When does it end
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When does it end
I am at an all time low. No feelings. Numb. Scared to die, scared to live. Jumped out of a moving vehicle on Saturday in fight with my new husband. I could be dead today. See no reason to keep trying, cant do this. Please help me.
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When does it end
It ends when you've had enough. When you can stop looking at sobriety as a punishment, when the thought of not drinking doesn't fill you with anxiety.
It ends when you commit to never drinking again and do whatever it takes to support that decision. It ends when you make the changes to live and love a sober life. It ends when you learn to cope with life without running to the bottle...
...or else it ends badly.
It ends when you've had enough. When you can stop looking at sobriety as a punishment, when the thought of not drinking doesn't fill you with anxiety.
It ends when you commit to never drinking again and do whatever it takes to support that decision. It ends when you make the changes to live and love a sober life. It ends when you learn to cope with life without running to the bottle...
...or else it ends badly.
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It ends whenever you choose. You can decide if you want to accept your addiction and do something about it today, right now if you want to.
Last time you were here you were leaving for an all-inclusive trip with a bunch of boozy/drinking friends. That was likely not a sobriety inducing choice, do you think?
Regardless, you did have some good tools to take with you. Maybe it's time to get really serious about this and consider rehab or counseling or both?
Last time you were here you were leaving for an all-inclusive trip with a bunch of boozy/drinking friends. That was likely not a sobriety inducing choice, do you think?
Regardless, you did have some good tools to take with you. Maybe it's time to get really serious about this and consider rehab or counseling or both?
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I have done similar dangerous things. I am extremely impulsive when drinking (I have ADHD). Close brush with death a year ago then continued to drink because of PTSD type symptoms from the situation. Well, I will drink anyway, but I am traumatized about the situation and have had to bottle it up.
The end starts with us I suppose. I can't continue like this if I want to live.
The end starts with us I suppose. I can't continue like this if I want to live.
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most all of us eventually reached a point that we knew that the only way to regain a semblance of normalcy was to make a major life change, and for us that major life change was putting the cork in the bottle....for good. Alcohol slowly chews us up and spits us out. Rooting for ya.
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I have had many terrible "out of control" fights with my husband when I was drinking.
Doesn't happen when I'm sober--just normal disagreements rarely
Please take care of you and kick the booze out of your life.
Your relationship can be healed and so can you
Doesn't happen when I'm sober--just normal disagreements rarely
Please take care of you and kick the booze out of your life.
Your relationship can be healed and so can you
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There's a key that opens the door to that cage you're in.
Let's look for it.
Drink a lot of water.
There's work to do.
Hard work.
Before the work is done there will be discomfort.
You're not going to like all of it, but you're gonna love the result.
You CAN do this.
Let's look for it.
Drink a lot of water.
There's work to do.
Hard work.
Before the work is done there will be discomfort.
You're not going to like all of it, but you're gonna love the result.
You CAN do this.
Start by not drinking for an hour, then two hours, then a day. Keep on doing that until it starts to get better. Administrator
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I have to agree with the consensus - it ends when you decide it ends.
It ends when you can't live your life a minute longer this way. It ends when you know that no matter how bad things get a drink will only make it worse.
It ends when you accept that you have a toxic relationship with alcohol and always will.
It ends when you accept it's the first drink that starts the madness, and not the last.
It ends when no amount of effort to stay sober puts you off.
It ends when you walk away from the game of Russian roulette.
I really hope you're at that point icandothis
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It ends when you can't live your life a minute longer this way. It ends when you know that no matter how bad things get a drink will only make it worse.
It ends when you accept that you have a toxic relationship with alcohol and always will.
It ends when you accept it's the first drink that starts the madness, and not the last.
It ends when no amount of effort to stay sober puts you off.
It ends when you walk away from the game of Russian roulette.
I really hope you're at that point icandothis
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