Posted by sjb on February 18, 2005, at 10:09:19
In reply to who wants to quit with me?, posted by crushedout on February 17, 2005, at 15:37:35
I'm in. I FINALLY realized a couple of weeks ago that I was out of excuses, rationales, '"I" don't have a problem" thinking, etc, and after a big-time wake up call on SuperBowl Sunday, I got REALLY scared and realized what a slippery slope I was on.
I haven't been to AA yet, but this board has been a big help so far. I've been sober since Feb 7th (cutting down, I've finally admitted, is NOT an option for me - it INVARIABLY leads to more and more).
I had the most active, energetic day yesterday that I hadn't had in a long time. I made myself think about that this morning when my "old brain" starting looking forward to the weekend with a TGIF happy hour, "just to unwind, mind you". Yeah, right. Nope. Not happenin'.
I've printed out a one sheet page of some the many evils of booze that best applied to my life and goals, taped the cap of my last bottle of tequila on the top and am checking off every day sober with a mark. Hey, it might not all I need to do, but it's helped so far. I have this dream of filling up the paper with a ton of marks - sounds silly but so far, it's helping.
Good luck. Thanks for posting.
poster:sjb
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