New and Hopeful
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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New and Hopeful
Well, this is a start to a more committed recovery. I've been riding the wagon with one foot dragging , and it's not working. So it is another new beginning! I am sick of drinking. So I will come here to chat when I'm bored, depressed...my two biggest triggers, and hope to work through it.
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Thanks ya'll. it's a journey. My problem is that I drank alone. No drinking buddies. I was a social drinker for years with no problem, and then 3-4 years ago I crossed the fence. Now I can't stop once I start. So I'm hoping this site will help me not pick up that first drink.
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Welcome to a great place for encouragement, Gingerhead. 
I was a social drinker too, many years ago. No way to go back to having control once we cross that line, as you've discovered. Good to have you with us - you're never alone.
I was a social drinker too, many years ago. No way to go back to having control once we cross that line, as you've discovered. Good to have you with us - you're never alone.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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hmm, sick of drinking, bored and depressed. Time for a change right? Anyway, welcome. As others may mention, make yourself at home around here and when the craving arrives to drink, post first. There is a high likelihood that someone will be around to talk you through it and you won't drink. Seriously, it works. Good luck.
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Join Date: Jun 2015
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Welcome! For me I couldn't do the one foot down drinking. I always ended up drinking heavily at least several times a week. Eventually I was drunk every night and my wife had to listed to my BS rantings about my personal drunken issues. I had to just quit, if only to give her a break.
I've always thought H.A.L.T. should include B somehow. Boredom is a trigger for me, as much as Hunger, Anger, Loneliness, and Tiredness. Actually tiredness is not much of an issue for me because I used to drink myself to sleep. If I'm tired I have no desire to drink - I just go to bed now.
So for me it's just B.L.A.H.
hehehe!!
I've always thought H.A.L.T. should include B somehow. Boredom is a trigger for me, as much as Hunger, Anger, Loneliness, and Tiredness. Actually tiredness is not much of an issue for me because I used to drink myself to sleep. If I'm tired I have no desire to drink - I just go to bed now.
So for me it's just B.L.A.H.
hehehe!!
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