stopped drinking today
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Day 51. I'm amazed I got this far to be honest. Yesterday was Father's Day in Oz and I went to a pub with the family. They were all drinking. But it was okay. They can drink. I can't. A higher power is helping me I can feel it.
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Day 58 today. A bit white knuckled. Life has many problems at present. Feeling myself pulled to familiar coping mechanism: booze.... That's how I normally get through rocky terrain. Feeling a bit down and humble too..
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welcome... the mental obsession will go, the mind will get clear, the health and self esteem will improve.... life will improve.even the worst alcoholic can go 24 hours without a drink.... that's all you have to do
that's all I did. I also joined the gym its the only thing that has got me through some times. I don't deal with emotional ups and downs well... I just would drink through them and feel nothing. So when I was angry, anxious, sad, bored, craving.... it all felt better after the gym
I struggled with sleep, so I do meditation at bed time.... and my body missed the sugar at night from wine.... so I had healthy sweet things
I need a daily reminder of where I do and don't want to be so I read the forums
good luck
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Day 63. Some ugly emotions are surfacing and coming out of me like toxic bile. I have a really short temper, no patience and everyone is an idiot. Also, no one is loveable and I don't like anyone. Of course, I must be a pleasure to be around... I suppose maybe this is what I was keeping hidden inside with my drinking. My family will need medals If they don't flee... I'm like a volcano and Im getting very little warning Im about to snap like Linda Blair in the Exorcist.
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Go outside and smash a few old plates lol ! 
Just remember , this too shall pass
you have done fantastically well , you are bound to have days from hell.
We have to learn to cope withought our best friend and its bloody hard
Good luck hun , keep focused , i have faith in you :-)
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Just remember , this too shall pass
you have done fantastically well , you are bound to have days from hell. We have to learn to cope withought our best friend and its bloody hard
Good luck hun , keep focused , i have faith in you :-)
Hugz.
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Originally Posted by yoohoo 
Day 63. Some ugly emotions are surfacing and coming out of me like toxic bile. I have a really short temper, no patience and everyone is an idiot. Also, no one is loveable and I don't like anyone. Of course, I must be a pleasure to be around... I suppose maybe this is what I was keeping hidden inside with my drinking. My family will need medals If they don't flee... I'm like a volcano and Im getting very little warning Im about to snap like Linda Blair in the Exorcist.
Skimmed through this thread and, though I might have missed it, do you have any kind of treatment, program or live supports in place?
I couldn't have come close to getting sober, and then staying relatively sane, without a great deal of help.
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Day 74 life is beautiful. Sometimes it's a bit tough because I find myself thinking about alcohol. The taste, the ritual... Sometimes I miss it. But I know it's just my alcoholic voice calling me. Some days I skate through, others I have to work it. Life is just starting to flow now, it's not such an hour to hour battle. For that Im grateful. On holidays at the moment. Felt a bit weird at first because I remembered I used to spend my holidays morning drinking and thought it was such a treat to start drinking early. Things have changed...
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Day 80, nearly didn't make it this week, Im on holidays from work for the first time since I got sober and I have felt drawn back to my old ways of drinking during the day. I've had to be strong this week, nerves are frayed and its been stressful. I didn't see this coming and nearly didn't make it.
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