I don't ever want to forget.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Surrey, BC
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Originally Posted by Nonsensical 
If you can accomplish this it should be a big help. Our brains are wired to remember that we want alcohol and forget the pain. Reversing that process would be enormous. I wish you success!
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Mid-Atlantic USA
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Originally Posted by T4texas
I have a scar on my neck that is from being shot while drunk.
I don't care to play the odds in that regard any longer; staying sober will keep me out of those situations.
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: CA
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I have a journal I've written in over the past few years and its full of entries about being drunk feeling like a slave to the bottle ect. Every now and then I'll flip to those entries me comparing them to the ones I've written the past 5months sober. What a huge difference
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Gulf Coast, Florida USA
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Originally Posted by JBird100
I am looking for ideas on how not to forget the misery of drinking. It seems like the farther away I get from my last relapse the more fearful I am that I could have a lapse in judgment. How do you always remember the train wreck? What are some things you do?
Why I am glad I don't drink anymore!
Not feeling ashamed and embarassed all the time .
Not worrying about who I fell down in front of .
Not sweating profusely all the time .
Eating and enjoying food again, (not going entire days without eating and dry heaving at the sight of food .
Being able to keep my word. (And even wanting to.)
Being able to remember where I was last night .
Seeing my personality come back to life, laughing again .Feeling like "me" again .
Having the freedom to think about things other than alcohol .
No more anxiety .
Not being obsessed about either 'I can't wait to drink. what will I drink. Do I have enough
in the house? etc.' or ,
Being able to see more than the back of my eye lids .
How can I get through this night without a drink?'
Waking up in the morning and looking forward to the day instead of trying to remember if I did anything stupid the night before .
No more waking up with that panicked feeling thinking "who did I talk to on the phone last night? .
Being able to brush my teeth in the morning without vomiting .
No hangovers .
No more calling in sick and making excuses .
No more throwing up on the side of the road .
No more pregnancy scares .
No more laziness and pure weakness .
No more "where did that bruise/injury come from?"
No more fear of getting pulled over for a DUI .
No more wondering why my wallet is empty .
No more spending money that I don't have .
No more broken promises .
My freedom today .
No More jails .(I had 7)No more psych wards(5).No more treatment centers (4) .No more detoxes (5)
Stiil forget why you don't drink anymore?
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Join Date: Aug 2012
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I can relate to what you are saying. I have had many months of sobriety only to forget what is was, or rationalize my behaviors thinking that i now have it under control. 8 months into sobriety and i relapsed, 1 year into sobriety and i relapsed....3 months and a relapse. With each relapse the situations that i found myself in were getting worse and worse. This last episode caused so much damage that I can not and will not forget the situation. It proved to me, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that I am an alcoholic and can not drink.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 164
I have been wearing my hospital bracelet from the ER when I went in for withdrawal symptoms for about a week. I want to wear it forever, to remind me that I never ever ever want to go back to that. I didn't think I could ever become that person.
I kind of know I will have to take it off at some point, but I'm definitely keeping it forever. Maybe find a normal bracelet similar to it to wear.
I kind of know I will have to take it off at some point, but I'm definitely keeping it forever. Maybe find a normal bracelet similar to it to wear.
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Gulf Coast, Florida USA
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Originally Posted by TomSawyer
I have been wearing my hospital bracelet from the ER when I went in for withdrawal symptoms for about a week. I want to wear it forever, to remind me that I never ever ever want to go back to that. I didn't think I could ever become that person.
I kind of know I will have to take it off at some point, but I'm definitely keeping it forever. Maybe find a normal bracelet similar to it to wear.
I kind of know I will have to take it off at some point, but I'm definitely keeping it forever. Maybe find a normal bracelet similar to it to wear.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Michigan
Posts: 164
Starting an intensive outpatient program, which includes AA and how to get started in AA/ find a sponsor.
I didn't know about the white chip, though. Thanks for the idea! I think carrying something around at all times would help.
I didn't know about the white chip, though. Thanks for the idea! I think carrying something around at all times would help.
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Central America/Florida USA
Posts: 4,064
When I was in treatment, we were assigned a 4-digit code in order to open up our lockers so we could store personal valuables in there.
When I got out of treatment, I made that code my Debit Card ATM password. Every time I get money from an ATM machine or use my card at a grocery store, I have to enter that same code again.
I never plan on buying alcohol ever again, but if I ever did I'd probably have to face paying for it by using a code I was assigned in treatment...how'd that be for karma?
When I got out of treatment, I made that code my Debit Card ATM password. Every time I get money from an ATM machine or use my card at a grocery store, I have to enter that same code again.
I never plan on buying alcohol ever again, but if I ever did I'd probably have to face paying for it by using a code I was assigned in treatment...how'd that be for karma?
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