Forever Grateful to you

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For all of you that have been there with me while I struggle this week.

I'm finally on Day 4 sober.

​All of your replies kept me as positive as I could be that I was capable of doing this.  I don't have any family or friend support and you acted as thou  you had known me for years...holding me up each day I was spiraling in despair.

That was such a ride and its not over..but I see the light now.

Food is tasting better

I have taken a shower

I have been able to watch tv

​I have been able to have a conversation

I have been able to walk to the bathroom without feeling like I was going to die.

I still look like death...but I no longer feel like I look. I am still having struggles and not 100%.  On a scale of 1-10.....I'm a solid 7 now because of my hard work and ALL OF YOU.

I want to tell anyone that is about to get sober...IF you can afford or obtain medical detox...do it...it is in your best interest and you will be more comfortable.

​If you can't...when you plan your quit day...ensure you have some very important things in your house (because I was unable to get some until Day 3 and I was in serious need of many of them):

​Vitamins (B1, B12, Vit C, Zinc, Folic Acid)

Get the energy drinks to replace your electrolytes...I used Gatorade and Pedilyte.

Bananna

Rice

Chicken broth or soup

Asprin

A tranqualizer of some kind

​popsicles

​Peanut Butter

Oatmeal

​The drinks that make up for a meal (shakes - Ensure)

​AND plenty of water

​I wasn't able to actually EAT many of those things...but the ones I did were extremely helpful.  Today I managed a grilled cheese.  And I just received a phone call from my b/f who is out and he is picking up a smorgesboard plate of food...he gave me some choices...and a piece of baked scrod..sounded good to me!

​I am living again...and for anyone that is not....you are NOT alone....I especially know what your going thru at this moment....and those of you again that have made it thru and have helped ME....THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart!

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    Hi my friends. I'm a little puzzled by all this talk of negativity. I didn't take offence by this statement as we do all write negative remarks otherwise we wouldn't be being honest and we all feel negative from time to time. We are very sensitive souls,us drinkers, I'm sure that's why become heavy drinkers in the first place! I too have been hurt by a comment in the past( it's not someone on this discussion) but that's just life, we are all very different with different opinions. Anyway as long as we're honest with each other then we can all move !!! Hope all of you have a positive day, whether you're drunk, struggling, sober, happy or unhappy xx
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      Plus id like to say how good it is to have you all to help me in my dark days, struggling days and good days. Yesterday I was feeling great but today I feel rubbish. Think I probably over did it which is what I tend to do when I'm feeling better! 

      Another think. This forum is helping us all get better in the comfort of our own home. Unlike aa where you have to drag yourself out for a whole evening and feel pressure to share with people you know and don't know. However there are a lot of great thinks I've picked up from it and it's literature like living in the day...don't worry about tomorrow, don't dwell on the past, just live in the day. The rest is just wasted energy. If I thought I couldn't ever have a drink for the rest of the day I think I'd go mad! So I just say "today I'm not going to drink" and not worry about tomorrow or a week away or a year etc. It helps me. 

      Its only possible to live happily ever after on a day to day basis...

      bye for now. Day 4 and out all afternoon, evening. Catch up later xx

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      Meant if I thought I couldn't have a drink for the rest of my LIFE not day..hehe!!!
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      I'm exactly like that....I use all those sayings I learned while in AA years ago. They do help.  Up and out for the day is wonderful isn't it??

      Thank God!

      ​Have fun smile

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      Yep! This time last week was either in a drunken stuper, struggling to a shop for more wine( more like staggering!), sending stupid texts, arguing on phone with someone, falling out with someone , falling down stairs, walking, bumping into something, biting my nails off, being sick, well I could go on and on!......
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      Hi, Paper fairy, that's so good what you say about living in the day. When I was getting my drinking under control I would plan a whole week ahead which days I would and would not have a drink, and it worked well for a while (my aim was never total aabstinence). But gradually I've gone back to drinking every day (though still nowhere near as much as before) because I think I won't drink tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes! And then I think I'll get back on track next week, which of course is always NEXT week! And then I look back a couple of years and think well at least I'm not as bad as I was. And then I look back to last year and think how did air manage to do so well? Hey ho!
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    Hi Missy. Better day today not so stressed and tired.Haven't thrown it away though it's comforting knowing it's there in case I have an emergency crisis !your discussion has been so interesting and helpful over the last few days.The replys have inspired me to not give in so Thankyou to all who contributed. 5 DAYS now and I remember everything I've done instead of walking around in a fog sloshed.X
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      I guess you keeping the bottle is like people who keep thier cigs around after they quit.  I just know it is very dangerous.  You say for a crisis.  But to me a crisis can be a flat tire!  LOL. 

      ​I'm glad that you are doing better too.  I thank God at night now and in the a.m. when I wake up....I feel "free" from the bondage of alcohol...needing it...the yucky taste in my mouth in the mornings...the regret and guilt...(in my case no food). 

      ​I had a couple really decent meals yesterday. My sister is coming over today - I need to help her with a document.  I'm picking my Dad up this afternoon.  Going to a craft show tommorow with my mother.  None of this was possible for me when drinking!

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      It must be me, but I can't understand what a random bottle of supposed booze at the side of the road has any bearing on my alcohol problem. I found it a bit strange and slightly offensive that kids seeing it would become alcoholics. I can't envisage when my kids were younger that it would have any affect on them. That's only my view and am sure other people will have different views
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      That was my other post...but I had said "I WONDER" if seeing bottles like that get subconsciously into any childs minds for future attraction.

      And I also think that bottles tossed out near schools...should carry a higher fine...than the regular litter charge.  Like what if....there's some alcohol left in some of those bottles.

      ​I know when I was 12 or 13...my girlfriend and I found a beer on a golf course..opened it and shared it!

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      Well done Susan!! Soon a week and then a month and who knows? Keep thinking how clearly you think and suddenly see and feel things you could not before? Does that makes sense? Keep trying and best of luck to you. Robin
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      Hi just been reading about your achievements, I am so proud of you.i have just got my partner going through his second day in detox,feeling worried about what he will be going through. I can't talk to him for at least a week maybe two. I am really missing him especially because they won't allow visitors into the centre were he is for rehab, and no mobile phones because they say these are a distraction. Anyway glad to hear you are being able to enjoy yourself and get out again
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    Congratulations. Your story is amazing, and so are you. :-)
    • Posted

      hahaha...thank you melanie...I'm not amazing...I am just LUCKY...to have been able to stop again.

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