On 30/01/08 12:42, mpgs wrote:
> "Bob" <nospam@invalid.net> wrote in message
> news:fnoic2$31r$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> On 30/01/08 10:28, mpgs wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>> I'm new to not drinking (we're talking first days), and, >>well, I'm a
>>> bit unsure about what to expect, so I'm just >>nosing around. Thanks.
>>> Best
>>> mp
> ----------
>> There may be a fortune teller here who purports to predict your future.
>>
>> However, if you post a bit about your own experiences in your first
>> days of not drinking, you may get a useful reply from someone who has
>> successfully survived similar experiences in their first days sober.
>>
>> Bob
> --------
> Hi Bob.
> Your reply was useful. I wasn't asking what _my_ experiences might be, but I
> was hoping to hear what others' were. Perhaps it was too vague, and too
> early, a post. Thanks.
> Best
> mp
>

Hi again, mp

Now a recovered alcoholic, my experiences from when I quit drinking for
good (that was more than a decade ago) have varied a lot.

I'm convinced my eventual success is due in some part to having both a
plan, and making a deliberate effort to focus on solutions rather than
problems, be those problems real or anticipated. (and many in my case,
imagined)

My plan was to go by the book, http://anonpress.org/bb/ unless or until
events proved that book invalid. Naturally I've since found flaws in the
book, but not one of those flaws (or anything else) got me drunk.

Having a life makeover (I've never seen that metaphor before and I'm
proud of it) - changing my life's direction 180 degrees with the help of
those 12 steps, was often a slow and tedious process for me, so another
thing that helped was to pick a simple, tiny thing that I could change
instantly and sustain the change with minimal effort. That way, whenever
I felt downhearted about progress toward recovery, I had definite
progress other than not drinking to feel good about.

HTH

Bob