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Old 11-03-2019, 06:14 AM
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What would a drink cost?

$15.00
​​​​​​Self respect
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I needed to spell this out for myself this morning. Almost 6 months sober yet I still consider a drink to be not such a bad idea some days. Crazy, isn't it?
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Old 11-03-2019, 06:30 AM
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Wouldn’t take one for £1,000,000
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Old 11-03-2019, 06:34 AM
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Great post, a good reminder for all of us. I’m dealing with physical symptoms of anxiety 29 days in. The same symptoms that used to have me reaching for a drink at 9am. It is hard to resist, but I’m doing it. I hope you continue to as well...6months is amazing!
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Old 11-03-2019, 06:38 AM
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For me, it would be the return of the cravings I fought so hard to escape. Then I would most likely succumb to the disease.
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Old 11-03-2019, 06:39 AM
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Funny how we can still have booze on the brain. Knowing mind you . how much chaos it has done in our lives. I'm right there with you at 183 days. ✌
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Old 11-03-2019, 06:40 AM
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Cost: a six month chip
all the misery refunded too
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Old 11-03-2019, 06:44 AM
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Old 11-03-2019, 06:47 AM
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Love the reinforcement of the replies! I don't ever want to be where I was, physically, emotionally, spiritually.
Drinking again, even once, would put me right back there... And we all know it wouldn't be just once.

The cost is too great to ever drink again.
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Old 11-03-2019, 07:41 AM
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Peace of what's left of my mind
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Old 11-03-2019, 08:07 AM
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My life, period. Literally.

And it's not crazy to need these great reminders anywhere in sobriety!!
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Old 11-03-2019, 08:29 AM
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What would a drink cost?

A year of hell.

The last time I had a drink it quickly progressed into a year of misery as I struggled to get sober again.

Another way to look at is, the alcohol withdrawal effects of 1 drink, lasted a year.
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Old 11-03-2019, 09:16 AM
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Old 11-03-2019, 10:44 AM
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probably my family, and life because I dont know if I have another quit in me.
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Old 11-03-2019, 10:46 AM
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It would open the door to cravings again. Urgh. No, thanks.
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Old 11-03-2019, 10:51 AM
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More than I could really conjure up.
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Old 11-03-2019, 05:49 PM
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The first drink I had after my first period of sobriety (1 year and a bit) cost me upwards of £50,000, years of wasted life, the end of some of my dreams, the chance to be truly present as some people close to me died, my sense of self and my place in the world, drifting away from true friends and very nearly my life.

The last drink I had 10 and a bit months ago cost only £1. That drink finally made my body give up which put me in hospital and so is the only one that I’m glad I drank and am grateful for

I remind myself of this near daily
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Old 11-04-2019, 03:44 AM
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It would cost me my life, essentially. Everything I've ever wanted and worked so hard for.
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