I gave up drinking for Lent (no, I am not religious) and except for one
beer Friday night at a coworkers going away gettogether, I am doing good
so far.

-phy

Doing good if you planned on not doing what you commited yourself
to.........

never mind what other dickheads will no doubt tell you, its a good
start, how did you put the brakes on after one?
was it the situation?
ABM

Dude, good start. When you slip, the only thing to do is to get right back
at it. Hell, if a slip was the end of it, none of us would have quit.



"phy" <phy00x@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I gave up drinking for Lent (no, I am not religious) and except for one
> beer Friday night at a coworkers going away gettogether, I am doing good
> so far.
>
> -phy

angryblaqueman2@yahoo.com wrote in
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> never mind what other dickheads will no doubt tell you, its a good
> start, how did you put the brakes on after one?
> was it the situation?
> ABM
>

Thanks. We all met at a restaurant and my paranoia about driving usually
helps me not get out of hand. I usually do all my drinking at home, usually
alone in front of the tv or computer. I did quit (for all practical
purposes) when I got my first computer because I was afraid I would get
drunk and mess it up, then I quit cigarettes and knew I couldn't drink if I
didn't want to start back up. For the last several years, especially since
me and my wife split last May, I have been drinking more than I really want
to. Most people would say I don't drink a lot, which I don't, but once I
start I usually don't stop till I am either out of stuff to drink or just
totally shithoused. Mostly I just get tired of drinking myself stupid. It
is tough facing people the next day.

-phy

jimbuckland@gmail.com wrote in
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> Doing good if you planned on not doing what you commited yourself
> to.........
>
>

Always with the negativity. I may as well let my estranged move back in
with me.

-phy

Hi JimB, Dickhead, here......

Keeping sober is great. Relapses happen. I may have set a record ;-)
I just do not think sugar coating a relapse is appropriate. It can set
up another relapse (I slip on ice), by thinking that 1, 2, 3, etc are
OK for you. Keep up the good efforts. Dan is right - get right back
at it!

JimB

phy wrote:
> jimbuckland@gmail.com wrote in
> news:1141673633.997543.132150@i39g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:
>
>
>>Doing good if you planned on not doing what you commited yourself
>>to.........
>>
>>
>
>
> Always with the negativity. I may as well let my estranged move back in
> with me.
>
> -phy
don't worry this is the mindset which gives me
issues with AA. I will say this as I do get the
posters point as it really wasn't meant to be
negative, and was posted with good intentions. If
you went to a few meetings or read some the big
book you'd get what i mean. Of course some the AA
extremist don't realize everybody has an AA
mindset and have gone to meetings. Shit like this
scares folks off. But like your reaction was i
agree comments like that kinda piss me off too.
I've seen people guilt tripped at meeting for
doing sobriety without meetings and eventually
convincing people they might as well been drinking
as it was a 'dry drunk' Bullshit in my opinion.
Whatever reason you quit fine if that's what you
wanna do. Think that's a good sacrifice for lent
whether you have a drinking problem or not. Fuck
it. Don't take some these comments to heart they
are meant with good intentions but like i say shit
like that pisses me off too.