New Alcoholic on the scene!
I quit drinking two years ago and don't' miss it one bit!
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Day 6 is upon me....I've been coping fine up until tonight.
Just come back from visiting my folks, I think it was seeing them getting ready to go out for their usual Sunday night drinks and their house looking all festive.. the urge to drink came on suddenly, took me quite by surprise.
It was like all the memories of the "good old days" from when I lived at home came back and I felt I was missing out and that I would be forever.
Anyway Im back home, first thing I did was log on to this forum and make a cup of tea.
Just come back from visiting my folks, I think it was seeing them getting ready to go out for their usual Sunday night drinks and their house looking all festive.. the urge to drink came on suddenly, took me quite by surprise.
It was like all the memories of the "good old days" from when I lived at home came back and I felt I was missing out and that I would be forever.
Anyway Im back home, first thing I did was log on to this forum and make a cup of tea.
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Burt-
You're always going to have "triggers" that make you want to drink, especially early on. People that you had "good times" drinking with, places, etc. Just stay positive, attack the problem and take it a day at a time and you'll do fine. I know that sounds cliche, but it works. Good luck to you.
You're always going to have "triggers" that make you want to drink, especially early on. People that you had "good times" drinking with, places, etc. Just stay positive, attack the problem and take it a day at a time and you'll do fine. I know that sounds cliche, but it works. Good luck to you.
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Day 7
Day 7 is here 
Thanks everybody, I feel totally positive. I think its the first Monday in a long time that I've woken up with a clear head.
And without going into any details its amazing how my love life with my wife has gone form practically non existent to very good in a very short time
Thanks everybody, I feel totally positive. I think its the first Monday in a long time that I've woken up with a clear head.
And without going into any details its amazing how my love life with my wife has gone form practically non existent to very good in a very short time
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The triggers fade over time.
The dread regarding forever also fades. It helps though if you work through the full positives and negatives of drinking, and factor in that things get worse if you continue to drink.
Keep up the good work.
The dread regarding forever also fades. It helps though if you work through the full positives and negatives of drinking, and factor in that things get worse if you continue to drink.
Keep up the good work.
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Well done fella. Day by day step by step..
Its never bad timing to quit,
I'm sure Christmas will be great cos its going to be a new experience being sober with your kids!
Keep up the good work.
Also I always think of it as "stopping" not quitting.
Quitting implies your losing out on something.....
If you can get that out of your head then your on to a winner.
(I think I may have read that in Allen Carr's book.)
Good luck!
Its never bad timing to quit,
I'm sure Christmas will be great cos its going to be a new experience being sober with your kids!
Keep up the good work.
Also I always think of it as "stopping" not quitting.
Quitting implies your losing out on something.....
If you can get that out of your head then your on to a winner.
(I think I may have read that in Allen Carr's book.)
Good luck!
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I've hit 14 days...WOW!
Never felt better, lost 5 pounds, feeling great and have become a great husband and father in a very short amount of time.
I bought Allen Carr's "Easy Way" book last week and Im half way through it, its fantastic.
Im certain that Im never going to drink again.
My wife told me last night that a few weeks ago some of her family members had requested that I didn't come to any of their christmas parties any more as I always cause a scene and can get verbally nasty when drunk...that hit home hard and I've realised how close Id come to maybe losing my wife.
Not now!
Never felt better, lost 5 pounds, feeling great and have become a great husband and father in a very short amount of time.
I bought Allen Carr's "Easy Way" book last week and Im half way through it, its fantastic.
Im certain that Im never going to drink again.
My wife told me last night that a few weeks ago some of her family members had requested that I didn't come to any of their christmas parties any more as I always cause a scene and can get verbally nasty when drunk...that hit home hard and I've realised how close Id come to maybe losing my wife.
Not now!
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Join Date: Dec 2011
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Me new here too
Burt, as everyone has said, well flippin done on 3 days...I couldn't go an hour 2 weeks ago. I have fallen lower than you, losing job after job (I was successful in the City before I became longer in the pub than at my desk).
I just decided after many years of total physical (booze) abuse, and after a strict warning from 3 doctors, I gave up Stella and Bensons 2 weeks ago. It's been a mental rollacoaster but I am actually learning to smile again and the headaches have at last gone. My partner (she's greater than great) gently suggested I cut down my drink - in reality I know she was very worried and we are yet to have the serious talk about her feelings for the past year. I am sure she kept a booze diary but I am so proud she didn't give me an ultimatum....she did it gently and let it be my idea, which made it easier!!
Anyway, I am with you, if not physically. I will keep you in mind Burt when I am walking past pubs and being in 2 minds...I'd kill for a drink, but can't stand the smell now. So it's 1 power over another, and thankfully it's the smell among other things that have kept me walking past. Please do the same mate, life is wonderful without ****** smelly booze.
I just decided after many years of total physical (booze) abuse, and after a strict warning from 3 doctors, I gave up Stella and Bensons 2 weeks ago. It's been a mental rollacoaster but I am actually learning to smile again and the headaches have at last gone. My partner (she's greater than great) gently suggested I cut down my drink - in reality I know she was very worried and we are yet to have the serious talk about her feelings for the past year. I am sure she kept a booze diary but I am so proud she didn't give me an ultimatum....she did it gently and let it be my idea, which made it easier!!
Anyway, I am with you, if not physically. I will keep you in mind Burt when I am walking past pubs and being in 2 minds...I'd kill for a drink, but can't stand the smell now. So it's 1 power over another, and thankfully it's the smell among other things that have kept me walking past. Please do the same mate, life is wonderful without ****** smelly booze.
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Congrats Burt! I am in the same situation as you and still going strong on day 16. Things are so much easier these days. Even the arguements are better because I remember what they are about! LOL
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Hi Burt, I keep reading through these threads for encouragement and realize how detrimental alcohol can be. 6 days for me, not easy since alcohol has always been part of my life. All these threads are somewhat similar in the fact where alcohol does more harm than good and people lives got so much better after they stopped drinking. Be strong your family needs you. Peace brother.
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