Missing Drinking
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Missing Drinking
Not at all really because I know how terrible it made my life become. Still picking up the pieces from the things I broke while I was in a drunken haze of existence.
Never a guarantee that something could happen to cause a relapse because it has happened before.. However, I've laid a good enough foundation for myself that has allowed my sobriety to become more and more finite in my life.
Good luck to everyone and thanks for your support
Never a guarantee that something could happen to cause a relapse because it has happened before.. However, I've laid a good enough foundation for myself that has allowed my sobriety to become more and more finite in my life.
Good luck to everyone and thanks for your support
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I decided a long time ago to stop pooping in my pants, never again. I've made peace with that , sure some unforeseen circumstance may arise in the future which causes me to experience otherwise, but it would have to be caused by involuntary actions beyond my control.
There are no involuntary actions beyond my control that would cause a drink to be in my hand and reach my mouth. Quitting means for good and that you never change your mind , there is no involuntary force that we need fear that can rob us of our choice to never change our minds on quitting. That idea is just the AV trying to leave the door cracked open, slam it shut and throw away the key, you can , you're allowed , it's how we do it.
There are no involuntary actions beyond my control that would cause a drink to be in my hand and reach my mouth. Quitting means for good and that you never change your mind , there is no involuntary force that we need fear that can rob us of our choice to never change our minds on quitting. That idea is just the AV trying to leave the door cracked open, slam it shut and throw away the key, you can , you're allowed , it's how we do it.
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Sorry, the title might of been misleading.
I don't miss drinking at all.
I'm one day at a timing it every step of the way and each day I know in my heart that its something I don't want. Almost 7 months and through the ups and downs I haven't had a reason to pick up.
I don't miss drinking at all.
I'm one day at a timing it every step of the way and each day I know in my heart that its something I don't want. Almost 7 months and through the ups and downs I haven't had a reason to pick up.
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Reverse your thinking, instead of saying I miss drinking, reword it by saying what it is you don't miss about it, think about how free you are from regret, remorse and shame, think how good it feels to wake up without a hangover etc and then ask yourself do I really miss drinking?!
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I agree, fun is over.
But I do sometimes feel that something is missing, that there is a hole to fill.
If you spend so much of your time doing something, need to replace it -- need to find what to replace it with.
I know that Melinda has been great at this -- need to follow her lead.
But I do sometimes feel that something is missing, that there is a hole to fill.
If you spend so much of your time doing something, need to replace it -- need to find what to replace it with.
I know that Melinda has been great at this -- need to follow her lead.
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