Dangit!!!!!!
Life Goes On
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Done,
Sorry to hear it. The good news is that you and I can do this. It might take a fall or (in my case) a hundred falls, but as long as we keep going, we'll get there eventually. Please don't be angry with yourself. Have some compassion for yourself. You know that the prize is out there - a sober life free from the confines of addiction. Let's go get it!
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Sorry to hear it. The good news is that you and I can do this. It might take a fall or (in my case) a hundred falls, but as long as we keep going, we'll get there eventually. Please don't be angry with yourself. Have some compassion for yourself. You know that the prize is out there - a sober life free from the confines of addiction. Let's go get it!
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 116
Social surroundings. Actually, only one thing brought me undone. Me. Don't recall what I was thinking at the time when I had my first. Just somehow said "I can handle this and be normal". Well I can't. 3 days. What a waste.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,432
I blundered about for a long time trying to stay sober in a drinkers life, with no real plan & a fear of change .
I had to change my social life for a while.
Too many drinkers and too many drinking opportunities in my old life.
d'ya reckon you're willing to do that now Done?
D
I had to change my social life for a while.
Too many drinkers and too many drinking opportunities in my old life.
d'ya reckon you're willing to do that now Done?
D
Maladaptive
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: East coast, USA
Posts: 558
Originally Posted by Obladi 
Done,
Sorry to hear it. The good news is that you and I can do this. It might take a fall or (in my case) a hundred falls, but as long as we keep going, we'll get there eventually. Please don't be angry with yourself. Have some compassion for yourself. You know that the prize is out there - a sober life free from the confines of addiction. Let's go get it!
O
Sorry to hear it. The good news is that you and I can do this. It might take a fall or (in my case) a hundred falls, but as long as we keep going, we'll get there eventually. Please don't be angry with yourself. Have some compassion for yourself. You know that the prize is out there - a sober life free from the confines of addiction. Let's go get it!
O
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 2,057
Originally Posted by Shitzupuppy
I don't allow myself the freedom to take abunch of falls. I say to myself and everyone else that "I do not drink alcohol ". I believe it and I act it.
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 116
Originally Posted by Dee74
I blundered about for a long time trying to stay sober in a drinkers life, with no real plan & a fear of change .
I had to change my social life for a while.
Too many drinkers and too many drinking opportunities in my old life.
d'ya reckon you're willing to do that now Done?
D
I had to change my social life for a while.
Too many drinkers and too many drinking opportunities in my old life.
d'ya reckon you're willing to do that now Done?
D
Yeah, I don't have an issue with changing my social surroundings and avoiding hanging out with people who are drinking. I made the mistake of thinking I was stronger this weekend and fell. So frustrating. I have been in social settings and had no problem saying no before. Ugh. So annoyed.
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
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Originally Posted by Done4Ever
Actually, only one thing brought me undone. Me. Don't recall what I was thinking at the time when I had my first. Just somehow said "I can handle this and be normal".
Originally Posted by Done4Ever
I am on day 2 AGAIN. My hardest part comes at day 5, it's when I think I'm fine and can easily control my drinking.
Drinking has to come off the table as an option. Non-negotiable. Any thoughts of drinking is the insanity of alcoholism. You can't reason with it.
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