It is hard i dont have support from other. This is really the first time i have said im going to quit drinking permanently and my brother in law was like i wonder how long thats gonna last.
Even people i work with question it. But i dont because i know im strong it is hard to quit on my own. Mayber after about a month or two i wont even think about it. All this will be in the past.
Its really really hard but its not randomly and although i feel alone im not completely alone i do have a whole support system that encourages me.
These doubts are the doubts that will push me to be like, oh yeah hold my beer and watch this.
It does hurt to see that people dont have the faith in me that i do have in my self and im going to do this and im going to prove them wrong, because i am strong.
I made the decision as a man to pick up the habit.
And im going to be the man that i am to drop the habit for good
My advice would be to give AA and the steps a chance, you pretty much completed the first step - recognizing that you have a problem- and that’s great because for many that first part is the hardest. I had to go to rehab and then give a AA a chance and now I’m going on 3 years …and at times it’s surreal to me because I remember the times i downloaded this app and try doing it on my own …the most I did was 40 days…then I had an argument with my significant other and decided I " Needed " a drink to deal… Now I have a better understanding of my addiction and the fact that I ( and many of us ) don’t drink or use because we necessarily enjoy it…we do it to escape…to run away…but we always sober up and come back and do it again …that’s the very definition of insanity…doing the same thing and expecting a different result… I can tell you that without AA and the steps and all I learned from it …I would be drunk right now smh…so that’s my advice…try AA …give it a chance…it sure aa hell saved me , best of luck
Fill the fridge with yummy non-alcoholic drinks!! Get some mocktail ingredients, juices, lacroix, lagunitas has a really good NA seltzer, even hot teas(calming evening ones)I love vanilla bedtime tea and I use different creamers(coconut,almond, etc.) and different sweeteners (agave,honey,maple) Go on a special grocery run and spend some $$ on quality GOOD drinks that you’ll actually drink. You’re saving $$ not buying wine and can justify it. This helped me tremendously and I still do it. Hope this helps!
It’s common that others don’t believe we will stick with it. So you’re not alone there. I think it’s safe to say many of us have said we were going to stop only to start again and it’s just such a socially acceptable thing to do, to go out and drink, that there are still many out there who think ‘oh yeah, whateveeeeer ’.
But you’re doing it for you. It doesn’t matter what they think. Sure, use their lack of faith as some motivation but use your determination and desire to give yourself a better life the number 1 priority. You’re doing this for you because you deserve it.
I think it really admirable that at your age you are able to recognise and do something about it… best decision you’ll ever make!
Very relatable to me, I never thought I had a problem because I didn’t drink my emotions and problems away. Just made my boring times less boring. Now I know exactly that was my problem.I lived very isolated almost in my room all day when I wasn’t working. So alcohol ‘fixed’ that boredom.
So day 5 was probably one of the most biggest steps i have made. It was a hard day, the 1 year anniversary of me and my ex fiancée. I opened up the fridge and seen those 9 keystones just sitting their. I grabbed all of them out and opened one by one pooring them down the sink. My sister walked in the kitchen and i had a shity smirk i get on my face and she said what, i said happy 1 year to me.
New goals in life baby and getting hammered aint one of them. Sobriety really took me by surprise. It was just something i had really been wanting to do but never really actually took the right actions to do. Working on week 2
Im 7 days sober
Oh yay I’m so happy reading this! I was wondering how you were going and its great to see you check in!
Well done on pouring them all down the sink, that takes guts and power to you!
Big congrats on your 7 days
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