A last attempt

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12-26-2010, 06:16 PM

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MsCooterBrown

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Stay with us Eddie...we will help you work thru it!!!

12-26-2010, 06:26 PM

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1_day@_a_time

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I owe you a reply..........will do so.

Suggest: be willing to do virtually everything differently & have an open mind to it ALL!

12-26-2010, 07:34 PM

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Kjell

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Sounds like you need a design for living. AA provided me just that and I've found a solution to my alcoholism.

...and I didn't even have to be ruthless, just willing. What a deal, but I'm not special. It's there for you too.

12-26-2010, 08:49 PM

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LaFemme

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Go Eddie!

12-29-2010, 02:52 PM

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eddie73

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well it takes longer and longer to recover after relapsing. Thank God im thru it.

12-29-2010, 03:08 PM

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gravity

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AA, counselling, medical assistance, SR, close friends to lean on, self-help books, fitness, journaling...

I'm just over 3 years sober and my life is incredible.

Started by reaching out for help and going full out.

Good luck!

12-29-2010, 03:29 PM

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Nyte Byrd

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Well, that was terse. Just as it was for me when I got serious and I got sober in 1987.

I decided I was no longer going to let this disease control my life. I decided I was NOT going to end up in rehabs every 3 years the rest of my life. I decided my life was not going to remain the same. I realized...and it became ingrained in me early on.....NO ONE....and NOTHING...NOR ANYPLACE can EVER make me drink or drug again.

The next one would be on ME!!! It was time to take responsibility for my life. It was time to grow up and learn to deal with life on life's terms.

It was time to MAN UP!!! Or WOMAN up, whichever the case may be!

Recovery starts with ME! You never have to drink or drug again. Good luck to you.

12-29-2010, 05:20 PM

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ISPYSOBRIETY

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyte Byrd

...It was time to MAN UP!!! Or WOMAN up, whichever the case may be!

Recovery starts with ME! You never have to drink or drug again. Good luck to you.

Feel the same as Nyte Byrd. I just do not have tolerance for the foolishness that occurs under the influence any longer. I quit and am moving along. Alcohol can't be a part of my life because it has nothing positive to offer me. I do not crave it and I never needed it. I'm healthier and in control all the waking hours of my life. It just took running off the road on August 14th of this year for me to lose trust in it as anything socially acceptible in my life.

I can now go anywhere, even to lunches where others are drinking. They are responsibile for their actions, as I came to terms with. I just choose never to be associated with it again. We just have to realize we function without it better. It offers nothing positive.

12-29-2010, 05:30 PM

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mikefreak

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I hope you are doing fine Eddie, but if you DID relapse, just remember there is no such thing as a "last attempt" to stop drugs/drinking. Fight & never quit.