Alcohol is Disgusting
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Alcohol is Disgusting
I am 23 days sober today.
And it's the first 23 days of me actually living life.
When I say alcohol is disgusting, I truly mean it. I hate everything about that lifestyle I used to have.
No more stupid middle of the night text messages to people. Including my boss (for the love of ****).
No more week long bouts of alcohol withdrawal.
No more ER visits for alcohol withdrawal.
No more horrendous stomach aches from hell.
No pancreatitis, liver cirrhosis, horrible anxiety, depression, inability to even sit through a meeting a work.
And no more hating myself.
Alcohol will ruin everything if you let it. It's disgusting.
And it's the first 23 days of me actually living life.
When I say alcohol is disgusting, I truly mean it. I hate everything about that lifestyle I used to have.
No more stupid middle of the night text messages to people. Including my boss (for the love of ****).
No more week long bouts of alcohol withdrawal.
No more ER visits for alcohol withdrawal.
No more horrendous stomach aches from hell.
No pancreatitis, liver cirrhosis, horrible anxiety, depression, inability to even sit through a meeting a work.
And no more hating myself.
Alcohol will ruin everything if you let it. It's disgusting.
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TWTOM, I recommend you start a journal if you have not already. Some day AV will hit you and try to tell you alcohol wasn't that bad and you could drink a drink or two and not hurt anything. If you record your thoughts on alcohol now you can read it a month from now or a year from now when AV tries to tell you that you can control your drinking and your not really an alcoholic.
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Well stated but are you absolutely sure you want to miss out on that? I have been sober over 11 years and if you asked me why I will never drink again that would be the reasons. That's the reality, not the idea that there is anything good back where we came.
Congratulations on breaking the denial and your 23 days in recovery world.
Congratulations on breaking the denial and your 23 days in recovery world.
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Originally Posted by Behappy1 
I agree on the journal suggestion by DD. AV thoughts will creep back in eventually. A journal could be able to help combat the opposite AV thoughts.
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More people kill themselves with it than any other substance. I drank strictly beer for over thirty years and it damn near killed me. I laugh when people say something like "oh I only drink beer now". Having said that it ain't going anywhere. It's a big part of our economy and western culture. I accept that and accept the fact that other people will drink.
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Good advice from Deplorable Dog about keeping a journal, or at least some electronic notes on your computer, to remind you of where you have been.
I learned the hard way that alcohol is cunning, baffling, and powerful, and also extremely patient. I once had 5 1/2 years of sobriety and thought I could drink a couple of beers in a social dinner situation. I found out that I could indeed drink a couple of beers.
And the next day a few more beers, along with a bunch of vodka and boom, I was back drinking like an alcoholic again. It took me a miserable year of on again, off again sobriety to finally get sober again for good. Don't ever get complacent.
I learned the hard way that alcohol is cunning, baffling, and powerful, and also extremely patient. I once had 5 1/2 years of sobriety and thought I could drink a couple of beers in a social dinner situation. I found out that I could indeed drink a couple of beers.
And the next day a few more beers, along with a bunch of vodka and boom, I was back drinking like an alcoholic again. It took me a miserable year of on again, off again sobriety to finally get sober again for good. Don't ever get complacent.
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^ Thanks for posting about the 5 1/2 years, Zebra. I never realised that the occasional drink/moderating was a no no until I joined SR, coincidentally 5 1/2 years ago. Like many, I still get tempted, but I know it would be a long journey back.
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Originally Posted by Zebra1275
I learned the hard way that alcohol is cunning, baffling, and powerful, and also extremely patient. I once had 5 1/2 years of sobriety and thought I could drink a couple of beers in a social dinner situation. I found out that I could indeed drink a couple of beers.
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Great news TWTOM!!!
DD has a good suggestion as with Silent. If I may offer another. Print out your post and tape it up where you see it everyday or more. I have done the same. A daily reminder of why I am in recovery is now burned on to the back of my skull.
DD has a good suggestion as with Silent. If I may offer another. Print out your post and tape it up where you see it everyday or more. I have done the same. A daily reminder of why I am in recovery is now burned on to the back of my skull.
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