stop drinking

Damnit dude. You’re one of the people I thought would lift me…lol.

Well shit dude, im stopping now, becuz I gotta get up in 3 hours and go to work.

Tell you what. You dont drink this weekend, and I wont.

I know its a long shot, but we gotta try.

Seriously, we’ll feel better.

Do something that makes you NOT want to drink, business, working out, family…something.

We gotta do it bro, for us.

-Shaun

Had six cans last night. Stressed about this weekend. I’m not even unhappy about it (yet).

As I sit here, finishing my beer. I realized, that we are just a big bundle of nerves and feelings as humans.

I drink because I like to feel, because drinking gives me that feeling of “happiness”. Of course it’s false, because the alcohol causes my brain to release “endorphins” and serotonin, making me “feel” happy, but without cause, or good reeason. And it all disappears so quickly.

But drinking to “feel” is completely counter productive. We want to feel, and we love feeling, but overall, alcohol in the end just ends up numbing all of our emotions.

So, what we set out to do by drinking, in the end takes us back to where we DONT want to be. Though I cannot explain why we keep doing it.

I just know, that I feel better when I DONT drink. And hopefully, I will get there soon.

Shit.

Good night everyone, and god bless all you good people out there fighting the good fight.

Talk soon…

I have been fighting this damn thing for years, and up to this point have been just accepting it. Yes, irritated, and yes, dissapointed in myself for the bad things I have done, and the good things I havent done.

Yes, trying to control it, because I “like” to drink some beers and have fun. And it IS fun. TO A CERTAIN POINT. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to discern when that “fun” line ends, and when that “asshole” line starts.

I am actually getting to a point where I am beginning to be angry at this addiction, becuase there’s so much that I need to do, so much that I’m actually halfway into, and cant finish becuase of this, all good stuff.

I dont like waking up, thinking to myself, “what did I do last night, who did I yell at, what did I break”.

This is all besides the fact that there is TONS of stuff I need / want to be doing to detach myself from this 8 hour workday crap, that I dont work on AT ALL when I drink (stuff I could have been done with by now). Matter of fact, it usually takes about 3-4 days after heavy drinking to get my full motivation back.

Of course it is at that time, I feel like drinking again. News flash.

I actually enjoy having a nice clean, beautiful, godly home, and now, as I look around, many of the things I enjoy are broken, and the people I love hold resentment against me, because of the actions I have taken, and the things I have said, and things I have done, while I was drunk.

The only thing keeping my life half way together, is the fact that when I dont drink, im a very hard worker, pretty personable, and a very giving person that will help people out as much as I can.

Totally different from when I drink too much….Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde.

I have learned at least ONE thing over the past few years.

I know I cannot have a couple beers, especially by myself, at home. No matter what. I will always drink more, and more, and not get anything done, then rant and get short tempered with people I love, and break things that I like.
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“This isnt fixed yet, but I havent given up hope, because Im not broken”

-Shaun (me)

..straight, including weekends and holidays. Feeling so much better. Just doing it one day at a time, today is almost over and tomorrow is another day.
Hope no one ever gives up on this goal, it will be a life changing experience.

I have tried to quit lots of times before, but I am determined to do it this time. I turn 40 next year and I started drinking when I was 14, so that works out to be alot of years on the grog! I want to lose weight, save money, and get healthy and set a better expample for my kids. One day down, the rest of my life to go!

It gets better every day my energy increases and I am running around 20 miles per week. Now reading Allen Carrs ‘easy way to control alcohol’ I recomend this to everyone. Please keep up the hard work it will pay off and we will all have lives worth living. My future looks clear and positive I will keep it up and not drink.
K

So despite drinking too much for a long time, I never really thought it was a problem until I tried to stop! I thought it would be easy but apparently I was wrong. This of course reenforces my belief that I need to cut out drinking, at least for a while. I am not sure if I’m actually going to have to eliminate alcohol completely. I would prefer to just keep it “under control”, but I realize that for many people that is not a possibility. I don’t think my drinking is a serious problem at this point, but I want to stop now before it turns into something worse!

I have made little progress. I tood a new job and a life change - my husband retired - as an excuse not to tackle any thing “hard.” I wonder when I will get this through my head—ONE DAY AT A TIME

Well, I didn’t do well, but I’ll just try again. I am thankfull that I finally found the strength to stop today. It was a pretty bad three day bindge. When I get like that It really scares me, at the time it feels like I wont be able to stop at all. I wish I would remember that feeling instead of how good it makes me feel at the time I start doing it, because really it’s not at all worth it.