Readygo

Just wanted to share.

Is knowing alcohol isn’t going to fix anything. It will at best pause a bad emotion or bad situation but many time make it worse wether it’s feeling like crap or actin out in a negative way.

Any situation is temporary.

I have had to have some fun taking back some of the control. Any bad feelings I have is something I have to work through and find what can work or make me feel better. Sometimes it actually helps by taking away focusing on the issue and instead focusing if what I’m trying to make myself get through it is working.

If it’s tough I have to keep doing something, anything but drink. Even if it’s scribblig a horrible or depressing journal entry. I’m not hopeless and I get stronger every moment I say no.

Sleep or learn to try to turn my brain off. This is hard with kids but sometimes sticking a headphone in one of my ears and dancing around while I play with them has been a great release.

No matter what emotion I am having it can only get to such a level of intensity. If I know that I can at least white knuckle it for a while 😉

D122y

Ready,

For me...booze made little stressors disappear. Obviously, big issues don't go away.

Since getting cleaned up, I learned that little stressor go away by themselves anyway.

When I quit drinking, they seemed to last the whole night or weekend. I would sit and search my mind for things to stress over. I caught myself doing that all the time.

That doesn't happen now.

My challenge is to keep rememberin why I quit in the first place.

Coming to SR all the time keeps the memory alive.

It seems that when I stray to long from SR, I try and forget why I quit drinking.

I never want to forget. I know what is guaranteed to happen if I relapse.

I have been on SR for the better part of 3 years. I have not read a single story that said...I went back to drinking and everything stayed awesome.

Never, ever.

Thanks.

Dee74

Thanks for a great post readygo
thats pretty much my bottom line too, even now

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