Class of April
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: IL
Posts: 28
Rat, I PLANNED on being sober 5 days (Sun-Thur) but I drank tonight. Ahhhhhhh. God, I did plan on not drinking. But at 7:30, I had dinner and thought about the drink. At 9:30pm I started.
I want to kick myself. I have strung at most 4 nights without. And I planned on doing (for me) the ultimate in not drinking for 5 days, but failed.
But + 1 for everyone who is still sober. I'm chasing you. In time...
I want to kick myself. I have strung at most 4 nights without. And I planned on doing (for me) the ultimate in not drinking for 5 days, but failed.
But + 1 for everyone who is still sober. I'm chasing you. In time...
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: CA desert
Posts: 1,599
The first few days are the toughest, then it slowly begins to feel normal not to drink. To think of it now, I wonder just what possessed me to have soooo many d*mn hangovers, am I just a slow learner or what. Hangovers are natures way of telling us, this just ain't right, stop this nonsense. Wish I had listened thirty years ago, that's alot of hangovers, yuck. Today it's great just to not have to feel that way. Hang tough you guys/gals, it does get better.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Ga
Posts: 25
Newcomer to the April Class here. Yesterday was day 1 for me and things went good. I managed not to drink alcohol. I spent the evening sipping sprite. I didnt sleep all that well, starting to have alot of aches and pains and one hell of a headache.
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 811
It is so hard to say this, but I am back on Day 1. I was going to just not say anything and keep going, but that is cheating. I had a great chat with the husband last night about some issues that took alot of weight off my shoulders. So here goes again!
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Ga
Posts: 25
As ready as I thought I was, Im back square one - well, really back to nowhere. Im scared. Im scared of what could happen - I tried to contact my GP today to discuss this with her but never got in touch with her. Im afraid of going through the stage 2 withdrawal or worse alone. I dont know what to expect from day to day - when the symptoms cease, nothing...I've drank 3-6 beers everyday for 5 years - some days double. Not to mention this is going to be a sole participation deal - hubby has no intention of quitting - havent talked to him about it, but I know already it wont happen. I'm just stuck, here in this black hole for now..
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 120
Kelly, I know how you feel. I felt like I was black hole three days ago, with no way out, grasping at straws... Only, one of those straws happened to pull me out, and I held on with dear life.
You can do it!! Stick with us
:ghug3
You can do it!! Stick with us
:ghug3
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 249
Day 9 here for me and I'm doing great. Still having cravings to drink at night but they don't have that much control over me. Whenever I feel the urge to drink I try and remember that awful sick feeling in the morning, most of the time that is enough to stop the cravings.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Ga
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Originally Posted by Maggot4Life 
Day 9 here for me and I'm doing great. Still having cravings to drink at night but they don't have that much control over me. Whenever I feel the urge to drink I try and remember that awful sick feeling in the morning, most of the time that is enough to stop the cravings.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: UK
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Day 2 today thank goodness, spent all of yesterday in bed and had an ok'ish sleep...just going to watch rest of lord of the rings trilogy today and come on SR...one of the biggest things that has kept me going back to drinking is not accepting that it has literally ruined the life i could have had without it, i don't mean money...i mean friends and family! I know the person i want to be and it's not a fantasy, it's reality but i have never managed to get there and that is the hardest thing to live with i think, just have to accept the fact that's it's always been the alcohol that has ruined things and stop looking at jobs, places, faces etc. as excuses for it...
I was thinking about a quote from Lethal Weapon (the film) where the bad guy offers Mel Gibson a drink and he says 'That stuff'll kill you quick'...what ********...it kills you slow and there isn't a lot of glamour to it either!
Hope everyone stays sober today:-)
I was thinking about a quote from Lethal Weapon (the film) where the bad guy offers Mel Gibson a drink and he says 'That stuff'll kill you quick'...what ********...it kills you slow and there isn't a lot of glamour to it either!
Hope everyone stays sober today:-)
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