bringmeback7693

...but sometimes I do.

I have every reason to stay sober.

I have everything to lose if I drink.

Yet sometimes it seems SO TEMPTING to slip out to that liquor store and just buy a tiny little nip of vodka- just one! Just to make a cocktail and relax after a long day. It sounds so tempting....I can't even tell you how tempting it sounds.

I'm thinking of Fred's story in the BB where he thinks it's okay to have a splash of whiskey in his milk (weird flex, but ok) and how it launches him into a bender.

I want to stay sober. I know I do. I need help, from God and from all of you.

DontRemember

My story is; "A tiny little bit/bottle doesn't make fiscal sense. Might as well buy the big bottle..maybe the 'good stuff',so I don't slam it like the cheap stuff....BUT..then what?"

Once I took the booze 'option' off the table completely, I got sober. There's no "tiny drink" to a drinker. No point in it.

Free2bme888

Bringme

I hope you make the right choice soon for your life’s sake

Best,

Fearlessat50

Bring me, it is good that you posted here. Keep coming here and talking yourself out of drinking. It’s so helpful. I know you can do this!

MantaLady

I am nearly at 6 months sober and have really similar thoughts that pop up now and again aswell. The narrative my AV spins goes like this “Just a little miniature bottle of whiskey is fine, you can handle that and not like you’d be able to get drunk off it or drink too much” “you are wiser now after all you have learnt and can just have one shot without returning to how it was before”.

I have had a hard time accepting lately the longer that I am sober that just one would mean I definitely would end up back where I was and maybe worse than I was. So I have reframed that narrative for myself to one that does work for me and keep me on the right path. Now I say to myself that one might not return me to full time problem drinking but there is a RISK that it will, on balance it’s a risk I am not willing to take. Even if there is a very small chance I could loose what I have now, the freedom from hangovers and self hatred and guilt I just am not willing to gamble with that. What I have and how I feel in comparison to how I used to feel is too precious to leave to chance. Xx

Dee74

If drinking was like that, and only like that, noone would quit - they wouldn't need to.

you're listening to the lie...try and remember the reality bringmeback.
Find other healthy ways to relax - it's worth the effort.

D

Free2bme888

Nicely said everyone.

Thanks for posting and sharing.

thomas11

What you describe sounsd like addiction, always trying to lure you back. it must be conquered or we lose everything.

Highercall

PhoenixJ

You got it- support.
Go to meetings, distract- avoid anything to do with booze.
KEEP POSTING.