for the same lies I did for all those years.
Alcohol and I have a disastrous relationship. My drinking caused me immense pain and suffering, and it damn near destroyed me and all I loved....
if I drink - even one or two glasses - it's anything but a triumph.
again: please don't fall for the same lies I did for all those years, anarock.
D
Samantha
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Join Date: Sep 2017
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
You're allowed to say whatever you want as long as you're perpared for the responses
This kind of thinking is so familiar to me I even wrote a post about it.
I know it's scary to let drinking go completely but I really believe it's what we need to do to get better.
again: please don't fall for the same lies I did for all those years, anarock.
D
This kind of thinking is so familiar to me I even wrote a post about it.
I know it's scary to let drinking go completely but I really believe it's what we need to do to get better.
again: please don't fall for the same lies I did for all those years, anarock.
D
I just sometimes give in.
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