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02-26-2019, 09:38 PM
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#1 (permalink)
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Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Oakland
Posts: 530
| Ugh. I drank
I'm not hiding this time. Usually I'm too ashamed to tell on myself. It wasn't much. A couple of beers. I'm starting again tomorrow
I'm sorry. Please don't give up on me. Love you guys.
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02-26-2019, 09:56 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2018
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The sun will rise again tomorrow.
AA has phone numbers available. Maybe call and make a plan to be at a meeting with someone else?
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02-27-2019, 12:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2019
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| Don’t give up on yourself. I did the same last Friday, and although just a couple I noticed my behaviour change, my thoughts started to get darker, and I felt terrible the next day. I’ve started again, and told my friends and my partner I cannot go to the pub until I’m much stronger. Learn what triggered it, and put in place strategies to manage the cravings and temptations for next time. You can do it. Don’t give up!! | |
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02-27-2019, 01:31 AM
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#4 (permalink)
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Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: I think I see a very small pale blue dot in the distance
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What can you do diffrent this time ?
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02-27-2019, 01:40 AM
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Noones gonna give up on you Press. you need to not give up yourself too 
What happened to the daily meetings and stuff?
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02-27-2019, 04:28 AM
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We've all been there. I guess I finally stopped when I really really wanted to. Life just became unmanageable. No one will give up on you! We all understand and you're still here!
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02-27-2019, 04:35 AM
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I understand and will never give up on you or anybody on SR.
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02-27-2019, 04:50 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Soberville, USA
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Press,
I can relate. I crave almost every day. I don't attend meetings, I just know from experience when the crave is happening and that it always goes away pretty quick.
Afterwards, I am back to feeling glad i don't drink.
I suffer through when it is bad.
There is a nasty flu bug going around. I can feel my body fighting it. My immune system is,like a furnace these days.
Drinking will ruin that. Same thing with sleeping. My non drinking friends say they routinely sleep 7 plus hours straight a night. I am up to 4 to 5.
I can't wait to get where they are.
Goals are important to me to help maintain my non drinking ways.
Thanks.
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D122y
When I crave I think of the next day after effects:
high blood pressure, sleep issues, strength loss, immune system compromise (sick).
BpSSS. My mantra.
Studied "alcohol kindling" and "alcohol PAWS."
Last intoxication: 8 May 15.  | |
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02-27-2019, 05:20 AM
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Glad you are back
What is the revised plan press?
Post it and be accountable to yourself
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"There's almost as many terms and gradations for drinkers like us as there are stars in the sky.
All the study in the world - and all the subjective hierarchies - won't get people sober. . .
Only action can do that."
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02-27-2019, 05:23 AM
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Originally Posted by D122y  Press,
I can relate. I crave almost every day. I don't attend meetings, I just know from experience when the crave is happening and that it always goes away pretty quick.
Afterwards, I am back to feeling glad i don't drink.
I suffer through when it is bad.
There is a nasty flu bug going around. I can feel my body fighting it. My immune system is,like a furnace these days.
Drinking will ruin that. Same thing with sleeping. My non drinking friends say they routinely sleep 7 plus hours straight a night. I am up to 4 to 5.
I can't wait to get where they are.
Goals are important to me to help maintain my non drinking ways.
Thanks. | You still crave now? Am I right I'm thinking you have been sober since 2015?
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02-27-2019, 06:24 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Soberville, USA
Posts: 3,174
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Originally Posted by Doris47 You still crave now? Am I right I'm thinking you have been sober since 2015? | Doris,
Yep.
If someone has been sober as long as me and doesn't crave a bit, good for them.
Just being honest.
Thanks.
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D122y
When I crave I think of the next day after effects:
high blood pressure, sleep issues, strength loss, immune system compromise (sick).
BpSSS. My mantra.
Studied "alcohol kindling" and "alcohol PAWS."
Last intoxication: 8 May 15. | |
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02-27-2019, 08:54 AM
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Most importantly, don't give up on yourself Pressme. You are the most important piece of the puzzle when it comes to staying sober.
Rather than asking for forgiveness, ask yourself what you did ( or didn't ) do that led up to your drinking. And then change your routine/plan so that doesn't happen again. Were you actively working on your sobriety?
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02-27-2019, 10:20 AM
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#13 (permalink)
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Press - I had a couple of false starts, but I finally got free. You will too. There's nothing in it for us anymore - no fun, relaxation, escape from reality. We pay too high a price for a momentary bit of numbness. You can do it!
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You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done. Fr. Greg Boyle
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02-27-2019, 12:38 PM
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We don't give up and you mustn't give up either.
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02-27-2019, 03:59 PM
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Glad you are sharing Press.
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02-27-2019, 04:05 PM
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Hows it going press?
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02-28-2019, 08:48 AM
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What's up press?
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All the study in the world - and all the subjective hierarchies - won't get people sober. . .
Only action can do that."
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02-28-2019, 12:42 PM
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| Look at the positives you only had a couple and did not get completely pissed. Your behaviour changed but not severely so. You got away with it this time get back on the wagon👍🏻 | |
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02-28-2019, 01:44 PM
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Hi Press,
How are you doing? Thinking about you, no know you can do this.❤️
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“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
― Ernest Hemingway
Sobriety Date: January 1, 2016
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02-28-2019, 03:35 PM
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#20 (permalink)
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You're on my mind too, Press. We care.
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You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done. Fr. Greg Boyle
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