give the stuff to a drunk...you do not need to drink....I am sorry you have not gone to enough meetings to get given a telephone list or gain a temporary sponsor....it is late at night...still that tempting beer is sitting there....you can do without it I will say that....but it was stupid to pour money into that in first place....

hugs bill

got to PM him too late he has begun drinking his sauce for the night....said he is quickly getting drunk....schmuk you did a dumb!@your own demise...

Seems to me you need to get to a meeting, find a sponsor and get with some sober people PDQ. The only reason it was sitting there is because you bought it and put it there. You are making it harder.
The first thing one needs to do whan trying to get out of a hole is stop digging. You there yet?

Hugs,
Dennis

I used to drink when I was bored often. Just think of how guilty and terrible you are going to feel after you drink that! You will have to start all over and detox and you will be at square one again. Get out of the house and take a long walk, go to the movie theatre and take yourself out to lunch. Think of the hangover you will have and the feelings that are going to creep back in your head if you decided to drink.

Hello Christopher22,

You need to decide if you are serious about sobriety. If not, you will find plenty of reasons to drink. If you are, you will do what it takes to get sober.

Just after I stopped drinking a man I did a very small favour for gave me what would have been a perfect gift a few months before two bottles of expensive Canadian malt whiskey. Although whiskey was my drink of choice and I loved the stuff there was no way in the world that I was going to take a drop out of those bottles because I had decided that the drinking had to stop. I wanted to give the golden nectar to someone who would appreciate the quality of it and so the two bottles stayed in the house for the best part of a year. In the end, they didnt find the good home that I had intended to give them but they did give a few people a good buzz. Today, I have a lot more appreciation for the fancy bag that the bottles came in.

The moral of the story is that no matter what drink you may have in the house you wont drink it if you really want sobriety. Boredom is a state of mind that can be easily fixed without the aid of an 18 pack but alcoholism on the other hand usually requires AA meetings.

So why in the world would you buy an 18 pack and then post about not being sure about drinking?
Go to a meeting. Get phone numbers.
And for god's sake don't buy booze.
Sounds like simple stuff but its a program of action that allows us to stay sober a day at a time. And buying booze isnt part of staying sober.

Boredom is a common thing for those of us in very early recovery. I used to walk for hours, or read or hit meetings to stave off post-treatment centre / no job / kicked out of the house boredom. But alcohol would have no part in it.

I guarantee that if you ask someone for their number at a meeting, there is 99% chance they will give it to you, especially if you are a newcomer. Some of these guys are nightowls too, and might take late night calls. Or texts. I relied on that too when I was early in recovery. When you start to slowly create a network of people who want to see you succeed at stopping, you will have things to do - coffee dates, more meetings, etc.

I find it's the unease of being in my own skin that would get me anxious and jittery. Alcohol was my solution to that. These days when I do get bored...I enjoy it :)