~Lia~

Sober wolf, did you quote William Wallace from brave heart? Hahaha!! All kidding aside. So glad I found SR. Nice to check in a few times a day

Hevyn

Hi Celticgirl.

I used every bit of willpower I had to try & be a social drinker. Having 'just a couple' was all I wanted, but once it was in my system every promise I made to myself went out the window. Wish it hadn't taken me 20+ years to actually admit it!

aborkie

Most of the posts are people who can't control they're drinking. That's why they're here. Horrible stories, asking for help. They in turn help remind the sober ones how important it is to stay sober.

Mags1

I'm always a step away from a very deep drop

Notmyrealname

I'm gonna go with "shouldn't", not "can't". I could, but it's just not a good idea.

Besides, I had my fill. When I meet St Peter at the pearly gates, I will not say, "send me back, I still have drinking to do!" I climbed that booze-soaked mountain, etched my name at the summit with my pocketknife, caught the ladder from the helicopter and flew away, never to return. Sometimes it's best to stay retired.

afloatsober

No.
We can't without serious consequences.
G

Soberwolf

Yes I did !!! Im scottish with a London accent

I have read a lot on the real William Wallace (thru the poet blind harry)

But there are 2 books any Wallace fan should love

1. Wallace a biography
2. The king's enemy

Here is a link to blind harry

Blind Harry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MelindaFlowers

Yeah, I didn't even enjoy one or two drinks. Not even a little bit. The only reason I enjoyed them is because they were the warm-up to real drinking. My buzz started around for drinks and feel good up until about 10. Then I would go into the weird scary phase of what the heck am I doing? I drink way too much tonight. I will I feel tomorrow?

Yeah, no moderation for me!

aloneatlast

Let me put it this way.

Lets say I have a glass of beer. It taste nice, cold and go down very well. I'd like another.
If I don't get another, I feel anger rising in me, wishing I never had that one. I mean whats the point in having one drink. I am an adult, its my money, I want another. So I have another drink.

After 8 glasses of beer, I really need more and I will not be taking no for an answer.

However if I do not have one to start with, I now realise I go throught 30 minutes of telling myself lies.

Drink just on a weekend.
You can give up when your old, you are still young.
Drinking relaxes you after a hard day.

But once the craving has passed, I dont need to drink that day.

EndGameNYC

I was special. I was the only one in my building (that I knew of) who vomited in the lobby on Christmas Day.

tnman1967

If you have come to the realization that there's nothing good to come out of alcohol and to accept that most (not all), drinkers are slave to the bottle. What positives are left in that? To me it's a benefit to have been able to break those chains. Look upon this as a "freedom". Freedom to control your own destiny. Freedom to finish all those projects that never got done while drinking. Freedom from anxiety and I can go on and on. I used to think about giving up drinking as a loss, when in reality it's a gain.

neferkamichael

Celticgirl so true, I don't even entertain the thought of drinking because I wouldn't stop if I did, rootin for ya.

Bailey3

I've come to realize that I can't control my drinking. There's no such thing as one. Once I have that first one I can't stop until I'm oblivious to every thing. I used to schedule trips to town around when I was about to run out of alcohol not, when I was actually out. I don't want to go back to that.

Mountainmanbob

Well I have proven to myself that I cannot
And most that I have seen and met here on site
Say that they cannot either
???????
MM