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Hey there, got the day off work as too ill to go in after yesterdays drinking and I've found myself here full of shame and tears.
I've tried to stop drinking on several occasions but never genuinely got my head around the never-drink-again bit, so invariably end up feeling like this, again as if it is inevitable. I don't want it to be. I wanna be sober.
I've tried to stop drinking on several occasions but never genuinely got my head around the never-drink-again bit, so invariably end up feeling like this, again as if it is inevitable. I don't want it to be. I wanna be sober.
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What everyone says is true Benie. We won't stear you wrong. It's a guarantee that you will be better off sober. Alcohol is nothing more than diluted poison that attacks your body in every way you can imagine. You need support and a plan my friend. I hope you take the leap of faith and begin your journey.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
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My drinking made me depressed...and I despised
the woman I had become.
That's when I began my AA comittment.
It's been working great for me....
Welcome to our recovery community....
the woman I had become.
That's when I began my AA comittment.
It's been working great for me....
Welcome to our recovery community....
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Getting sober can be done, Benie.
Can't even tell you how many days of work I missed due to hangovers. Many.
Join a program of recovery, post here. Due something to change your habit.
Sobriety is a wonderful life, I wish it for you.
Can't even tell you how many days of work I missed due to hangovers. Many.
Join a program of recovery, post here. Due something to change your habit.
Sobriety is a wonderful life, I wish it for you.
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Hi Benie
It really is possible
'Forever' freaked me out at the start too, so I started on being sober for today...then doing the same the next day.....
You'll find a lot of support here
Welcome!
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It really is possible
'Forever' freaked me out at the start too, so I started on being sober for today...then doing the same the next day.....
You'll find a lot of support here
Welcome!
D
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Welcome Benie - I had a lot of those days until I finally realized my fantasy of moderate drinking just wasn't going to happen. Even if I controlled it for a few days or a week (which was rare), I eventually ended up in the same situation over and over again. It's miserable, I know - and I hope you can leave it behind you for good.
We're all doing this with support of some kind (including this forum), so keep reading and posting, and get involved with a recovery program. It's really worth it (never thought I'd say that, but it is!)
We're all doing this with support of some kind (including this forum), so keep reading and posting, and get involved with a recovery program. It's really worth it (never thought I'd say that, but it is!)
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Originally Posted by Benie 
I've tried to stop drinking on several occasions but never genuinely got my head around the never-drink-again bit,
I could not imagine a life without a beer, ever again.
But think about this: Has your life become unmanageable?
Mine sure did, there was most likely consequences each and every time that I drank. Arguments, fights, bruises, hurt feeling- mine or others, feeling of shame, remorse, jail, DUI arrest, etc.
I had to stop and knew that if I did not drink, "just for today," that I could do this. One day turned into two, then into weeks, then months and now over a year. You can do this, "one day at a time."
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Thanks
Hey everyone, thanks for your comments yesterday-was a miserable miserable day and the words of encouragement helped: didn't drink! So here is Friday evening and I have no intention of drinking which is a good place to be.
THANKYOU
THANKYOU
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Hi Benie, welcome to SR every day you don't drink is better than a drunk and/or hungover day. About 3 weeks ago I woke up on a Sunday morning w/a horrible headache that wouldn't go away (I'd forgotten to take my BP pill the night before), I spent half the day in bed waiting for it to go away; that headache reminded me that I used to wake up that way every single Sunday for many years and it generally took me a full 24 hours to get over my Saturday night drunk fest. So many wasted days, and wasted years of my life all because of alcohol.
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