Fell Off Wagon
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Fell Off Wagon
Need some help and encouragement. I got off track again. Benders here and there but mostly just a bottle + of wine a night. I'm concerned about the long term health consequences. I guess I'm looking for some fear of God preaching as I don't respond well to the atta boy I guess. 
To Thine Own Self Be True
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: So Cal
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I do not have any preaching for you, just hard, cold facts.
It is going to kill you, sooner than you need to.
It is killing you every day, physically (had a physical with your MD lately?), spiritually and emotionally.
Do you really want to continue on this half hearted attempt at living?
On the encouragement side, you can ABSOLUTELY do this! If I can, anybody can.
But you have to want it, really want it! And you have to be willing to work for it.
It is so worth it but you will never know until you try.
It is going to kill you, sooner than you need to.
It is killing you every day, physically (had a physical with your MD lately?), spiritually and emotionally.
Do you really want to continue on this half hearted attempt at living?
On the encouragement side, you can ABSOLUTELY do this! If I can, anybody can.
But you have to want it, really want it! And you have to be willing to work for it.
It is so worth it but you will never know until you try.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
Many of us had false starts on our way to solid sobriety.
I found my solution in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous.
I do hope you will get back on track...
I found my solution in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous.
I do hope you will get back on track...
bona fido dog-lover
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
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I used to fall off the wagon more than I'd like to remember. One day my daughter told me that I hadn't "fallen" off the wagon, but instead I "jumped" off. SHe was so right.
I didn't stay sober until I wanted to be sober more than I wanted to drink. And now I'm sober over 11 weeks. If I can do it, so can you. But you have to want sobriety more than you want to drink. Don't give up on yourself!
I didn't stay sober until I wanted to be sober more than I wanted to drink. And now I'm sober over 11 weeks. If I can do it, so can you. But you have to want sobriety more than you want to drink. Don't give up on yourself!
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You know I've been to 6 weeks twice, and I was here in forums offering advice on how to stay clean, and you can do it like me, etc. Bottom line is I thought I had made up my mind and this was the end of it just like I did with Skoal Tobacco! I've ditched that stuff for 2+ years now. As I sit here right now, I want to drink tonight, I already know it and my sick self is trying to convince me it is ok. Anyway, I think I piled the phrase "For the rest of my life" on a little too hard rather than doing the day by day thing. So learning from my experience I'm gonna focus on getting thru 8pm tonight without drinking, put the kids to sleep, hop in bed with wife, and then read a book, and fall asleep. I CAN do that for sure!
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