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Hi, i'm new here. I tend to drink alot and it effects my life. I go on benders and i drink my brain out. So i came here to get help from others that go through the same thing. I'm a swede and i want out from it. btw, i hope you can help me.
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Welcome Vik. Since alcohol is having a negative effect on your life, stopping drinking is the best thing to do. There is lots of support here. It's always a good idea to come up with a plan for how you intend to stop drinking and to stay sober. 
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Hi Vik, welcome! SR has members all over the world, many in Europe and the UK. If you really want to quit, and you keep coming here, it will work for you. You will be able to quit. The support is great here, and posting regularly really helps.
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Welcome Vik to SR. SR welcomes members from all over the globe.
SR is a great place to be active in your own recovery.
I find having some kind, even a personal recovery plan to practice is very helpful.
You can do that here at SR
SR welcomes members from all over the globe.SR is a great place to be active in your own recovery.
I find having some kind, even a personal recovery plan to practice is very helpful.
You can do that here at SRbona fido dog-lover
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There are members here from all over the world. So no matter what time you come here, there will always be people online.
I just celebrated 11 yrs sober yesterday and SR was a huge help to me in getting and staying sober. Read and post often. We care!
So no matter what time you come here, there will always be people online. I just celebrated 11 yrs sober yesterday and SR was a huge help to me in getting and staying sober. Read and post often. We care!
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Hi Vik! It's so good to have you join us. I had felt all alone until I found SR. Everyone here understands how you feel - the way others can't.
Hope you'll stay with us & post often. We care about you.
Hope you'll stay with us & post often. We care about you.
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We're glad you're here!
The way i see it alcoholism is two parts. An allergy to alcohol combined with an obsession to drink it.
Maybe not technically an allergy but when i take a drink my body does not react like a normal person. Once I taste alcohol I can not control how much i will drink or what i will do.
Then there is the mental obsession. Knowing what alcohol does to me I would have to be insane to want to drink it again. Yet disaster after disaster I drank again and again.
This obsession will defy logic. Especially early on. If you're, for example, 10 days sober and really craving it may seem like if I am craving this bad on day 10, day 11 will be impossible. That's not how it really works though. Cravings are like waves in the ocean. You just have to ride them out and know they will pass. Cravings are just very brief periods of insanity that will pass and grow weaker over time. Though it may seem they are only going to grow stronger. Taking another drink and repeating the early days again is what makes cravings stronger and can lead to a cycle of relapse and recovery.
Cravings will come but they are temporary.
The way i see it alcoholism is two parts. An allergy to alcohol combined with an obsession to drink it.
Maybe not technically an allergy but when i take a drink my body does not react like a normal person. Once I taste alcohol I can not control how much i will drink or what i will do.
Then there is the mental obsession. Knowing what alcohol does to me I would have to be insane to want to drink it again. Yet disaster after disaster I drank again and again.
This obsession will defy logic. Especially early on. If you're, for example, 10 days sober and really craving it may seem like if I am craving this bad on day 10, day 11 will be impossible. That's not how it really works though. Cravings are like waves in the ocean. You just have to ride them out and know they will pass. Cravings are just very brief periods of insanity that will pass and grow weaker over time. Though it may seem they are only going to grow stronger. Taking another drink and repeating the early days again is what makes cravings stronger and can lead to a cycle of relapse and recovery.
Cravings will come but they are temporary.
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Hi Vik, welcome! You'll find a lot of support here. I'm glad you want out from drinking -- I find my life to be much better sober, and hope you will too. It can take some time to adjust to being sober, but we're here to help.
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