Addiction & Recovery
Related: About this forumOn my own for the last six days. And wasn't even tempted to drink.
And my wife's going out of town for a long weekend in a couple weeks. Not worried at all. It really is getting easier. Although I have to admit, I rewarded myself my eating a lot of crappy food! Oh well, much better than drinking!
FalloutShelter
(11,905 posts)whathehell
(29,105 posts)Good on ya..Keep going.
Duncanpup
(12,951 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,393 posts)RainCaster
(10,952 posts)24 hours at a time...
Permanut
(5,706 posts)Best decision I ever made, and one of the hardest.
I still say the serenity prayer every day.
Huge congratulations to ya.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)That little voice in your head that says "I need a drink" stops telling you that. Now my little voice says "I need a cookie," which as you noted is better than the former.
I used to drink too much. Now I have no interest in getting drunk. Given what a 5th of good whiskey costs these days, I'm saving money too.
Congratulations on staying clean and sober. I recommend that every day you sit down and contemplate and reinforce your self-discipline to be free of alcoholism. A little 15 minute review of all the harms you brought on yourself by getting drunk, and the positive effects and better relationships that you now experience by staying sober. Then reaffirm that you freely choose to not drink til you're drunk any more. And that you are strong enough and smart enough to solve all the problems and difficulties that come your way without getting drunk to blot out the pain.
Again, congratulations on staying clean and sober!
bif
(22,820 posts)I review the day and think of all the positive things that happened to me. However, I sometimes fall asleep before I get to that!
cilla4progress
(24,799 posts)bif!!
Marthe48
(17,120 posts)Keep it up!
tavernier
(12,416 posts)Thats my addiction. I dream about it.
Karadeniz
(22,607 posts)tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)We all support your efforts.
thatcrowwoman
(1,229 posts)🕊thatcrowwoman
niyad
(113,921 posts)calimary
(81,595 posts)EXCELLENT work, and strength, and resolve, AND restraint!
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I lucked out on that score mainly because I never liked the taste. And Im very grateful for that, as superficial as it is. Besides, chocolate is plenty dangerous enough.
applegrove
(118,909 posts)Stuart G
(38,458 posts)THANK YOU....THANK YOU....THANK YOU....
THANK YOU....THANK YOU....THANK YOU....
THANK YOU....THANK YOU....THANK YOU....
THANK YOU...THANK YOU....THANK YOU....
bif
(22,820 posts)Great bunch of folks here. What else would you expect from a group of Democrats?!?!?!