Wow sounds so familiar. Not got to day 1 yet… jyst discovered app and a new emotion motivation to stop… need to.
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Did this…last fall…broken shoulder…still recovering…and yes still drank 
. Almost to day 3 again:grin:
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As soon as you become conscious you grab your phone to see what posts, texts, calls you’re gonna have to apologize for today:persevere:. I think phones should have a breathalyzer that shuts it off at a certain point 
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Me too🙋♀️
I can relate to your story…a few similarities 
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*You look at the drinks menu before you look at the food menu
*You don’t want to stop drinking when you’re out so you get a bottle on the way home
*You take days off work because you’re hungover
*You start thinking throwing up after drinking helps you lose weight/look better/glowy/thinner
638 days sober
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*You go to the bottle shop drunk hoping they can’t tell you’re drunk and buy more alcohol and say you’re “having a party” but you’re actually drinking at home alone
*You use alcohol to emotionally unload, cry, and is the only time you can talk to your family, not sober
*You thinking drinking makes you fun, happy, bright, smart, cool, hot, and you don’t want to stop once you start coz you want to feeling to keep going
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I once had a car completely burn in front of my apartment, fire trucks, sirens going, was told I watched it all sitting on my steps. Don’t remember a thing. Should have stopped at that point.
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Omg…that would be great! Oh wait…we wouldn’t need that feature anymore!
And you know what?
Since getting sober nothing even remotely close, nothing in the same stratosphere, the same galaxy like that has happened.
I can think of once in the last 2 years of sobriety that she raised her voice at me, because I was in a rush and trying to get her out the door. It came to me like a shock because it had been so long, hurt my feelers for sure… but I didn’t have to overpower her with physical force or a verbal assault like I used to when we were drunks, hell we talked about it and came together. No more completely unmemorable accidents that left me disabled either.
Glad I have something you can relate to and that you can also show that it can all change and become a healthy happy thing that you can cherish.
760 days sober now, and life is pretty damn good, it’s normal, I always craved the normal stuff.
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When you’re out for a meal with the family and try to slip in a drink order everytime the waiter comes over… then convince the person driving you home that you need to get some ‘essential’ groceries on the way home so you can buy enough alcohol to get properly messed up.
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That’s awesome and very encouraging…thank you!
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When you decide to try “moderation”, and then come out of a whiskey- and benzodiazepine-fueled blackout several hours later, stumbling around naked in the snow.
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It’s simple really.
Do you want to stop drinking or using drugs?
Are you having trouble not using drugs or drinking?
If you’re having trouble stopping, you’re a alcoholic or addict. I don’t care about the binge drinker designation, you can’t stop, stay stopped and you want too, you are an addict or an alcoholic.
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Yup. This is the only place that our bullshit matters. This is the only place that all the piece of shit things we did have any value. Because they might just help someone
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Having to leave an event after a couple beers so that you can go on to the liquor store and get enough to get properly messed up.
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Before going to an event with or without alcohol, make sure you have enough in your car for the ride home
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One word - pre-gaming.
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Ah! I accidently flagged 2 posts. How to unflag? Sorry!!! No flags from me. 
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You associate the Coronavirus with a slice of lime on the beach
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