Gonna try this!

xx

day 4 feeling ok, had a few of them demon thoughts that maybe i can just have a few drinks at the weekend and thatll be fine but reality is that wont be the case.
shall stick to my ginger today thats for sure.
have noticed im not shouting at people and am pretty tollerant of things i havnt been in the past and thats only after 4 days lol

Oh, I can shout pretty good when required!

You're right about the weekend - danger time for me too. It's Friday - I can RELAX!

Uh uh. Don't relax.

And hey, on Monday we're off to Spain! Now THAT is gonna be one tricky holiday to avoid having a drink...

On another note, I am on a statin, and have been reading some scary stuff about alcohol and this statin - enough to suggest that my liver pains were as a direct result of drinking lots with the statin...

Are you on any meds, Dave? Seems like I could, might, maybe do some liver damage drinking so much, IN ADDITION TO alcohol-induced damage, if you follow me. IE, drinking is bad enough, drinking with certain meds perhaps even worse!

Congratulations on making it to day 4. I always found that to be a huge hurdle. It only gets better everyday now. Keep it up, and keep checking in.

How are you doing Dave?
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day 5 is here really bad back pains but apart from that nothing, drinking lots of water and spending must of the day in toilet lol.
phillips youll be ok in spain just fill yourself up with food lol

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Keep on going!!!
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Dave, I'm guessing that's your little boy in your pic. He is adorable!!!

yeah, owen hes 5 now thats a year old that picture

so friday nights here in england and im sitting here 5 days sober which is something i really didnt think i could do but so glad i have and hopefully many more days are to come!!
This week has made me discover ginger ale and orange juice over ice (lovely), and now even my girlfriend is drinking all my ginger supplies lol.
I think next week if my aches and pains have gone i might start trying to lose some of this weight thats been caused by years of drinking and no exercise lol.

id like to say thanks to everyone who has helped me this week, cheers guys.

Cheers Dave, I made it five days too!

well done phillips, how do you feel?

Congratulations Dave :)
You too Phillips :)

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Yeah, good, thanks.

Saturday morning... Thing is, as we have young kids, AND I'm a light sleeper, I wake up very early most days. Now, when drinking this was not a good thing, ann I would envy anyone who could lay in bed all morning... well perhaps not envy (what a waste of time!), but I sure could do with some rest.

Point being that even sober I feel worn out let alone hammering myself with drink.

hi just popped in and read my old posts, makes me sad that i wrote so many positive things but whats happened since is just 1 drink after another, really hoped i could beat it and still want to but i dont know what it will take

First of all, don't be hard on yourself, just give it another go! It's an exceptional alcoholic who sobers up permanently on the first try. That's part of why it's such a bitch of a disease.

People are still here to listen and support you, if you are willing to keep coming back!

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Yeah, the hula dance has nothing to do with anything but it makes me smile...

day 1 again!!! think i'll try my ginger ales again as they were really nice last year and as its so hot here in england it'll be better than tea!!!

Sorry about the day one....but glad you're back Dave :)

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Hi Dave, so glad you are back and I'm so sorry about your Day 1 but as Laylady said, it's exceptional for any alcoholic (or any addict) to get it right on the very first try. It's been 10 long years for me struggling with everything from heroin to alcohol to pills. But I haven't lost hope, I still believe it is possible. I'm back to Day 3 myself going thru opiate w/d's so don't beat yourself up. You CAN do this and you are worth it.

I hope you have found a new dr. since...pissed me off to read that.

Anyway, I truly hope you find your recovery. We will always be here to listen and support you.

Keep coming back to post :)

-Jess

Hey Dave, welcome back...

I am with you Dave. Your story is my story man. Today is day one again for me. It's tough but not impossible. I will pray for you because I need all the blessings I can get.

thankyou every1, i went to the shop today and bypassed the beer and managed to get some ginger ale and lemonade, wasnt easy but i managed it !!

Welcome back - just keep taking it one day (hour) at a time and one ginger ale at a time :)...... I couldn't think about not drinking forever and ever (didn't even want to quit, really), but I knew that I could get through the next minute and I just tried to keep it simple like that.

I spent a lot of time here and gave myself a break from worrying about all the crap I had to do. I also found that treating myself to something wonderful to eat each day gave me a little reward to focus on. I had tried every trick possible to keep drinking, so I decided to put my trickiness into getting sober!

Just glad you're back!:ghug3

doing ok 2day, had a few cups of tea and about 5 glasses of ginger ale and lemonade, suffering a bit from bad back pains the same as before, but apart from that feeling fine, heres to day 3 tommorow

Welcome back, stick around this time, it might help. Are you doing any recovery program like AA? When I tried to quit on my own I wasn't very successful at it.

no just trying on my own at the moment

doing well today, not many thoughts of drink, just stocked up with 4 1 litre bottles of ginger ale so ive plenty to get through

DAY 5 :c011:

Congrats on day 5. Keep growing in your sobriety! :)

sitting here with a lemonade looking out onto the garden, trying to rid my brain of drink thoughts and at the moment i win!!!!!!