First Day
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First Day
Hi everyone,
Today I’m starting my first day of no alcohol. I’ve known for awhile that I have been drinking too much lately. Over the past two months it has progressively gotten worse to the fact that as I type this I’m sitting at work with a bad hangover. Every time I do drink I make poor decisions - and a lot of them go towards my now ex (we are trying to reconcile and get back together).... but he has problems just like I do. My alcohol is one of them. I become very rude to him when I do drink, and every morning I regret saying those things. Previously I went two years without getting drunk or picking up a beer (previously before that I was an alcoholic). I truly believe I can do this again, one step at a time. First goal is 30 days sober!
Any advice anyone wants to give I will freely appreciate it. Thanks so much for listening.
Today I’m starting my first day of no alcohol. I’ve known for awhile that I have been drinking too much lately. Over the past two months it has progressively gotten worse to the fact that as I type this I’m sitting at work with a bad hangover. Every time I do drink I make poor decisions - and a lot of them go towards my now ex (we are trying to reconcile and get back together).... but he has problems just like I do. My alcohol is one of them. I become very rude to him when I do drink, and every morning I regret saying those things. Previously I went two years without getting drunk or picking up a beer (previously before that I was an alcoholic). I truly believe I can do this again, one step at a time. First goal is 30 days sober!
Any advice anyone wants to give I will freely appreciate it. Thanks so much for listening.
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Atlanta
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Hello and welcome to the forums.
Sounds like alcohol is causing problems in your life and you'd like to quit.
How did you do it for the two years you quit previously?
If you found something that worked then, why not try it again?
You say that before you quit you were an alcoholic. I've found that even though I've been sober over six years, I'm still an alcoholic. I just don't drink.
If I did drink, I'd be back to where I was in short order.
If you're anything like me I drank to get drunk. It cased problems in my life, too. Many. I can't have one drink and then stop. I drank to get drunk. And I also couldn't quit for thirty days
It is a life long commitment. Daunting, I know, but I do it one day at a time.
I hope you can quit. You'll find a lot of support here, so stick around.
Best to you.
Sounds like alcohol is causing problems in your life and you'd like to quit.
How did you do it for the two years you quit previously?
If you found something that worked then, why not try it again?
You say that before you quit you were an alcoholic. I've found that even though I've been sober over six years, I'm still an alcoholic. I just don't drink.
If I did drink, I'd be back to where I was in short order.
If you're anything like me I drank to get drunk. It cased problems in my life, too. Many. I can't have one drink and then stop. I drank to get drunk. And I also couldn't quit for thirty days
It is a life long commitment. Daunting, I know, but I do it one day at a time.
I hope you can quit. You'll find a lot of support here, so stick around.
Best to you.
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: St.Petersburg, FL.
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Welcome, Newme! This is a fabulous place for advice and support. I used to make terrible decisions when I drank and it nearly killed me. Now I have 23 months of sobriety and am very grateful. I feel I will always be an alcoholic, though-no matter how much sobriety I have. For me, I needed to want sobriety more than anything else and do anything to achieve it. I made a plan (there are lots of good ideas for this in SR) work with a good therapist and take medication for my underlying psychiatric problems. I also spend a lot of time here; SR has been very important to me for getting and staying sober. Best wishes on your sober journey.
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