Dazed and Confused
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Originally Posted by notsosober77 
I guess that is why I'm only half wanting to quit. I haven't had any really bad consequences. I read on here about people who have serious health issues, DUI, job loss, that kind of thing. None of that for me.
So why do I want to quit, or why do I sometimes want to quit? It is bc I keep drinking more and more all the time. I think serious negative consequences will be in my future if I don't quit. And I can't moderate. I see these people all around me who have one drink and don't even finish it. Or take hours to drink one drink. Or if they do drink a lot then they don't drink again for days or even weeks. I on the other hand suck it down faster than a pig at the trough. If I am drinking, I drink every single day. Sometimes all day long.
I'm getting angry at myself just thinking about this. Why can't I be a normal drinker!
So why do I want to quit, or why do I sometimes want to quit? It is bc I keep drinking more and more all the time. I think serious negative consequences will be in my future if I don't quit. And I can't moderate. I see these people all around me who have one drink and don't even finish it. Or take hours to drink one drink. Or if they do drink a lot then they don't drink again for days or even weeks. I on the other hand suck it down faster than a pig at the trough. If I am drinking, I drink every single day. Sometimes all day long.
I'm getting angry at myself just thinking about this. Why can't I be a normal drinker!
But, my ability to drink safely eroded over time and I really didn't have control over how much
I would be able to limit myself to when I did drink--it was like
Russian roulette every time I drank:
Good, good, good, very very bad, good, bad, awful, fair etc.
I also hated to accept the fact I was not a normal drinker.
But that's how it is, and each binge takes you further down the path
towards serious, chronic alcoholism with major consequences.
It is a progressive disease, as I found for myself.
I didn't choose to get a DUI, lose my job, lose my family, or ruin my health to stop before I did, and neither do you.
You can stop now relatively unscathed, or wait to lose what you most value,
but "sort of" won't get you quit for good and don't think you won't get to those consequences, because
based on how you are drinking now, rest assured they are on their way.
They will certainly show up if you keep doing what you're doing
You know that or you wouldn't be posting here.
I advocate freeowl's "fake it till you make it" idea.
That's what I did and it really works.
You can do it--choose it, believe it, act on it each day. . .
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Originally Posted by Frickaflip233
Yes. The buzz from alcohol ends in late stage. I don't get drunk, but I get terribly hung over. It simply stops working. So now what? Right?
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