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Help!
I've been binge drinking. Im scared...please help me to not pick up today. The anxiety is becoming unbearable. I need to get the desire back to stay sober. My son will be coming home from college in about 2 weeks and Im so scared he will see me drinking...so so scared
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Hi Mistory
Your cry-out for help really got to me. But you know, as impossible as it seems right now, you CAN turn this all around. Start by not buying, getting rid of what is in the house, and not drinking.
Start with trying to hold out for an hour. In that hour -eat !!, hydrate !! get out or get busy,go for a walk, wash your hair and blowdry it , do your nails, read posts on SR.
Then another hour, and another, and before you know it day 1 will have passed and it will be time for bed. That's what I did the first day. And the second, third etc. You will have to have willpower, you must WANT TO not be in the clutches of alcohol so badly that you will do anything not to drink.
If you start now, you will be well into your second week when your son comes home. This CAN be done. You can do this . You really can . Lots of luck and hugs.
Your cry-out for help really got to me. But you know, as impossible as it seems right now, you CAN turn this all around. Start by not buying, getting rid of what is in the house, and not drinking.
Start with trying to hold out for an hour. In that hour -eat !!, hydrate !! get out or get busy,go for a walk, wash your hair and blowdry it , do your nails, read posts on SR.
Then another hour, and another, and before you know it day 1 will have passed and it will be time for bed. That's what I did the first day. And the second, third etc. You will have to have willpower, you must WANT TO not be in the clutches of alcohol so badly that you will do anything not to drink.
If you start now, you will be well into your second week when your son comes home. This CAN be done. You can do this . You really can . Lots of luck and hugs.
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Originally Posted by Ayers 
Hi Mistory
Your cry-out for help really got to me. But you know, as impossible as it seems right now, you CAN turn this all around. Start by not buying, getting rid of what is in the house, and not drinking.
Start with trying to hold out for an hour. In that hour -eat !!, hydrate !! get out or get busy,go for a walk, wash your hair and blowdry it , do your nails, read posts on SR.
Then another hour, and another, and before you know it day 1 will have passed and it will be time for bed. That's what I did the first day. And the second, third etc. You will have to have willpower, you must WANT TO not be in the clutches of alcohol so badly that you will do anything not to drink.
If you start now, you will be well into your second week when your son comes home. This CAN be done. You can do this . You really can . Lots of luck and hugs.
Your cry-out for help really got to me. But you know, as impossible as it seems right now, you CAN turn this all around. Start by not buying, getting rid of what is in the house, and not drinking.
Start with trying to hold out for an hour. In that hour -eat !!, hydrate !! get out or get busy,go for a walk, wash your hair and blowdry it , do your nails, read posts on SR.
Then another hour, and another, and before you know it day 1 will have passed and it will be time for bed. That's what I did the first day. And the second, third etc. You will have to have willpower, you must WANT TO not be in the clutches of alcohol so badly that you will do anything not to drink.
If you start now, you will be well into your second week when your son comes home. This CAN be done. You can do this . You really can . Lots of luck and hugs.
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Ty for the support
Originally Posted by eve123
I know your fear. Put a plan in place reach out. Sending hugs and positive thoughts it’s a hard road to travel but we can get recovery lee on trying
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Just remember, drinking will only make the anxiety worse once you stop. And you'll have to stop at some point, so why not now?
I went through what you're going through hundreds of times. Literally.
The remorse, guilt, shame and anxiety of how could I have failed again??
Remember, you never have to drink or feel this way again. All you have to do is not take that first drink.
Best to you.
I went through what you're going through hundreds of times. Literally.
The remorse, guilt, shame and anxiety of how could I have failed again??
Remember, you never have to drink or feel this way again. All you have to do is not take that first drink.
Best to you.
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Originally Posted by Ghostlight1
Just remember, drinking will only make the anxiety worse once you stop. And you'll have to stop at some point, so why not now?
I went through what you're going through hundreds of times. Literally.
The remorse, guilt, shame and anxiety of how could I have failed again??
Remember, you never have to drink or feel this way again. All you have to do is not take that first drink.
Best to you.
I went through what you're going through hundreds of times. Literally.
The remorse, guilt, shame and anxiety of how could I have failed again??
Remember, you never have to drink or feel this way again. All you have to do is not take that first drink.
Best to you.
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I was the same way, believe me. I don't think I've ever had a couple of drinks in my life!
No, it never worked out that way for me. It's all in or nothing (recovering)
If it never works out that way, just don't take that first drink. That's the one that almost killed me.
Moderation isn't in my vocabulary. Well, I just used it but you know what I mean,
I really hope you can stay sober. Do it for yourself and your son.
I hate to see someone suffer, so I'm rooting for you. Hang in there.
No, it never worked out that way for me. It's all in or nothing (recovering)
If it never works out that way, just don't take that first drink. That's the one that almost killed me.
Moderation isn't in my vocabulary. Well, I just used it but you know what I mean,
I really hope you can stay sober. Do it for yourself and your son.
I hate to see someone suffer, so I'm rooting for you. Hang in there.
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Originally Posted by Ghostlight1
I was the same way, believe me. I don't think I've ever had a couple of drinks in my life!
No, it never worked out that way for me. It's all in or nothing (recovering)
If it never works out that way, just don't take that first drink. That's the one that almost killed me.
Moderation isn't in my vocabulary. Well, I just used it but you know what I mean,
I really hope you can stay sober. Do it for yourself and your son.
I hate to see someone suffer, so I'm rooting for you. Hang in there.
No, it never worked out that way for me. It's all in or nothing (recovering)
If it never works out that way, just don't take that first drink. That's the one that almost killed me.
Moderation isn't in my vocabulary. Well, I just used it but you know what I mean,
I really hope you can stay sober. Do it for yourself and your son.
I hate to see someone suffer, so I'm rooting for you. Hang in there.
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Originally Posted by mistory5
I've been binge drinking. Im scared...please help me to not pick up today. The anxiety is becoming unbearable. I need to get the desire back to stay sober. My son will be coming home from college in about 2 weeks and Im so scared he will see me drinking...so so scared
Hoping you decide to go for the sober life - it is so so much better on this side.
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I don't know why i don't understand that I can not be satisfied with a couple drinks....never works out that way.
I didn't understand why either - but once I accepted it, the angst stopped
Life without booze is way better than the life I had drinking
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