I am so glad you have had 2 mornings without all the shit that goes with drinking,be kind to yourself and I wish you all the very best, it is so worth it, whatever your cicumstances are. Keep posting

Keep doing it....it will get better and better and better and better........:)

That is really great!

Well done. I like the HALT acronym and will be using that.

good for you...and this is today's thought....

today is the future you thought about yesterday....

hugs billwfriend

good job man! it gets better...it really does

Day 4!!

Was really really dizzy by the time I got done with work yesterday. I went home to bed at 8pm and slept till 7 this morning! I slept a very deep sleep, first time in a long time.

Still a little dizzy today, but not enough to keep me from work. Today and tonight will be tough. I run a Sports Bar/Restaurant/Bowling Alley. There will be a lot of people here drinking and enjoying Sunday football today. Then tonight my home team plays (The Pack) on Sunday night football. All my friends want to get together. Its usually a big drink fest.

But im not going to drink today. Only today. Tomorrow I will worry about tomorrow. Today im saying "no".....

Great job!

Isn't it nice to get such a good nights sleep?

If you think it will be too tough on you to watch the game tonight with your friends, give yourself a break and hang out at home. But either way, you can get through today without drinking. And tomorrow morning you will feel fantastic.

Drink lots of water. That dizziness may mean you are dehydrated. Take it easy-there HAS to be someone who can help you out. Detoxing from booze is hard stuff. Can you have a trusted higher level employee know you are not feeling great and pick up the slack while you take it easy?

This is serious, perhaps life and death. Do whatever it takes or you will lose your business in the end, and perhaps yourself.

Staying in the day helps so much. I would tell myself that I would not drink that day but tomorrow was up for evaluation. When tomorrow came I'd do the same thing and the days began to add up. You-if you're not diabetic-might want to nibble on some hard candies. Sugar helps when withdrawing from alcohol (alcohol metabolizes into sugar in the liver). Anyway, good job!

Thanks for all the great words of encouragement! This site helps save my life after my divorce, and now its going to help me do it again.

As for taking time off to detox, well there is no one above me at work. I have a District VP of Operations but he has 15 other centers to watch over and I only get him 2 shifts a week to help.

So far its been tolerable. I am still dizzy, and im having hot and cold flashes today too, but nothing crazy. If it doesnt get worse than this I may be ok.

Im going to hang out with my Brother tonight instead of my friends. my Brother can take it or leave it when it comes to drinking (one of the very few in my family). So if I show up with soda, thats what he will drink.

Im gonna hit a meeting (AA) an hour before the game too.

God thank you for the blessings you have given me in ,my life, help me to appreciate the value in those blessings, and to realize how little I deserve them..