I lied when I told myself: _________ because the truth is:_______.
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I lied when I told myself I was happy when i was drinking. Because the truth is, when I drank I was actually very sad.
I lied when I told myself I was a normal drinker, beacuse the truth is, when I was drinking I was anything but normal.
I lied when I told myself I could carry on drinking unaffected, because the truth is, ive been affected so much ive lost a lot of myself.
I lied when I told myself I was a normal drinker, beacuse the truth is, when I was drinking I was anything but normal.
I lied when I told myself I could carry on drinking unaffected, because the truth is, ive been affected so much ive lost a lot of myself.
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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This is a great post idea.
Lie: I will never feel welcome at self-help meetings (I do NA) because I'm an awkward gay outcast with social anxiety who is incapable of fitting in.
Truth: Guess what? No one gives a crap! Meetings are the only place I can find people who know EXACTLY the pain I've felt for so many years-- and how to free yourself from it.
I was unable to come to this realization until the loneliness outweighed the fear of rejection.
Lie: I will never feel welcome at self-help meetings (I do NA) because I'm an awkward gay outcast with social anxiety who is incapable of fitting in.
Truth: Guess what? No one gives a crap! Meetings are the only place I can find people who know EXACTLY the pain I've felt for so many years-- and how to free yourself from it.
I was unable to come to this realization until the loneliness outweighed the fear of rejection.
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I lied when I told myself...
that I was destined to remain an alcoholic for life...
Because the truth is...
I didn't want to quit.
The truth is...
I create my destiny
with every thought I have...
and with each action I take.
that I was destined to remain an alcoholic for life...
Because the truth is...
I didn't want to quit.
The truth is...
I create my destiny
with every thought I have...
and with each action I take.
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Location: East Coast, The States
Posts: 12,162
I lied when I told myself
I didn't need anybody
Because the truth is
That was my AV lying to me.
Now that alcohol is gone
The truth is that relationships
Are what makes life rich and meaningful.
I didn't need anybody
Because the truth is
That was my AV lying to me.
Now that alcohol is gone
The truth is that relationships
Are what makes life rich and meaningful.
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Rocky Mountains
Posts: 115
I lied when I told myself that the distinction between being a problem drinker and being an alcoholic was an important one. For me, both roads lead to the same destination and obsessing on definitions just postponed the right decision.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: USA
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Originally Posted by mecanix 
I thought drinking would make me interesting and funny, it made me dull, boring, obsessed and sweaty.
"and sweaty"
Seriously, the day after I stopped, I smelled my bed sheets and it almost made me vomit.
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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i told myself a lot of lies, but eventually i stopped believing them and i just kept drinking and then i got scared, really scared that i knew how dangerous drinking was for me, i knew where it was leading, and yet i still did it - i just HAD to quit and then i had to face the biggest lie i ever told myself, which was that i knew i could stop - i have stopped and quite frankly i know that i'm weak against alcohol - the only think i know, is i CANNOT handle drinking at all - if i choose to try and moderate i'm choosing alcoholism over everything else in my life and eventually my life itself
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 35
I lied to myself that I could quit drinking before I got to old and my health would deteriorate. The truth was I quit drinking when I was 45. I had high blood pressure and a blood test detected what the lab described as "elevated liver readings".
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Join Date: Nov 2013
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I lied when I told myself my drinking was normal.
The truth was I drank far more than the people around me.
I lied when I told myself that my high tolerance was a sign that my body could "handle" more alcohol than other people.
The truth is that I was killing myself.
The truth was I drank far more than the people around me.
I lied when I told myself that my high tolerance was a sign that my body could "handle" more alcohol than other people.
The truth is that I was killing myself.
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Richmond VA
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I lied when I said "if I buy a 6 pack that is all I will drink tonight". The truth was I would plan on going out to buy more at some point.
I lied when I said "all these health problems must be some rare disease". The truth was I always knew it was the drinking.
I lied when I said "all these health problems must be some rare disease". The truth was I always knew it was the drinking.
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Indiana
Posts: 639
I lied when I told myself I need a drink, because the truth is I needed to change my thinking and alcohol was like fertilizer on my character defects and I was commiting slow physical, mental and spiritual suicide.
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I lied when I told myself it didn't matter if I lost everything in my life
as long as I had the bottle.
The truth is by surrendering my bottle (my pacifier!) I gained everything
but most of all my self respect.
as long as I had the bottle.
The truth is by surrendering my bottle (my pacifier!) I gained everything
but most of all my self respect.
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