tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561779952062755742.post5099567343681529827..comments2023-09-29T01:14:31.892-07:00Comments on struggles with alcohol: 12/27/16 (Tues) Bloated and tired but thinking clearlyksusierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10343865771089367055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561779952062755742.post-76438972033753676482016-12-28T07:24:47.755-08:002016-12-28T07:24:47.755-08:00Thank you! I am for sure doing 30 days in January....Thank you! I am for sure doing 30 days in January. My hope is that during those 30 days I realize I need to do it forever rather than just waiting for the 30 to be over. I would really like to try a whole year....ksusierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343865771089367055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561779952062755742.post-87625260901170865722016-12-28T07:23:05.965-08:002016-12-28T07:23:05.965-08:00You are so right about how much energy I put into ...You are so right about how much energy I put into trying to be able to drink - maintaining an addictive behavior. <br />I did read Allen Carr's book but I think it is time to read it again. He just made the stupidity of it all so clear in such a black and white way. Almost like it isn't even my fault I can't control it bc it is a drug.ksusierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10343865771089367055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561779952062755742.post-67744520766184297972016-12-28T04:51:59.727-08:002016-12-28T04:51:59.727-08:00You are getting into some deep thinking. This is ...You are getting into some deep thinking. This is usually when you have come to a fork in the road - decisions, decisions. Do I keep going on the path I'm on (which is making me miserable), or take a leap of faith and go down the other path? It is scary, but that's just life. Surrender is hard..but the rewards are worth it. Give it 30 days then reassess. Plus you make sobriety out to be so miserable...it really isn't - haha! I love being silly sober. Better than being a drunken mess and think I'm funny, when in fact I was just pretty pathetic. Big hugs. Good luck. Always pulling for you.stratta15@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489981019247995547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561779952062755742.post-24830869139380163042016-12-27T12:39:37.760-08:002016-12-27T12:39:37.760-08:00Truth 1- I agree. Most people drink too much. That...Truth 1- I agree. Most people drink too much. That's ok. Maybe they don't wish otherwise, but you do, like I did. So, for us, this is not a good place to be.<br />Truth 2- that's part of substance abuse. The inability to know how alcohol will affect us. I had this too. It scared me. <br />Truth 3. Yes. It still very hard for anything to change when all our energy and focus is in maintains addictive behaviour. <br />And it is so very scary. But, like most things that are worth doing, there is exhilaration in the scariness.<br /><br />I found Allen carrs book how to control alcohol really helped shift my thoughts. <br />Plus, sober is becoming more and more fashionable. Being sloppily drunk is passé!<br /><br />It's nice to one of the trend setters!<br /><br />Hug. Deep thoughts. <br /><br />AnneAinsobrietyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642935819165465190noreply@blogger.com