A New Year, a New Me
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: WI
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A New Year, a New Me
OK, I haven't visited for awhile, mainly because I took up drinking again. I'm typing this with a hangover, in fact. BUT, as I tossed out last night's bottle of fermented grape juice, I decided that I'm completely done. Forever. And this time, I mean it.
I'm tired of being barely functional the next day. I'm tired of so much of my life going by without me able to remember it. I'm tired of having this huge monkey constantly on my back. I'm tired of the way I look after a hard night with the bottle.
I made 7 months of sobriety early last year and then the divorce came along. Hello, drinking.
Well, screw it. I'm now single and it's time to get my life back on track. I'm also broke because I'm paying "maintenance" to my ex...$6 for a cheap bottle of hooch is a lot of money for me in my current state.
So I'm done. DONE.
I'm tired of being barely functional the next day. I'm tired of so much of my life going by without me able to remember it. I'm tired of having this huge monkey constantly on my back. I'm tired of the way I look after a hard night with the bottle.
I made 7 months of sobriety early last year and then the divorce came along. Hello, drinking.
Well, screw it. I'm now single and it's time to get my life back on track. I'm also broke because I'm paying "maintenance" to my ex...$6 for a cheap bottle of hooch is a lot of money for me in my current state.
So I'm done. DONE.
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Canada
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welcome back JD 
I had 6.5 months (May to end of Nov) then had a couple glasses of wine on my holiday in Cuba. Those couple glasses made me feel wretched, I didn't even binge!! Just a few glasses and woke up feeling like poo. Reminded me very quickly of why I don't drink! So happy that happened at the start of my trip and was able to stop and enjoy it sober as originally planned.
Sneaky this one!! we must stay vigilant.
Sorry to hear about your divorce.
I had 6.5 months (May to end of Nov) then had a couple glasses of wine on my holiday in Cuba. Those couple glasses made me feel wretched, I didn't even binge!! Just a few glasses and woke up feeling like poo. Reminded me very quickly of why I don't drink! So happy that happened at the start of my trip and was able to stop and enjoy it sober as originally planned.
Sneaky this one!! we must stay vigilant.
Sorry to hear about your divorce.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 45
Welcome JD
If you're a heavy problem drinker, then
could be enough to work for you.
But some of us, whether we embrace the "alcoholic" label or not, will say such things after horrible incidents and then forget days, weeks or months later and be off to the races again.
Please understand that I am only sharing my own experience, and one I know that many people here have experienced or are currently experiencing. I've been scared $h!tless and promised so sincerely I'd stop, only to hit it again a short time later.
If you classify yourself among the latter category, an action plan beyond a simple self-promise might be a good idea.
I wish you the best in your quest!
H
If you're a heavy problem drinker, then
I decided that I'm completely done. Forever. And this time, I mean it
But some of us, whether we embrace the "alcoholic" label or not, will say such things after horrible incidents and then forget days, weeks or months later and be off to the races again.
Please understand that I am only sharing my own experience, and one I know that many people here have experienced or are currently experiencing. I've been scared $h!tless and promised so sincerely I'd stop, only to hit it again a short time later.
If you classify yourself among the latter category, an action plan beyond a simple self-promise might be a good idea.
I wish you the best in your quest!
H
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