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Self Sabotage

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Starting again - not even sure why I picked up the bottle last night. I just did. I am going to be positive about it, I think because I had gone so long without drinking, that the hangover today is brutal... I don't want to keep doing this... so I...
Coming up on 3 weeks - doing well

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So when I started again... I wrote this letter. Perhaps it will help someone today.Dear Alcohol, When we met, you were wonderful and brilliant, you gave me the ability to forget all the horrible things in my past and be one of the crowd. But then...
question for the ladies

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so - just want to know if when PMS sets in is it 10 times harder to say "no" to the booze? I made it but it was insanely difficult... good night my friends
Not a drop since July 3

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I am though the worst, at least the worst for me which is always day 2 and 3 - because then comes the justification "just one, I can handle it this time and if I don't I can start tomorrow"... I have been hitting the gym every day and trying to stay...
Back Again

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Did really well for a while... then not so much.I am done making excuses about how stressful life is... it is. And it is for everyone. I have not been here for a while because I had relapsed and of course I was ashamed of my weakness. It was a slow...
I hate the obsession

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I know that the beating the obsession is part of sobriety... but I have OCD anyway :(So tonight I have just been obsessing about drinking... it is driving me nuts... I had to turn off the TV cause the imaginary people were having a glass of...
Blood Results

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So I have been trying to be sober all the time since Sept 29 - one of my reasons for deciding to change was because a week before I had a blood test showing liver damage. (and let's be real - I obviously needed it).Since then, I have not been...
False Starts

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So this week I started and failed several times. However, my failures were smaller (I managed to cut myself off), and my restarts were immediate. I did not let it keep me down.Of the last 7 days - I was sober for 4- that is good for me. And feel...
Found my Excuse

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Last night I was looking for an excuse to drink, and I found it, because I was looking. Not going to play the blame game...life will alway be stressful - not really even sure why I was looking for my excuse. But I am not giving up this time. I feel...
couldn't sleep

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I could not sleep last night - and I knew I had to work early today - so the justification monster got me and I caved.Only one glass, but I should not have...feeling bad about today.So my question is...how do you guys deal with insomnia?
Again

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So, I was doing well for a while a couple of years ago- but now I am right back at it. I don't understand how it controls me, but it does. And with it comes the horrible anxiety and depression. It has been years since I have been on this forum, but...
Starting Over

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So I made it almost a monththen somehow cavedthe monsters in my head got me. So I am back on day 1. The upside is I know I can do it nowthat was the longest I had ever goneI just need to be careful not to let my guard down and the obsession win.
Insomnia

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So, I can't sleep anymore. I think that when I was drinking it was for 2 reasons- 1. my anxiety and 2. my insomnia (I was diagnosed as an insomniac when I was 16)so now I am sober and I cannot sleep. I do not like sleeping pills (in fact my body...
2 weeks

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I have made it 2 weeks...I am now noticing that I am no longer obsessing over alcohol. Feels real good.
Thought for the day (I am day 8)

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Today, stop making excuses for why you can't get it done, and start focusing on all the reasons you MUST make it happen.To another sober dayCheers!