what was the worst part of drinking for you?
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Being sick in the morning, being in jail, not remembering things i may have said and done, physically damaging ourselves, mentally damaging ourselves, hurting those we love and those who love us because of our selfishness, job loss, financial loss, material loss, unending feelings of hopelessness, loneliness, inferiority, the constant obsession of that next drink/drug, jealousy, want more? 
jimbo
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: london berks England
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spending every penny i had up the pub
being so hung over i could not wait to take my daughter home i only had her at weekends for petes sake
getting into fist fights with other drunken low lifes
feeling like death
looking like death
heading for a horrible premature death
gf thinking i was a piece of crap
me thinking i was a piece of crap
actually being a piece of crap
i could go on and on and on
being so hung over i could not wait to take my daughter home i only had her at weekends for petes sake
getting into fist fights with other drunken low lifes
feeling like death
looking like death
heading for a horrible premature death
gf thinking i was a piece of crap
me thinking i was a piece of crap
actually being a piece of crap
i could go on and on and on
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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The worst part was definitely the hangovers.
I had a hangover pretty much every other day. I am thankful that I did not get into starting to drink to get rid of the hangovers.
I think it was kinda like a penance.
I had a hangover pretty much every other day. I am thankful that I did not get into starting to drink to get rid of the hangovers.
I think it was kinda like a penance.
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Join Date: May 2009
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I cannot think of any positives for me and booze anymore, I had to single-handedly knock every last bit of positive out of drinking booze before I could come to this conclusion and stand a chance of sobriety, I think as long as there are positives still left in the experience then it may be harder to give-it-up. Only my personal opinion of what I have found to be the case for me.
Drinking booze just sets me on a path of destruction and will lead to me buying drugs to get higher, if I can't buy drugs then I will need to start downing dangerous levels of drink to knock myself out and will be an absolute nightmare to be around.
I can honestly say I hate it.
Drinking booze just sets me on a path of destruction and will lead to me buying drugs to get higher, if I can't buy drugs then I will need to start downing dangerous levels of drink to knock myself out and will be an absolute nightmare to be around.
I can honestly say I hate it.
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: New York
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For me the number one thing would be not honoring commitments, whether it was to my friends or to myself. Once the train left the station I didn't care or worry about anything else. That includes people I wouldn't normally hang out with, jail, arguments with a girlfriend or wife, blowing cash that I didn't have to spend, and so on. Hopefully you can convince yourself that those positive memories are just a wolf in sheeps clothing. All it will do it suck you back into what you want to leave behind.
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Lying to my husband
not loving myself enough to take care of myself
depending on something outside of myself
wasting away so many years of time
killing my organs
ignoring responsibilities
cancelling plans/never making them
eating horribly
not remembering a significant chunk of some evenings.. time I'll never get back
not being there for people as much as they might have needed me
not performing at work as well as I could have
merely surviving.. not living
I cannot think of one positive that is good enough to forget all of the above.
not loving myself enough to take care of myself
depending on something outside of myself
wasting away so many years of time
killing my organs
ignoring responsibilities
cancelling plans/never making them
eating horribly
not remembering a significant chunk of some evenings.. time I'll never get back
not being there for people as much as they might have needed me
not performing at work as well as I could have
merely surviving.. not living
I cannot think of one positive that is good enough to forget all of the above.
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Montgomery, Texas
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Originally Posted by NEOMARXIST 
Drinking booze just sets me on a path of destruction and will lead to me buying drugs to get higher, if I can't buy drugs then I will need to start downing dangerous levels of drink to knock myself out and will be an absolute nightmare to be around.
I can honestly say I hate it.
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
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Depression.....that cold dark feeling of hopeless desperation
knowing drinking had turned me into a drunk.
You might want to read your earlier posts to refresh your mind.
knowing drinking had turned me into a drunk.
You might want to read your earlier posts to refresh your mind.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Hicktown, PA
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there were no positives left for me either when I quit. I also agree with D & Carol about re-reading old posts. I have kept a journal for most of my adult life and when I read back thru parts of my drinking days, I so much more vividly appreciate the freedom of being sober, as opposed to living inside the cage of alcoholism.
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