Day 1 again.
 

After a week long beer binge I am going to give sobriety another shot and hopefully I can stay on the straight and narrow.

I'm positive that you can if you really really really want sobriety! Check in often for support!!

:c011: I'll guarantee you can stay on the straight simply by not picking up that first drink so you don't have to get sober AGAIN. No way would I guarantee that if you do drink you'll be able to get back as I've seen too many not able to make it back. BE WELL

Welcome back to freedom :)

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Good choice. Have you got a plan of action?

I don't really have a plan aside from not picking up beer today. I really need to stop, and hopefully stay stopped this time. I went to a few AA meetings last time and just found it wasn't for me. Any other suggestions.

Simply "not drinking" never worked for me bndb. Have you tried any of the other methods like AVRT/Smart/etc? Or how about seeing if there are any outpatient or counseling programs in your area? Don't completely dismiss AA either, maybe try a different meeting or try having a more open mind.

I'm guessing binge drinking "isn't for you" either, right? Getting sober means change - and you won't like some of it initially, but it's worth it in the end.

The one thing I will say about AA is that it is the only place i go where I feel people know what I have experienced. I got over the "god" stuff when someone told me that all I had to know is that I wasn't it.

There are many other sobriety sources, and I try to use them all: Rational Recovery, SMART. AVRT? (someone help me here)... Others will be along soon. Hang in there!

You can do it! Get some support, and talk to people if you feel like picking up...it does help to have a sober network around you x

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...formation.html

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...cular-web.html

Those links are quite informative as to "programs" :)

Support is a huge part of my recovery. I get that through SR, a therapist I see bi-weekly, a lot of reading on recovery and a few discussions with the benevolent energy I refer to as God or sometimes Universe. On my first day of not drinking I sat down and made a list of all the things I could do INSTEAD of drinking should the urge be unbearable...things like 'posting on SR BEFORE picking up, going for a run or walk or going to an AA meeting". So far, I haven't had to go much further down the list than SR and going for a walk : )

Nuudawn you are always full of helpful suggestions; thanks!!!

Great to see you back and giving it another go, bdnb74. I have no suggestions other than to echo what people have said about not dismissing AA/looking into the alternatives. And I highly recommend reading the threads mecanix linked to. :)

Hi bdnb74, its my 7th day of recovery too, I was on beer too and its the same thing like drinking any other alcohol, it burns you from inside, makes you fat from outside and gives you hangovers.

Good luck my friend, we can do it together.

Bdnb, and you can stay on the straight and narrow! Rootin for ya. :egypt:

Hi I'm day one again too. I can't remember the last time I went more than a week without drinking. Terrible. :) I went 45 days once though. That was cool and I felt great and I want to do it again.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I will give AA another go as well try some other suggestions. Its funny how great you feel a week or two into sobriety and one day your AV gets away and you're back to square one and feeling ******. Thankfully this time around I am not sick or full of anxiety like the last time, but this bender was shorter than the last. One of the reasons I really need to quit drinking is I am on medication that is hard on the liver to start with, adding booze is just going to kill it faster.

Day 2 and feeling good. I had a good night sleep and still no signs of withdrawl symptoms. I plan on going to a nice walk today and at some point do some more reading on AVRT.

Does anyone know if AVRT books are sold in book stores or just sold online?

I don't know but I'm just bumping this thread up in case anyone does.