What have your realized?
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What have your realized?
I have realized
1. No amount of alcohol will satisfy me.
2. The pleasantness of alcohol is only in the first drink but that is the bait/trap
3. The first drink brings additional anxiety than before after it wears off and hence the other drinks have to follow
4. Life is too good without alcohol. I do not need alcohol to relax, have a good time, socialize.
5. The bad in me comes out during drinking - this can never be good for me or for anyone around me.
6. It spoils my mood, my appearance, my bank balance, my reputation and most of all my integrity and self image
7. Alcohol saps me of my energy and time. I feel tired all the time when I drink, except during the first 1 hour or so. This is not worth it.
8. I realized all the movies I saw with alcohol were boring and unintelligent. Even good ones..Why? Because, I was dull and stupid not to appreciate good things in life when drinking
9. My body and mind heat up rapidly few hours after drinking leading to confusion, severe anxiety, self loathing, guilt and loss of confidence
10. I had to take sleeping pills to sleep after heavy drinking. Deadly combo
11. It put me into dangerous situations - driving on two lines, fearing a cop will come behind me with lights and arrest me
12. Alcohol will take me to that dangerous place slowly and get rid of me. AV is behind me all the time - he sneaks on me, slides under me, pretends he is supporting me, but I now know his real nature.
13. Do not get cheated - life is extremely happy without alcohol. You are much stronger, you can emerge free, happy, hopeful, successful, peaceful, loving, intelligent, creative without alcohol.
Thank you for reading!
1. No amount of alcohol will satisfy me.
2. The pleasantness of alcohol is only in the first drink but that is the bait/trap
3. The first drink brings additional anxiety than before after it wears off and hence the other drinks have to follow
4. Life is too good without alcohol. I do not need alcohol to relax, have a good time, socialize.
5. The bad in me comes out during drinking - this can never be good for me or for anyone around me.
6. It spoils my mood, my appearance, my bank balance, my reputation and most of all my integrity and self image
7. Alcohol saps me of my energy and time. I feel tired all the time when I drink, except during the first 1 hour or so. This is not worth it.
8. I realized all the movies I saw with alcohol were boring and unintelligent. Even good ones..Why? Because, I was dull and stupid not to appreciate good things in life when drinking
9. My body and mind heat up rapidly few hours after drinking leading to confusion, severe anxiety, self loathing, guilt and loss of confidence
10. I had to take sleeping pills to sleep after heavy drinking. Deadly combo
11. It put me into dangerous situations - driving on two lines, fearing a cop will come behind me with lights and arrest me
12. Alcohol will take me to that dangerous place slowly and get rid of me. AV is behind me all the time - he sneaks on me, slides under me, pretends he is supporting me, but I now know his real nature.
13. Do not get cheated - life is extremely happy without alcohol. You are much stronger, you can emerge free, happy, hopeful, successful, peaceful, loving, intelligent, creative without alcohol.
Thank you for reading!
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: Canada
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I have realized:
- No one actually cares as much about you not drinking as you think they do
- that sobriety cant be half assed- its all or nothing
- that I cant go back to fun drinking ever, the line has been crossed
- one or two drinks is torture- who wants one or two drinks? Its like kind of itching a mosquito bite- and then not being able to touch it again- talk about irritating
- other people dont have to understand, and you dont have to spend energy on other people understanding
- No one actually cares as much about you not drinking as you think they do
- that sobriety cant be half assed- its all or nothing
- that I cant go back to fun drinking ever, the line has been crossed
- one or two drinks is torture- who wants one or two drinks? Its like kind of itching a mosquito bite- and then not being able to touch it again- talk about irritating
- other people dont have to understand, and you dont have to spend energy on other people understanding
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Location: SoCal
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If you are completely honest with yourself even the first few drinks weren’t all that and a bag of chips.
So I don’t even miss that just a drink or two, and don’t wish I could just have that drink or two.
Normal drinkers have a totally different relationship to drugs and alcohol than I did.
So I don’t even miss that just a drink or two, and don’t wish I could just have that drink or two.
Normal drinkers have a totally different relationship to drugs and alcohol than I did.
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Join Date: Jan 2018
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Great post. I wish I could say that I didn't relate, but every single point is spot on. We are not giving up alcohol- we are gaining a life worth living. Gaining self respect, the respect of others, time, money, health, and so much more.
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Originally Posted by icandothis20 
I have realized:
- No one actually cares as much about you not drinking as you think they do
- that sobriety cant be half assed- its all or nothing
- that I cant go back to fun drinking ever, the line has been crossed
- one or two drinks is torture- who wants one or two drinks? Its like kind of itching a mosquito bite- and then not being able to touch it again- talk about irritating
- other people dont have to understand, and you dont have to spend energy on other people understanding
- No one actually cares as much about you not drinking as you think they do
- that sobriety cant be half assed- its all or nothing
- that I cant go back to fun drinking ever, the line has been crossed
- one or two drinks is torture- who wants one or two drinks? Its like kind of itching a mosquito bite- and then not being able to touch it again- talk about irritating
- other people dont have to understand, and you dont have to spend energy on other people understanding
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