Dee74

You've tried drinking again Lisbon - maybe its time to give not drinking a go?

Check out the Class of May support thread in this forum - and the weekend support thread when it starts up

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least

It's just your addictive voice talking. You joined here for good reasons. Don't give up now.

Lisbon

This community is awesome! Thanks for all the positive reinforcement.

Verte

You're doing great Lisbon. Day3 was hard. Tomorrow is Day4 for you which is an even better place to be!

I've been trying to convince myself that I DO have a problem. Because many friends and acquaintances around me have been so messed with so many things other than 'booze' and I have been using 'just booze'. And misery loves company. I'm done with the argument. Wastes too much energy. Too much space in my head

No one can talk me out of it any longer. I have a problem.

Keep going. You're doing great. Everyone is here. Amen.

TheSCGuy

Keep it up. It's gets way better I assure you. I found it strange the other day when I felt a bit tired and immediately tried to remember how much I had drank the night before.

Oh that's right. I quit! Guess I'm just actually tired

neferkamichael

Lisbon, 3 days sober is FANTASTIC, congratulations. That side of you that wants to drink is going to use every trick it can imagine to get you to drink. You've already made it 3 days so you can make it 30, rootin for ya.

nullnaught

Only having a very limited amount of alcohol can be achieved by alcoholics. But not very many times.

It sounds like your only telling yourself its not a problem as an excuse to drink again.

LBrain

I just thought of a name. If you remember the movie "The Jerk" with Steve Martin. Use what he named his dog.

joygirl

Oh, yeah, that lying voice. Such a smooth talker, yes? Give it a high five, in the face, with a chair, and slam the door on it.

Then get busy DOING something.

You did recognize it, and that is awesome!

joygirl

I know some people have used the name of an ex- that they cannot stand...

DoubleDragons

Let's make a supposition. Let's pretend that you really don't know if you have a drinking problem or not. I pretended that the first 3 months I quit. I decided to try sobriety to do an honest comparison of which way life was better. I told myself I had to give it a "fair try". I had drunk alcohol regularly for 27 years, so a few days/weeks/months was not really a fair comparison, but I forced myself to try 3-4 months because most people on this forum said this was the time period that sobriety became easier and more "real" to them. I am now going on 8 months sober and I have no desire to go back to the drinking life. My experiment proved that sobriety is a much better path to life and to being fully alive!