stop drinking

I just had to share this link to some good advice from Olivia.

http://www.43things.com/how_i_did_it/view/4860/how-to-stay-sober

Of what was going on with me a year ago.
Hope everyone has a safe and sober holiday!!

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I sometimes prefer to tell people that I’m allergic to alcohol instead of stating that I’m an alcoholic.

Like some people are allergic to peanuts…if they eat only a little it will kill them.

Alcohol just takes longer and causes more pain for more people in the process….......the end result for me is the same…...DEATH

And the first in I don’t know how long that I will not get totally drunk off my ass.

Best wishes to everyone here that is still fighting this battle….and I hope you will all be good and stay sober with me tonight.

I know that tonight alcohol will hurt and kill some people and land some others in jail…...the more fortunate ones will just feel like shit tomorrow.

As for me….....TONIGHT I WILL NOT DRINK!!!!!!!

Happy New Year!!
RD

That if we are posting here, then we most likely have a problem with alcohol in our lives.

When discussing my own alcoholism, I have to wonder just how much of my addiction is mental in nature vs. how much of my addiction is physical in nature.

I can’t deny that I have a family history of alcoholism, but through this experience of trying to quit I’m finding that if I fix the way my mind thinks about alcohol, then my body has a much easier time following.

It’s no doubt either that over the years I have paid the price to keep that poison around…..wrecked cars, wrecked lives, cuts, scrapes, burns, broken bones, embarassment and shame.

I still owe over $3000 in fines and lawyer fees and I don’t get my drivers license back until March of 2010!! I don’t think there is a day of my life I don’t think about and regret some of my decisions involving alcohol.

Life is good though. I still have my health and have managed to keep my family together so far.

It’s easier on me if I don’t count my sober days. I can say however, that I’ve only had two small, incident free slips since I stopped last Feb. 1st and I’m feeling stronger than ever that alcohol has NO PLACE in my future.

This article might describe alot of us.

http://www.squidoo.com/AlcoholismStages

To the sound of the phone ringing…....an old buddy who has been up all night drinking wants to slobber in my ear for awhile.

Did I used to act like that?

So he’s been working out of town and he got fired for showing up on the job drunk….his ride left him….he’s been barred from the motel lounge and now he is stuck in his room in Paducah, KY with no way back to Tennessee.

More reminders of why I stopped drinking.

Just checking in and it’s safe to say I’ll make it through the Holiday drink-free.

Just riding around town the police presence is enough to give me the shivers!!!

I don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse, but I’m starting to equate drinking with trouble.

Layin’ low,
rd

The first thing in the human personality that dissolves in alcohol is dignity. ~Author Unknown

If alcohol were discovered today it would not only be the greatest medical discovery of all time but would also be a schedule III narcotic and tightly regulated by the Controlled Substances Act of 1970!