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Almost had a replapse last night. Used to always slip into the local for a few whilst waiting for the Indian and stop into the offie for cans on the way home. I thought for a moment how good that first beer always tasted. I nearly succumed to temptation but then remembered I was running another 10K in the morning and how woeful and dejected I'd feel.
Thankfully i held out. Feel great again this morning physically and emotionally. I have to say the temptation didn't even last 10 mins and this is one of the keys to resist. 4 weeks today. This is my longest stint to date.
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Fingers Mcginty wrote: »Almost had a replapse last night. Used to always slip into the local for a few whilst waiting for the Indian and stop into the offie for cans on the way home. I thought for a moment how good that first beer always tasted. I nearly succumed to temptation but then remembered I was running another 10K in the morning and how woeful and dejected I'd feel.
Thankfully i held out. Feel great again this morning physically and emotionally. I have to say the temptation didn't even last 10 mins and this is one of the keys to resist. 4 weeks today. This is my longest stint to date.
Well done Fingers
I've had a close call myself but read over my posts I'd to delete my last one it was it's was making me to anxious well just blame it on the weather!
Enjoy your run today.0 -
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Glen_Quagmire wrote: »I hear what you are all saying and thanks for that. You're either in or out, no half measures (no pun intended) like what I just experienced, that being, having a good few weeks where I drank lightly and then BOOM, a day of madness and regret thats still bothering me now physically and mentally.
I just don't know how I will ever be able to cut it out completely when all family and social functions revolves around drinking.
I know I am not the only person that found themselves in this situation and many more like me have managed to do it but it just seems like the impossible task for me. I know I am being negative and should try be more positive in my approach.
Is it worth talking to a GP or will they just tell me to go to AA or read a book?
You'll find a way, Quagmire. Everything may revolve around drinking, but if you don't want it in your life, you'll find a way to handle it. You're not obliged to do what everyone else is doing, especially if it is making you unhappy. I guess you have to weigh up the short term awkwardness at being in a situation like that vs the more lasting benefits of not drinking, feeling better about yourself, and so on. Like all things, these situations can be managed, and planned for, so that you can get through them. You can find a way.
Re: GP, I don't know. I've never spoken to a GP specifically about alcohol. I suppose it depends on your GP. Other people might be better placed to offer assistance here. But talking to supportive people about your relationship with alcohol and why it's important to you that you quit can't be a bad idea, I guess.0 -
Glen_Quagmire wrote: »I hear what you are all saying and thanks for that. You're either in or out, no half measures (no pun intended) like what I just experienced, that being, having a good few weeks where I drank lightly and then BOOM, a day of madness and regret thats still bothering me now physically and mentally.
This. It's the baffling inability to control it, once we start to drink. Like you I had some periods where everything seemed ok, good even: but there was always some horrific trainwreck on the horizon, eventually.
AA terms this a "physical allergy", and like so many of us that kept trying to drink (and not face terrible consequences after starting up again) are eventually forced to come to grips with, total abstinence is really the only solution for people who exhibit this kind of relationship w/alcohol.
It sucks, lol, I know. That "not drinking at all" bit was always what I found most difficult to really accept
I think I actually grieved as much in saying goodbye to booze as I did for some loved ones when they died: it felt much the same, like the loss of a friend. Embarrassing, given my outrageous drinking career, but it's the truth.
BTW:
Over all my years in AA, I have yet to meet an alkie ( that I identified with anyways) coming to AA genuinely willing or happy to be there .
Most of us were forced into it, either by loved ones/work/courts, etc, or just by being beaten enough by the bottle -and the MANY failed attempts at trying to drink successfully, left us with no other option.
I realize there are other avenues for "alcohol help" in 2017, but I can promise you, as many others here can attest, AA still works, and it's still free.
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