Getting that AV to shut up
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Getting that AV to shut up
Now that I have decided to work on sobriety, my AV has gotten louder and more insistent. Today was a long day of hard manual labor, and I was fine until quitting time. Almost immediately, my AV started in:
"Pour a drink, you worked hard and you deserve it!"
"It's Saturday night, come on, a couple won't kill you!"
"Don't be a sissy. Lots of people drink more than you, for Pete's sake!"
How I would love to meet my AV in a dark alley while carrying a two-by-four.
"Pour a drink, you worked hard and you deserve it!"
"It's Saturday night, come on, a couple won't kill you!"
"Don't be a sissy. Lots of people drink more than you, for Pete's sake!"
How I would love to meet my AV in a dark alley while carrying a two-by-four.
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Originally Posted by Nuudawn 
Lol..love it Strawberry. I envision mine as some sort of ugly little toothless troll with a potbelly...
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When urges appear, I try hard to remember that I'm the one in control and that my AV is powerless on its own. It can't pour a drink or grab a six-pick, I'm the only one that can do that. I think to myself, "my AV wants a drink, but I don't want a drink. And I'm in control, my AV is powerless, so I won't drink".
Stay sober and that voice will lose the battle for your soul.
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I just imagine making a fool of myself and calling up people at all hours of the night. My AV never mentions the horrible things alcohol did to my mind, body, and spirit. I tell mine that I am not wasting any more of my life. I drove by a cemetery today and realized this life thing is pretty cool, even if it's difficult, and that I only get o be on this earth once. And I am lucky to live in an industrialized country with food, running water, and lots of opportunities. Alcohol is a way to reject life. So I tell my AV to **** off.
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Originally Posted by strawberryblond
How I would love to meet my AV in a dark alley while carrying a two-by-four.
It was my alcoholism that in the end held the 2X4. Yours may be different .... time will tell.
It wasn't until I admitted defeat that I was able to recover in Alcoholics Anonymous.
All the best.
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Originally Posted by strawberryblond
Now that I have decided to work on sobriety, my AV has gotten louder and more insistent. Today was a long day of hard manual labor, and I was fine until quitting time. Almost immediately, my AV started in:
"Pour a drink, you worked hard and you deserve it!"
"It's Saturday night, come on, a couple won't kill you!"
"Don't be a sissy. Lots of people drink more than you, for Pete's sake!"
How I would love to meet my AV in a dark alley while carrying a two-by-four.
"Pour a drink, you worked hard and you deserve it!"
"It's Saturday night, come on, a couple won't kill you!"
"Don't be a sissy. Lots of people drink more than you, for Pete's sake!"
How I would love to meet my AV in a dark alley while carrying a two-by-four.
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