Alcoholism Support Group
Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.
What is the expresso martini...yep I wanted to taste one. Was acussed of being a food critic , in Charleston, SC ...yes some things just taste good. Okay...gottcha...gottcha...I never had a martini I never tasted one...I was inspired by the local ice-cream bar guy to have a expresso-milk shake.....but hey could I have gotten 72 comments on "how dare I " bring that to the table or hey better yet....whats the last drink you tasted? Do you miss drinking? Do you have ahhhh _--haaa Cold beer moments? So as a recovery site...I throw out as topic....Happy...Healthy and at peace. How do you fill your day with happiness? How do you get sober to feel as good as stoned ..in your life? ( I'm banned now arn't I?...too deep & too much info?)
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A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...
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Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...
There are 100's of things I like to do that get me outside and have fun but it is the everyday stuff that we have to do that I am grateful for...that I can be present for. Nothing mind blowing ..just life on lifes terms. {{{HUGS}}}
Ann
I did mistakenly eat a mouthful of brandy butter at xmas once oin sobriety - that was frightening.
Sometimes I long for a cold beer or some wine. But, that train has left the station.
I don't miss drinking because my life is SO much better living as a sober man. Any "nostalgic recall" I have regarding the "good days" of drinking - and contrary to some oldtimers' opinions, I did have some good days when I was drinking - is just that: recall. The thing that I remember, and the thing that I KNOW for a certainty in m deepest being is that, as far as drinking is concerned, ANY hope of drinking being good again is simply ridiculous.
Were I to drink, I would not ever go back to the "good old days"....those are done.
What would happen - as alcoholism is a progressive disease -
is that if I were to drink again, I would not start where I was when I got sober 20 years ago. My drinking would be at the point it would
be had I been drinking for the last 20 years. And that is a sobering
thought.
My life is infinitely better now than it was, and certainly better than it would be had I continued drinking, that is, if I were alive to
write about it.
I keep happiness/joy in my day by doing what I love to do: play
music, make instruments and teach. I try to keep as many areas
of my life as current as possible, and endeavor to do the best
to meet my responsibilties, i.e., do what I say I am going to do.
Exercise, for me, has also been greatly helpful, as has eating well.
And, if you'll pardon the spelling correction, the actual spelling
of the concentrated coffee drink is not "expresso", but "espresso".
To me Happiness is a sense of being OK. To me Happiness is a feeling of gratitude. To me Happiness is knowing that whatever challenges/opportunities life brings me, I will be ready and able to deal with them without a drink.
So Trusting, Remembering, Feeling, Living is how I fill my day with happiness. Just doing the next right thing brings me Happiness.
Ree