Day 1
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Join Date: Mar 2018
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Day 1
Here's to day 1. Again...
Last week I made it 4 days and thought I'd have 1 glass of wine when we went out to dinner. That glass of wine turned into a 6 day drinking binge of 2+ bottles of wine a day. I've come to realize what everyone says if you have a problem with alcohol - 1 is too much. For me 1 drink turns into 10 and the next day I feel so ashamed... Mostly because I have ZERO control. While I'm drinking I KNOW I shouldn't but I just can't stop.
Can anyone relate to this?
Last week I made it 4 days and thought I'd have 1 glass of wine when we went out to dinner. That glass of wine turned into a 6 day drinking binge of 2+ bottles of wine a day. I've come to realize what everyone says if you have a problem with alcohol - 1 is too much. For me 1 drink turns into 10 and the next day I feel so ashamed... Mostly because I have ZERO control. While I'm drinking I KNOW I shouldn't but I just can't stop.
Can anyone relate to this?
Friendly Folk
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Powers Lake, Wisconsin
Posts: 21,718
Yes. I can relate. Just one drink is never enough. That is why it is so important not to take that first drink. We cannot drink like 'normal' drinkers. We don't know how to stop.
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: North Georgia Mountains
Posts: 588
I would venture to guess that we can all relate. Unfortunately, people like us will never be able to moderate our drinking. The only rational choice is not to have that first drink. Good Luck!
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 674
My last “I’ll just have a couple” lie turned into a bit of a nightmare I’m still trying to get my head around. Yea, I can relate.
Thankfully I’m done burning myself down.
Welcome. Hope you find what to you need to stop the madness.
-B
Thankfully I’m done burning myself down.
Welcome. Hope you find what to you need to stop the madness.
-B
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: New England
Posts: 1,224
While I'm drinking I KNOW I shouldn't but I just can't stop.
Can anyone relate to this?
Haha....boy can I relate. That is the million dollar solution isn't it? We know it's bad for us so just don't. Sounds soooooo simple.
Can anyone relate to this?
Haha....boy can I relate. That is the million dollar solution isn't it? We know it's bad for us so just don't. Sounds soooooo simple.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,444
I think we can all relate NormalElle.
Posting here regularly really helped me accept that there was no 'just one' for me, and it helped me to break out of the cycle where I habitually confused abstinence for control.
No amount of sober time made me into normal drinker...I just picked up where I left off.
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Posting here regularly really helped me accept that there was no 'just one' for me, and it helped me to break out of the cycle where I habitually confused abstinence for control.
No amount of sober time made me into normal drinker...I just picked up where I left off.
D
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 51,569
Yes - that's why I had to stop. I literally never knew where it would take me once it was in my system. I was putting myself & others in danger. Glad to have you with us, normalElle.
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Posts: 148
One for me became one bottle and then I wanted another bottle. In fact I drank the first one so fast just to get to the second one. I can related.
It was hard for me to come to grips with not being able to drink again. Sometimes that actually feels good and other times I panic about it. But I am just taking it one day or one hour at a time. Keep posting. This is great support.
It was hard for me to come to grips with not being able to drink again. Sometimes that actually feels good and other times I panic about it. But I am just taking it one day or one hour at a time. Keep posting. This is great support.
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