Adenough

I joined this site in August last year and managed to get to 31 days and was feeling great. Then I went on holiday and thought I could try to moderate and at first I did but fast forward to now and I'm sitting hungover, depressed and basically feeling awful. It very quickly went back to drinking heavily every night. I just read some of my old posts and can remember how much better I felt. So here goes again and hopefully this time for good. I hope you are all well.

DrunkenDonuts

Good luck Adenough - Doesn't work for me either. I wish it did but after many years of trying to just have a few drinks and winding up snorting jelly crystals or face down in my dogs' vomit-matted fur, I realised that if I had one drink and I was alone, then I'd drink until I physically couldn't drink anymore.
12 or 13 days in now and I'm feeling better and my dog has forgiven me somewhat.

Hope you feel better tomorrow morning

Foolsgold186

Welcome back! Life really is so much better sober.

Wishing you well.

Nonsensical

Been there, done that. Moderation doesn't work for me, either.

Congratulations on your decision to live a sober life!

PurpleKnight

I really needed to take the perspective that I was now a "non drinker", that meant no more having a few drinks, maybe a drink on a special occasion, trying to control my drinking, non drinkers go on holiday and they don't drink and that was the club I was in also!!

Go at things again, but tweak your plan, you'll get there!!

Oswin

That is exactly where I found myself yesterday. Hungover and thinking why am I doing this again. Let's hope we can break the cycle and this time stay sober!

Dee74

welcome back adenough

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Adenough

Thanks to you all. This is great place for support.

FeelingGreat

I know I wouldn't start drinking to excess right away but it wouldn't take long to get back into my old routine of a bottle of wine a night. i know this because that's what's happened in the past.

Esspee

Good luck.

Like you I have to abstain totally.

Johnston

Tried moderating some years back and it worked for a while. But then it stopped working and I was back to square one. Three years sober again by the grace of the powers that be.

Nofearnobeer

The only thing I could ever moderate was making sure the beer fridge never got empty...There is no moderation in consuming the stuff....

LBrain

why not drop the "hopefully" from your statement and just say, "This time it's for good."

Just using positive words and statements can be the difference between success and "failure". Don't leave any doubt that you are going to succeed.

SoberLeigh

Welcome back, Adenough. I can't moderate either; every single attempt was a complete failure - a high speed journey down the slippery slope.

Soberwolf

Welcome bk Ad

Ruby2

Welcome back. Moderating never worked for me. It was torture. I'm happier now just taking it out of the equation.

Jsbodhi

I can't do it either, it simply cannot work. I've been trying to moderate for 2 years now

Jupiters

welcome back
moderation was never going to work for me either. And the stress of *trying* to moderate was not fun at all. Much easier to just NOT drink.