lessgravity

It Just Doesn't Exist.


(My appologies to all those still writing letters to St. Nick! Reality bites!)

jaynie04

Moderation is like keeping the pair of jeans from high school that won't ever fit properly again.

DarkDays

Moderation is just keeping the obsession alive, no in fact it just leaves you feeling empty and unfulfilled , horrid.

PippoRossi

My problem is that I can't moderate moderation.

SoberChristy

Love those analogies!

Lightning Bug

HEY! Santa comes to my house every year and he brings candy.

PippoRossi

Hey, Less. I just wanted to say that I LOVE your blog. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Lionhearted1

What's the point of moderation I drink so i can feel oblivion... Drinking 1 or 2 drinks has no appeal to me what so ever!!!

ImperfectlyMe

Wait........ Santa doesn't exist?

resolute50

The present that keeps on taking!

Carlotta

GracieLou

LMAO Carlotta!

Moderation is an IV drip.

lessgravity

Carlotta yes!! I'm keeping that one. Excellent work!!

Serenity1972

I couldn't agree with you more Less! I failed so many times trying to moderate my drinking that it took me 8 years to finally throw in the towel.

1stepup

All or nothing for me, to walk away from a bar or a drink after having two drinks is a lot harder to do than if id had none. Always think if I only have enough money in my pocket for a pint or soft drink id take the soft drink because 'one' pint isn't enough to quench my thirst but one soft drink is. I never have a soft drink and then get up straight away and get another one but always do after a pint of beer. This is because im an alcoholic, and it amazes me when I see non-alcoholic friends and family casually leave it after one or a couple of alcoholic drinks- they're just wired up differently I guess

FourSeasons

Agreed... What the point of having just one?? Tried many time but could really never see the point.

Bebetter

Moderation is perpetual dissatisfaction.

It will never be enough and it will require the self-control of a monk to succeed at it. I will always fall into all or nothing

wehav2day

I remember the last time I relapsed all too clearly last fall. It went like this:

I've been sober six months I feel so good and strong!

A glass of wine sounds good for some reason. Awwww I can handle it.

Drinking a glass of wine, I had two simultaneous thoughts: "yuck I hate this feeling, I feel all wrong!! Ill drink another!"

Those thoughts were immediately followed by a quick mental calculation of how much more wine I could have that night without getting caught.

A week later, I was far less concerned with getting caught. Two months after that, I was back in the same mental hell I'd worked so hard to get out of and didn't pull myself from the quicksand until February.

Ironically, those "why not have a drink?" Thoughts are creeping in again. So thank you for this thread. Moderation for me is more elusive than the Easter Bunny and sillier than the Rock dressed up as the Tooth Fairy.

Eleni58

Moderation is like trying to eat a cake through a straw

sunset01

Seriously take that back.........

moderation for me is short sighted, instead of getting caught up in the now and "I'll just try to have one" which quite frankly is exhausting and a waste of my time. I need to look to the rest of my life, without the drinks.