Concerts, sporting events, vacations, dinners, movies, random Tuesdays. There have been so many blurry “memories”. It’s nice to be present these days.
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Welcome back Tom. Just for today we will not drink OK. We’re in this together.
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Just think what might have happened if youd been pulled by the cops on your way to the gas station…or worse…im not judging as im ashamed to say i drunk drove many times and consider myself extremely lucky i wasnt caught like many have on here…make a final decision to get sober before something disastrous happens and it will, its really just a matter of time, only you can get control of yourself but we are all here to support u, we can all do it together 
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Today was a good day. No drinking. Vacuum cleaner overheated from not having the filter cleaned in a while so i occupied my evening tearing apart the vacuum. Took my mind off alcohol.
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Definately had that store clerk thing. Had to change corner stores for a while feeling shame…youre right they were strangers but going in every day for beer and then the second time in one day is embarrassing
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Oof. These are all hitting home and are such a good reminder why I quit drinking.
Let’s see… You might be an alcoholic if,
You swore you’d have only 1 bottle of red wine so that’s all you buy. However, by 9pm you realise that another bottle is needed. So while the kids are all asleep you sneak out to the car, physically roll the car down the driveway onto the road before starting the engine… Drive super fast to the bottle shop and back as you know you shouldn’t have snuck out… upon arriving back home, feel guilt ridden and paranoid the kids will be awake and standing inside waiting for you… so you clumsily hide the bottle of red inside the jumper you’re wearing, only to have it slip and smash all over the fricking driveway. THIS wakes up my eldest who is now super pissed off with me. And i now have to clean up all the glass and hose off the red wine splattered all over the driveway. After this, I still contemplate driving out to another bottle shop for another bottle but then remember the unfinished vodka that is stashed behind my clothes in the cupboard. And now you are stupidly elated and think you’re awesome for saving the drinking disaster 
omg the damn insanity of it all!!
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You snuck into my head and had a look about, didn’t you?
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If you go to multiple stores to purchase alcohol and drop off empties so noone questions quantity and frequency of purchases.
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Kinda like me calculating how much and how long i could drink and be straight whdn my wife comes home on one of those days where i use a personal day off without her. Id start drinking at 8 or 9 am and go till like 330 or 400. Trying to act all normal whdn she walks in the door as im pretending to vacuum the house or something.
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Start drinking at home before going out so others dont judge how much you drink and then you cant wait to get home to properly let loose and enjoy more drinking
Funny thing is when others say you drink too much…
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@Breezy68 I forgot!!! Yes. Taking a PTO day and spending the entire day drinking. And worse, looking forward to it.
The insanity of that. Just one more reminder to live life sober
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@JazzyS Or going out for happy hour when you can’t drink because you’re driving. And counting the minutes until you can go home and drink.
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So true - the anxiety of not being able to drink right away. How crazy was that? Glad thats behind me
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This resonated with me
You don’t see your kids for 20 years as they are an inconvenience bc your ashamed that they will see you with a bottle beside you all day and there’s no way your not going to drink for a few hours while they visit… You know your doing OK in recovery when 20 years later they tell you they are proud of you.
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You feel like you need to drink before seeing family, getting together with friends, seeing a movie, going to a theme park, any social interaction, a bad day, a good day, breakups, the holidays, you’re bored . That and if you’ve ever wrecked a car due to drinking and you don’t even remember how you did it .
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After you stop drinking you find another addiction like food or shopping
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So true - been super worried about this especially with my addictive personality. Im hoping that my new addiction will be a healthy one like excercise 
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You kept all your empty bottles on top of your kitchen cabinets while you were in the military drinking to cope with depression, a bad assignment alone in the middle of nowhere, and trying to drown a heartache from a relationship you thought was the real thing. That was me in 2017. If memory serves me right that summer I racked up 45 bottles of wine and liquor in a 90 day period while hiding my depression at work and no one ever the wiser I drank my dinner every night living by myself. The only smart thing I did in that period was walking to the liquor store on base because I knew driving and getting caught would end my career.
Fast forward to now and I’ve got 95 days today and am happily married to someone who celebrates and supports my sobriety out of love and compassion.
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