samwitch

I joined here 2 yrs ago. Have tried to stop drinking since with varying degrees of success, mostly not.

I keep trying to convince myself I don't have a problem and can drink moderately, but of course, that's a lie.

I've tried every avenue to stop that I know. Nothing so far has worked for any length of time.

But, after another night of too much wine and waking up feeling horrible, I've decided to give this life up once and for all. I'm so lucky: I've not lost anything yet(good job, good life, etc.) but i know eventually if I keep going down this same path I will. No one knows how much I drink, I do it alone.

So...here's to starting over. I threw out all the wine in in house. I'm going to embrace being sober and I hope to God this time I find the way to do it for good. The longest stretch of sobriety I had was last year and I did it with the help of SR. So, I'm going to lean on you guys again and make it work this time.

I just have to get alcohol out of my life for good. It's a horrible friend, and one who has to go.

Ornithology

Good for you samwitch! Sounds like you have the resolve to make it stick.

afloatsober

Well done you.
Booze was never your friend but i know what you mean.
If you are truly sick of being sick you are on your way.....
I waved the white flag of surrender and walked toward the winners.
Many winners on here!
Be safe.
Gx

Dee74

Welcome back Sam

I had to make it really simple....

drink=bad.

I had to look at every other option I had, besides drinking.
I did it, you can do it too

D

stevie88

Welcome back sam.....Stick around a bit longer this time yeah........Steve.

misspond

Hi there - giving up alcohol is a good choice, and we're all here with you

jazzfish

Careful. You lose things to alcoholism on the installment plan, giving them away a little each day until one day they are simply gone. This is especially true with serenity, happiness, mental and physical health. It is the loss of non-material things that is driving me to sobriety and I think this is true of many others.

samwitch

Agreed. Inches by inches I've been losing self respect, for one thing, among others.

Thanks everyone else as well. I have to say; I'm going to see this as a positive and the start of a new life for me.

9-7-13!

samwitch

Exactly. Drink=bad.

MidnightBlue

Welcome back, Samwitch!

Take it one day at a time, NEVER listen to addictive voice - that the way it ruins our success - creeping deviously and telling all sorts of lies, biting off piece by piece your confidence, health, and your life.

Life is so much better without alcohol!

Best wishes to you. Stick to SR - it's tremendous source of help and encouragement.

Take care of you and your sobriety.

samwitch

Thanks MB--you're an inspiration to me. Glad to see you.

instant

Embracing sobriety unconditionally worked for me. Its worth the price.

Jeni26

Good to see you back samwitch x

phoebe64

Welcome back Samwitch. I just came back last week myself. Wino here as well. Tired of it.

Let's do it better this time.

Ro-

Threshold

Hey Samich, welcome back!

I played the sober go round for a few years too. And honestly the thing that finally worked for me was not drinking. That's it, not drinking no matter what.

That left me time and energy to look at my life and decide what I was going to do other than drink. As long as I didn't drink, I stayed sober.

I'm not sure why I found that concept so difficult and confounding back when I was drinking. The tricky bit, as we all know, was finding something to do other than drink. But as long as I don't drink, I stay sober.