After years of trying to quit I've finally done it...
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: terra (mostly)firma
Posts: 4,823
Yep, same here. Taking a No Matter What stance, means even if a urge or craving percolates into my thinking , I dismiss the thought(it's only a thought) and ride it out. I know too well what happens if I add even a "little" alochol to the mix, going on tons and tons of past experience , if I were to make the decision to self intoxicate the results would be negative on the whole, I decided I deserve better. You do too, congratulations and keep truckin 
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 295
You don't HAVE to relapse. Some people are capable of quitting smoking or drinking cold turkey.
Congrats on your final decision👍😄. I suggest staying close to this board for a long time or getting involved in a program as well. Alcohol is worshipped in our society and it's easily accessible everywhere...It can be extra hard to stay tough in certain situations. But you CAN do it
Best of luck
Congrats on your final decision👍😄. I suggest staying close to this board for a long time or getting involved in a program as well. Alcohol is worshipped in our society and it's easily accessible everywhere...It can be extra hard to stay tough in certain situations. But you CAN do it
Best of luck
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Posts: 880
Congratulations! I sure wish it could be that easy for me. Keep us posted. I'm sure I can probably learn a few things from you about how you do it. I know two people who put the drink down one day and never picked it up. My dh... but now he smokes weed instead. And there's a fellow in one of my AA meetings. I'm sure there are many others and I am in awe of people who can do it that way.
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 350
Hi Bruno,
Good for you and your determination. I love the 24 Hour connectivity thread (although it was hard to find at first). We all make a promise to maintain sobriety for at least 24 hours. There's nothing quite like making a promise to folks who want to help you keep it. Check out this resource!
Good for you and your determination. I love the 24 Hour connectivity thread (although it was hard to find at first). We all make a promise to maintain sobriety for at least 24 hours. There's nothing quite like making a promise to folks who want to help you keep it. Check out this resource!
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Staffordshire UK
Posts: 514
Still sober with zero thought of drinking,
Worked away from home in the drinking capital of the U.K. , Newcastle upon Tyne and wasn't tempted in the slightest,
Having a nice pizza takeaway with the wife and kids tonight with a lovely chilled bottle of water,
I hope you're all well,
Bruno.
Worked away from home in the drinking capital of the U.K. , Newcastle upon Tyne and wasn't tempted in the slightest,
Having a nice pizza takeaway with the wife and kids tonight with a lovely chilled bottle of water,
I hope you're all well,
Bruno.
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Staffordshire UK
Posts: 514
Still here,
17 days ago since I decided to stop forever,
Weight seems to be dropping off, bloated feeling has gone, better sleep, more energy, work is a lot easier without an hangover, no worry of being pulled for drink driving in the morning.
All is good.
I've also been working away from home a lot recently and still had no urge to drink. I never considered before that I didn't have to drink when working away lol.
I hope everyone else is fine,
Bruno.
17 days ago since I decided to stop forever,
Weight seems to be dropping off, bloated feeling has gone, better sleep, more energy, work is a lot easier without an hangover, no worry of being pulled for drink driving in the morning.
All is good.
I've also been working away from home a lot recently and still had no urge to drink. I never considered before that I didn't have to drink when working away lol.
I hope everyone else is fine,
Bruno.
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Toronto Canada
Posts: 5,148
That's simply terrific, Bruno. The realization that alcohol gives nothing and takes everything of value away makes the rational choice very simple. I have always maintained that the degree of difficulty is within ourselves, it is only as hard as we choose to make it.
I like what I have read by Kevin O'Hara, it is very good stuff there. Please consider this - you mention in your updates that you have no cravings. While this is surely a positive thing, what happens when (not if) that changes? The day will come.
Please read O'Hara with a thought that your choice of sobriety has already been made, and it is permanent and unconditional. With this achieved, you can be secure. Thoughts and cravings are temporary and irrelevant, while your sobriety is immutable. Freedom is the goal.
Onward!
I like what I have read by Kevin O'Hara, it is very good stuff there. Please consider this - you mention in your updates that you have no cravings. While this is surely a positive thing, what happens when (not if) that changes? The day will come.
Please read O'Hara with a thought that your choice of sobriety has already been made, and it is permanent and unconditional. With this achieved, you can be secure. Thoughts and cravings are temporary and irrelevant, while your sobriety is immutable. Freedom is the goal.
Onward!
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Staffordshire UK
Posts: 514
Very good Fresh start, I totally agree
When I say I've had no cravings, I mean that I've had no cravings like I have previously had. Of course I have the odd moment when I forget that I don't drink anymore and can imagine being in the pub with a few drinking buddies, having a laugh and relaxing and all of that jazz that comes with it. But as you say, once you've accepted, which I have, that nothing good at all comes from drinking, you really have made a step in the right direction.
When I say I've had no cravings, I mean that I've had no cravings like I have previously had. Of course I have the odd moment when I forget that I don't drink anymore and can imagine being in the pub with a few drinking buddies, having a laugh and relaxing and all of that jazz that comes with it. But as you say, once you've accepted, which I have, that nothing good at all comes from drinking, you really have made a step in the right direction
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Staffordshire UK
Posts: 514
Evening from the UK guys,
I'm still here, no desire whatsoever to drink and closing in on a month sober,
What's even better is that I'm typing this from an hotel room in London where I'm working away from home. Working away used to be a real problem for me as it tested me and I nearly always failed.
I hope everyone is well,
Bruno
I'm still here, no desire whatsoever to drink and closing in on a month sober,
What's even better is that I'm typing this from an hotel room in London where I'm working away from home. Working away used to be a real problem for me as it tested me and I nearly always failed.
I hope everyone is well,
Bruno
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