79 days and lots of positive vibes!
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79 days and lots of positive vibes!
Hi Folks,
I am newly born and its 79 day birthday.So many positive thinkings are coming and going. However there are plenty of negativity too.Hope is getting bigger than fear. Thats what I can say in summery. THATS SOUND GOOD ...EVERYDAY NEW POSITIVE HOPEs ARE coming ...enjoying a Víctory!!!
I am newly born and its 79 day birthday.So many positive thinkings are coming and going. However there are plenty of negativity too.Hope is getting bigger than fear. Thats what I can say in summery. THATS SOUND GOOD ...EVERYDAY NEW POSITIVE HOPEs ARE coming ...enjoying a Víctory!!!
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Excellent, Paul. I reckon if someone gets that far, they will have lost most of the urge to drink and/or know how to deal with it.
It’s only when people experiment with drinking again, they hit problems. I’ve lost count but am over 200 days off the booze. I don’t miss red wine, but I must admit to liking the taste of it. Oh well, I’ll just have to live with the memory because every piece of research out there shows the likes of us will relapse if we start to drink again. It’s so much easier to say no.
Well done again, Paul. You’ve really done the hard part now. Remember, though, we’re only in remission from alcoholism, but it’s a nice place to be.
It’s only when people experiment with drinking again, they hit problems. I’ve lost count but am over 200 days off the booze. I don’t miss red wine, but I must admit to liking the taste of it. Oh well, I’ll just have to live with the memory because every piece of research out there shows the likes of us will relapse if we start to drink again. It’s so much easier to say no.
Well done again, Paul. You’ve really done the hard part now. Remember, though, we’re only in remission from alcoholism, but it’s a nice place to be.
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Originally Posted by Hodd 
Excellent, Paul. I reckon if someone gets that far, they will have lost most of the urge to drink and/or know how to deal with it.
It’s only when people experiment with drinking again, they hit problems. I’ve lost count but am over 200 days off the booze. I don’t miss red wine, but I must admit to liking the taste of it. Oh well, I’ll just have to live with the memory because every piece of research out there shows the likes of us will relapse if we start to drink again. It’s so much easier to say no.
Well done again, Paul. You’ve really done the hard part now. Remember, though, we’re only in remission from alcoholism, but it’s a nice place to be.
It’s only when people experiment with drinking again, they hit problems. I’ve lost count but am over 200 days off the booze. I don’t miss red wine, but I must admit to liking the taste of it. Oh well, I’ll just have to live with the memory because every piece of research out there shows the likes of us will relapse if we start to drink again. It’s so much easier to say no.
Well done again, Paul. You’ve really done the hard part now. Remember, though, we’re only in remission from alcoholism, but it’s a nice place to be.
I had those days already and i used to hate drink and drinking environment 4 years ago.
However I lost my sobriety to one drink that I took by mistake. IT was a sunny day i bought a cold drink on which I got a taste of alcohol and then decided to buy another. Later the same day I dared to buy more beers . It took 4 years to get out of it .
So better not yo remind you that taste!!!
If you remember that taste and hate it thats okay but if you love it means you are missing it.One day you might take a decisión that you feel quite confident to handle it and start drink.And your life goes back ....
take care ¡¡
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Thanks Paul, for me it became second nature not to drink after maybe 100 days or so, but everyone’s different. I’m not saying the urge has disappeared, although it’s considerably weaker, but the habit of thinking of buying a 4 pack of beers or a bottle of wine each evening has long gone.
Interesting to read about those hot day drinks and the effect they had. It’s helpful to anyone reading and hammers home the point that ex-drinkers must not drink again. Moderation isn’t humanly possibly.
I can’t forget the taste of wine. Instead of pretending I didn’t like it, I think of it as a memory of something in the past. An old person may have memories of running up hills, for example, and accept those days are behind them. I accept my drinking days are behind me.
Interesting to read about those hot day drinks and the effect they had. It’s helpful to anyone reading and hammers home the point that ex-drinkers must not drink again. Moderation isn’t humanly possibly.
I can’t forget the taste of wine. Instead of pretending I didn’t like it, I think of it as a memory of something in the past. An old person may have memories of running up hills, for example, and accept those days are behind them. I accept my drinking days are behind me.
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Originally Posted by Hodd
Thanks Paul, for me it became second nature not to drink after maybe 100 days or so, but everyone’s different. I’m not saying the urge has disappeared, although it’s considerably weaker, but the habit of thinking of buying a 4 pack of beers or a bottle of wine each evening has long gone.
Interesting to read about those hot day drinks and the effect they had. It’s helpful to anyone reading and hammers home the point that ex-drinkers must not drink again. Moderation isn’t humanly possibly.
I can’t forget the taste of wine. Instead of pretending I didn’t like it, I think of it as a memory of something in the past. An old person may have memories of running up hills, for example, and accept those days are behind them. I accept my drinking days are behind me.
Interesting to read about those hot day drinks and the effect they had. It’s helpful to anyone reading and hammers home the point that ex-drinkers must not drink again. Moderation isn’t humanly possibly.
I can’t forget the taste of wine. Instead of pretending I didn’t like it, I think of it as a memory of something in the past. An old person may have memories of running up hills, for example, and accept those days are behind them. I accept my drinking days are behind me.
Habits are learned behaviour and can be unlearned and relearned.
I love to make a sober life again a second nature and i am on my way.
take care
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Originally Posted by Paulsandy
Thank you Hodd sharing your experience that you made a sober life a second nature. It will help me to remind me my mantra.
Habits are learned behaviour and can be unlearned and relearned.
I love to make a sober life again a second nature and i am on my way.
take care
Habits are learned behaviour and can be unlearned and relearned.
I love to make a sober life again a second nature and i am on my way.
take care
I hate cliches, but it’s horses for courses. There’s no one way to quit, but whatever works for a person is their best way. I just considered the huge risk of cancer or liver disease along with the fact I was dependent and couldn’t drink again. That was enough for me. If others need AA, counselling or tablets, go for it.
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Originally Posted by SoberRican
79 right on time thays what im talking about! Good for you. I'm on day 84 looking for more😁 keep coming back
Stay strong and fulfilled with can do attitude ...
together we are stronger !!
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And Thank you for the positive post.😀
I hate cliches, but it’s horses for courses. There’s no one way to quit, but whatever works for a person is their best way. I just considered the huge risk of cancer or liver disease along with the fact I was dependent and couldn’t drink again. That was enough for me. If others need AA, counselling or tablets, go for it.
If we are totally powerless and hopeless than we need some sorts of support .
You are a huge inspiration to me .
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Originally Posted by Paulsandy
Yes Hodd I can relate to what we we believe we become !!
If we are totally powerless and hopeless than we need some sorts of support .
You are a huge inspiration to me .
If we are totally powerless and hopeless than we need some sorts of support .
You are a huge inspiration to me .
What I will say, which might make people think, is that a routine general ultrasound picked up that I had a mild fatty liver. I’d cut right down on drinking anyway, but that was the proof needed that drinking had affected my health. If I’d carried on drinking, that fat may have got worse and turned into cirrhosis in just a few more years. Fatty liver is totally reversible. Cirrhosis isn’t curable at all. I feel like one lucky person to have quit in time.
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