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NevadaGuy
NevadaGuy

I was trying to respond to a post and cut myself off some how so I will try this way.


I have gone a ferw days without drinking and it was not a big ordeal. Like I said before when I do drink it is usually fast and hard. For example I can do two doubles and a beer in one 30 minute tv show, as a starter. The times when it will be the hardest is when I am in Mexico and in the local casinos. The booze folws freely and it is easy to get a snoot full. I feel like I have the strenght to resist but it will be hard in Mexico. I am on day two. Looking forward to sobriety. Also I am a diabetic so I shouldn't be drinking in the first place. Thanks for listening.

Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
Yep! I was a very close friend with a diabetic who was an alcoholic. A combination which eventually took his life at a very young age!

I will pray for you....

God Bless
looney1
looney1
Congratulations on day 2
Fritter
Fritter
There are a few of us on day 2 here, woo-hoo...love me some progress! Good luck!
NevadaGuy
NevadaGuy
I recently lost a young family member to alcoholism. One would think that would have been a signal. Many of us are in major denial.
Impermanence
Impermanence
I lost my brother to Alcohol. He was 52 when he died.

When I went to Vietnam, there was an Aussie staying at the same hotel. He went out drinking every night. I got up in the morning and went looking at the sites. I had a great time. He only saw the bars. Sigh! There is a lot to see in Mexico beside, the gambling. I am now studying about the Maya and Aztecs. I would love to go to Mexico and see the archaeology as well as enjoying the culture.
NevadaGuy
NevadaGuy
One work day down and two to go. I have a very long shift so I never could drink on a work day. Cocktail hour usually starts around 5p after my third shift. I keep thinking about the old adage, "quitting is easy, I've done it a dozen times". I have quit before and fell right back in the pit. Any thoughts about people who drink alone? This has always bothered me but Not enough to stop doing it :-(. I do drink with friends but right now my #1 drinking pal is out of town so it was a good time to quit drinking. My thoughts keep going towards AA but I am not sure that I am truly someone who's life has been devastated by drinking. I do know that this will one day catch up to me if I don't make it this time. I am 62 and diabetic and should not be drinking, at all, ever. THX.
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