Asking for some help
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
When is the appointment Jeff?
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So I had a gap of one week between my first and second appointment. But my next three appointments are consecutive weeks. All Friday at 10AM.
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Originally Posted by thomas11
Yeah, you're right, I don't really want to stop. I just want to lose what little I have in life and be on a path to death by alcohol. I don't make excuses, I own my ****.
This is a serious, progressive, and deadly disease. Drinking alcohol promises to introduce heart disease; kidney disease; diabetes; hypertension; coronary artery disease; atherosclerosis; stroke; dizziness, falls, and fainting; traumatic brain injury; and/or dementia into our lives.
I don't know of a single person whose life improved by planning to lose everything they have in life while in the process of killing themselves by drinking.
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Originally Posted by thomas11
The holidays have not been good to me. I've gone astray in my sobriety and its been kinda rough. I need to get cleaned up and never go back to days of drinking and doing nothing. Why do we do this to ourselves? Horrible. The next 36 hours are going to be rough.
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It's so good to see you back on track, Jeff. I look for your posts when I come on S.R because I am really routing for you !! You seem to me a person who is very self aware and honest. When you drink you become the inversion of that.
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When I was drinking recently I think I got to the gym about 5 times in 3 weeks. Pathetic. So I got a few good workouts this week and i'm sore as heck. Serves me right. Little trouble sleeping last night. Making homemade potato soup today. Good day to do it as it snowed about 6 inches last night and the wind is blowing hard right now.
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Originally Posted by thomas11
When I was drinking recently I think I got to the gym about 5 times in 3 weeks. Pathetic. So I got a few good workouts this week and i'm sore as heck. Serves me right. Little trouble sleeping last night. Making homemade potato soup today. Good day to do it as it snowed about 6 inches last night and the wind is blowing hard right now.
I definitely need to get exercise back in my life.
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Been thinking more about my therapy sessions. In my first session I told him about the reason I was there, which was the strife with my parents and upbringing. But when I started thinking more about it, that is only 1 leg of a 3 legged stool.
1. I have major resentment towards my parents for they raised me as opposed to my younger brother.
2. On occasion I have a tremendous sense of being a failure. I've talked about it before on this forum. 2nd place my whole damn life. Never the champion.
3. My marriage, which is pretty good but I feel marriages are sacred and won't talk about it publicly.
At this point I guess I need to prioritize and then tackle one thing at a time. Its like the old saying "how do you eat an elephant?"......one bite at a time.
1. I have major resentment towards my parents for they raised me as opposed to my younger brother.
2. On occasion I have a tremendous sense of being a failure. I've talked about it before on this forum. 2nd place my whole damn life. Never the champion.
3. My marriage, which is pretty good but I feel marriages are sacred and won't talk about it publicly.
At this point I guess I need to prioritize and then tackle one thing at a time. Its like the old saying "how do you eat an elephant?"......one bite at a time.
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Originally Posted by thomas11
Been thinking more about my therapy sessions. In my first session I told him about the reason I was there, which was the strife with my parents and upbringing. But when I started thinking more about it, that is only 1 leg of a 3 legged stool.
1. I have major resentment towards my parents for they raised me as opposed to my younger brother.
2. On occasion I have a tremendous sense of being a failure. I've talked about it before on this forum. 2nd place my whole damn life. Never the champion.
3. My marriage, which is pretty good but I feel marriages are sacred and won't talk about it publicly.
At this point I guess I need to prioritize and then tackle one thing at a time. Its like the old saying "how do you eat an elephant?"......one bite at a time.
1. I have major resentment towards my parents for they raised me as opposed to my younger brother.
2. On occasion I have a tremendous sense of being a failure. I've talked about it before on this forum. 2nd place my whole damn life. Never the champion.
3. My marriage, which is pretty good but I feel marriages are sacred and won't talk about it publicly.
At this point I guess I need to prioritize and then tackle one thing at a time. Its like the old saying "how do you eat an elephant?"......one bite at a time.
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Hi Jeff
I think it will be in your favour to mention all the three things. Printing ourt your post as a reference is not a bad idea.
I don't consider speaking with a therapist is speaking publicly.
Take it easy at the gym too - you may think you need to be punished but I think you'v been punished enough, Jeff.
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I think it will be in your favour to mention all the three things. Printing ourt your post as a reference is not a bad idea.
I don't consider speaking with a therapist is speaking publicly.
Take it easy at the gym too - you may think you need to be punished but I think you'v been punished enough, Jeff.
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