Got to 7 days and fell
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Got to 7 days and fell
I got to 7 days and failed so bad. Got so drunk 2 out of the last 4 days. Just woke up now, it's 11, i drank Gatorade last night so I don't have a headache...but my brain is hurting 
I feel so out of it. I remember day 7 feeling so good. I remember getting drunk feeling so good. I don't fell good right now. If I didn't have a family around, I'd stay in bed till 6 tonight if I could.
I can't not drink and I can't drink..if that makes any sense
I feel so out of it. I remember day 7 feeling so good. I remember getting drunk feeling so good. I don't fell good right now. If I didn't have a family around, I'd stay in bed till 6 tonight if I could. I can't not drink and I can't drink..if that makes any sense
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Originally Posted by doggonecarl 
And you cannot not keep trying to get sober...
Scared, can you recall how you felt when you weren't drinking and what you were feeling right before you started again?
Perhaps you could talk to someone about it
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On day 7 I felt energetic and clear minded. My mind was less anxious and clouded: I drank on day 8 because I convinced myself that I earned it. 7 days no liquor meant my liver could handle day 8. I am so fking dumb
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i drank after a week sober too, Scared. i relate to your conflicting feelings. i know i must ultimately give it up. Anna is 100% right about accepting that drinking is not an option, ever. i know its so hard, but let's give it a try again. we will get there!
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I just wrote that I had a couple of drinks yesterday after a streak shorter than yours. While it would be informative to look into the "why", it's more important that we just don't pick up today. I know I won't. Let's do this together.
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Scared, there's nothing in it for us anymore. It's never going to feel good, happy, or fun again. Once we drink alcoholically there's no going back and becoming a social drinker under any circumstances. Maybe you needed to prove that to yourself one more time. You can get free of it and stay that way. We're with you.
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Scared,
If I grew slightly dumber every time I failed at trying to get sober I may as well be brain-dead right now. But I'm far from it. We've all been there.
Think about the 7 days you went without drinking. That took effort and all those positive feelings -- energy and clear-mindedness -- you earned that.
As others have already stressed, you must come to terms with your problem. There's going to be a part of you that tries to convince you that you need alcohol but you need to resist it.
Forgive yourself and keep trying!
If I grew slightly dumber every time I failed at trying to get sober I may as well be brain-dead right now. But I'm far from it. We've all been there.
Think about the 7 days you went without drinking. That took effort and all those positive feelings -- energy and clear-mindedness -- you earned that.
As others have already stressed, you must come to terms with your problem. There's going to be a part of you that tries to convince you that you need alcohol but you need to resist it.
Forgive yourself and keep trying!
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Originally Posted by Scared1234
I can't do it
Yes, you can. That is your addiction talking.
Continuing to drinking not a good option; it will take you deeper into addiction and all the unhappiness, desolation, abandonment, disappointment, failures and missed opportunities and missed living that accompanies it.
There is really only one good and viable option - recommit to sobriety; shore up the holes in your plan; examine what went wrong and put a process in place to avoid the situation or thought process which led you to drink.
You can do it.
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These are the things you have to remember when you start thinking a drink is a good idea. All these things and many more will come right back if you drink again. Drinking is not an option for you, it is not safe and only leaves to pain and hurt. You are not alone in this. I have gone back way to many times.
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