What a freakin alcoholic Catch 22
 

When i was drinking I couldn't stop drinking. When I did stop drinking I couldn't stop thinking about drinking. When I stopped thinking about drinking I'd catch myself thinking about not thinking about drinking which got me thinking about drinking. Could I be obsessive-compulsive over alcohol? Nah:-)

Ha!! Love it. :)

Dude. I'm dizzy.

I'll take thinkin' of not drinkin' over actual drinkin' any day of the week! :D

Amen Rudie.

Yeah, I know what you mean! I think a lot about how good I feel not drinking. Do I want to stop that thinking or not? A bit OC here, too. hehe.

Missed you, Fitz!

Glad you are still hanging out here!! :)

My sponser always tells me to stay out of my head alone, it's a dangerous place:lmao

Kinda funny, very believable. Keep coming back, a crisis will happen in your life which will leave you thinking about it and nothing else. Be patient, it may take years. Hang in there.

"If I think, I won't drink. If I drink, I can't think." -from a card in a set in an AA central office.

Hi Fitz...Nice to see you back posting. Maybe you're getting caught up in "stinkin thinkin"?
I try not dwell there..it serves no purpose for me. :)



Best Wishes To You!

FITZ!!!

Where the heck have you been???? Missed Ya!

For me, today, I don't think so much of drinking everyday, but must think about my recovery daily. Sometimes a book with daily readings from my choice of recovery lit sometimes I wake up and come right here.
Acceptence my friend:)

So So true! Missed you friend! :You_Rock_

Ha, ha, ha. This was me not long ago. Glad to know that I'm not alone with that ;)

So dang true, funny but not funny hey. X

MCF once the thinking about drinking or thinking about not drinking goes away there can be an erie silence. It can be disconcerting. It can catch us unawares. I think it marks the end of the beginning. It calls for something from us.

Totally remember that feeling (welcome back by the way!). I found the longer I stayed sober and worked on my recovery, those thoughts became non-existent eventually.

Ditto what flutter said

Nice to see you back!!!! This made me laugh out loud!! this is so true!!! Lind

That's funny. I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday. I swear. I thought, man, I haven't thought about drinking in a while. Then I was like, shitt! Now I'm thinking about not thinking about drinking.

If nothing else, it tells me I'm in the right place. I guarantee my grandmother didn't think about not thinking about alcohol. Just further proof that I am indeed an alcoholic.

Best of luck!

I feel exactly the same way!! Phew glad to know it's not just me.
Hang in there...I am told it does get easier - I just don't know when