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So now instead of enjoying your memory of spending time with Welker, you are kicking yourself for drinking.

Not good. Fortunately, you can get back on track tomorrow.

Welker was an awesome receiver as a Patriot.

You may beat my record of day ones. Don't worry be happy. I learned that I had to make a commitment without reservations. My last day one if more that 3 years ago.

He is better as a Bronco, I'M good

I had 3 drinks. So embarrassed. My bad

The patriots haven't been the same since they traded him :(

I suck

No you don't suck. Go ahead and quit again. No big deal.

I thought I had this beat. I was sadly mistaken.

A major cause in my drinking comes from our culture. It's like we are being sold the idea that guys can't hang out without a beer. It's the guy thing to do.

Nope you didnt drink because our culture (as was suggested) but being in a bar in early sobriety isnt the best idea. If you are an alcoholic, you need to get serious. Personally I needed AA. My three little kids, my friends, my life was worth it. For me if I drink its more than a "mess up and my bad" its potentially the end of my life. At best its demoralizing and puts me back into that cycle of spree / remorse/ guilt/ hangovers from hell. I can't risk that.
If you can't either, then do something about it.

...like u said, "I thought I had this beat"... so did I. This has been an on going battle since i truly tried quitting for the past 2 years. It was so much easier to quit smoking and all the other "special activities" I indulged in (I am not going to say more).
Everyday, every moment, I have to tell myself NO ALCOHOL, that was in the past.
Sooner or later, we will learn, hopefully.
U will be ok, today is a new day.

If he would've come to my house, I could've fought the urge. But I had to go to his Bar to see him. Sad to say, but it was totally worth it. .......GO BRONCOS

Some interesting opinions and observations about drinking and quitting and I will add what has been my own experience of same.

My starting point was that I loved drinking, even when it was making me violently sick and I had no intention of stopping. It came to a point where I knew that I had to quit or face some very unpleasant consequences so reluctantly I decided to get sober. It was not a decision that I took lightly as my whole life revolved around alcohol but I was absolutely determined to quit as there really was no other choice. I then discovered that I could not stay sober on my own no matter how hard I tried, although I know some people can do that. With even more reluctance I accepted that alcohol had me beaten and that I needed help. I decided to get some counselling but pride would not allow me to go through the usual channels which would involve talking honestly with the local doctor. When all hope was lost I went to an AA meeting and I have not taken a drink since that day.

In order to fix the alcohol problem I first of all had to understand what the problem was. For example, I am passionate about football or soccer as it is known to some and I regularly went to a bar to watch matches on TV. But was I really going to the bar to watch football or was there another reason? When my wife and I went out of town for shopping or other business I always insisted that we would go to eat in a place that served alcohol but was the food the real reason I went there? When there was an event that did not involve drinking or give access to alcohol I would not go most of the time or if I did go, I would be unhappy and waiting for it to be over. What I did not know was that I drank for only ONE reason I had an obsession for alcohol.

It was necessary for me to take some action through AA in order to remove that obsession which constantly drove me to seek out alcohol. I disagreed with many of the things that were suggested by AA but I was in a desperate place and willing to try anything. Thankfully for me, the people with long term sobriety knew what I needed to do and I can now look back and say that they were right. Today, I do not have any urge to drink and I am not in a battle with alcohol as an alcoholic, a battle I could never win. I have spent the last week or more surrounded by people who were drinking and there was even free alcohol available every day but it never tempted me to drink.

Do I have some sort of superhero power that enables me to do what had been totally impossible before? No, I do not have any magical powers. However, I have accepted that I cannot drink alcohol. I have come to understand that I could not do it on my own. I have simply copied what has worked for other people and up until today it has worked for me too.

Well, you just pick yourself up by your boot straps and start again. I used to ask myself "why do you drink?". Another member who has decades of sobriety answered - "because we are alcoholics" - period.

Hang in there and know that the fact you owned this is huge. Embarrassment doesn't begin to describe what I did on June 28th, 2014 when I had just over a month of sobriety. Got so drunk that I blacked out, ended up in another town, wrecked my car and got 7 charges thrown at me along with the privilege of spending the night in jail. I have 84 days today and starting over was a positive for me.

I wish you peace and sobriety.