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Hi All,
My first day sober was the day after the Super Bowl and am grateful I have been able to stop since.
I have made other attempts at stopping, but this time health reasons drove home the reality that I was slowly killing myself. I did a medically assisted detox and having to discuss health issues with 2 doctors and my wife really hit me hard at how much trouble I was in.
I did not realize that quitting without medical help could be fatal. One of the reasons I had to go to the doctor was that I stopped cold turkey and this caused my blood pressure to skyrocket. The following weeks were scary and I did some really stupid things to keep drinking while the doctor tried to stabilize my blood pressure with drugs.
Finally I had a session with the Doctor and my wife - ultimatum to quit drinking by either getting checked into a rehab facility or seeing my doctor daily for 2 weeks. What followed was prescription valium, daily blood pressure checks, weekly blood work, and committing to losing weight. I stuck to it, lost the weight, and blood pressure is under control.

May 10 makes it 3 months and I just keep thinking "one more day"...and a light bulb goes on that that is what "One day at a time" means. Simple but yet so profound.

This thread doesn't look active, but I think I will use it as a place to keep checking in.

A few years back I did AA for 9 years and did not drink. I moved to New York for work and thought I could handle social drinking. It did not take long for me to get back to a really bad place - but now I have a wife and 2 kids under 4 that rely on me. I have to make this work for all of us!

Chris

Nice to see this thread being ressurected :) I'm still alcohol free and am on day 80 something!

Bump...for Al....

I found this thread buried waaay in the back...I agree it should be dusted off!!

Agreed. Any other February survivors out there? And how're you doing?

now i drink a bottle of seltzer in the evening instead of a bottle of wine....3 months and then some, my face looks 10 years younger (even with a spider bite under my eye)...it is amazing what regular sleep and hydration can do for my body.

hope that others will come back and post....I love reading how everyone is doing, it is so encouraging.

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Hi folks,
Just checking in...getting ready to go on vacation with the family. Going to be on a ship for 10 days. Insanity!!! What were we thinking with a 3 year old and a 1.5 year old!

Should be interesting doing this without drinking!

My wife and I have not been doing well. She wants to fight all the time and I just don't let her get me going. Its funny that she used to get all upset about my drinking...now it is about how we don't talk, and how I don't support her.

She says I am grumpy all the time and quick to get upset with her. I don't think I am - but I can't really be objective about this. My overwhelming impulse is to have a drink and ignore her. I find myself thinking about my response before I shoot off my mouth.

We may end up splitting up before this is all over. Our relationship has centered around drinking. She still drinks and even blames me when she overdoes it.

It is now about the kids as well as quality of daily living. I am resolved with my desire to stay sober - more for myself than others and believe working on relationships will come later.

Thanks for letting me rant,
Chris

hey snarley.....(I'm down by Rutgers)

wish you the best, maybe a relaxing vacation will ease the tension.

Just checking in. 103 days and going strong!

My recovery has been done only with the support of friends/family/SR so far, although I am looking into counselors because I realize I really need to work on my self esteem/confidence issues. Even without professional or group (AA, etc.) support, I no longer obsess about drinking and am able to be around people drinking now. Being around friends drinking hasn't been nearly as difficult as I thought, but I do get jealous sometimes. When I feel a moment of weakness, I get online and read on this site or think about why I stopped to begin with. It helps!

Anyhoo, just wanted to say hello and hopefully others in the class of February 2010 are hanging in there!

Hi Fuzzy
Great to hear you've reached your century! Am also hanging in (126 days) and not obsessing about alcohol either. You're right -- SR has been a brilliant forum and its value in helping some of us stay sober has been huge. Thanks, SR, we are one third of a year sober.

Any other Febs out there?
:)

Checking in...147 days and counting!

1,026 days and counting!

congrats chicago :)

D