My update
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My update
Last August I quit. I have not touched a drop since end of August 2012. Lost a load of weight ( 20lbs gone), new waist and face size. Have started to (mentally) get back to that person whom I was 10 years ago....confident, strong, go getter, ambitious......all the things I DEFINITELY was not when I was drinking, I had zero self esteem, I was a FAKE in my professional and family life. Anyway from August it all started and the journey still continues. A lot of people somtimes start their first thread on this site 'today is the day' or 'it stops now'. True you can stop and it does get better.
I have become more confident and feel I am getting back that person I lost to alcohol. Last week I went for a job interview, I guess I spent 25 to 30 hours preparing for the interview, really grinding it out. I got the job with a mind boggling salary. Walked out of the interview floating on air, did not even occur to me time for celebration drink.
I sincerely doubt I would have gotten the job if I was drinking.......where would I find the time to do all the preparartion, to find the opportunity, to focus on getting the job and doing my best? To believe that I could do it or I was worth the job (does that make sense?).
Anyway, if you are on day one, or week one or whatever and are having a tough time right now, well I am rooting for you and know you will hold strong and get to be that really great person before alcohol took over.
I have become more confident and feel I am getting back that person I lost to alcohol. Last week I went for a job interview, I guess I spent 25 to 30 hours preparing for the interview, really grinding it out. I got the job with a mind boggling salary. Walked out of the interview floating on air, did not even occur to me time for celebration drink.
I sincerely doubt I would have gotten the job if I was drinking.......where would I find the time to do all the preparartion, to find the opportunity, to focus on getting the job and doing my best? To believe that I could do it or I was worth the job (does that make sense?).
Anyway, if you are on day one, or week one or whatever and are having a tough time right now, well I am rooting for you and know you will hold strong and get to be that really great person before alcohol took over.
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Originally Posted by doggonecarl 
I love posts like this.
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Wow what an excellent post. The fake personal, professional, and family life you speak of really strikes a chord, all of the "real" disappeared so long ago, I can't remember what it is like to be a genuine non-intoxicated person.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing.
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