First day

[Special Brew]

Major & I do mean major alcoholic. First day sober tomorrow 23/09/04. ATM
drinking & smoking as much as I can.

[Dan McGown]

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
news:cisuk0$qau$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Major & I do mean major alcoholic. First day sober tomorrow 23/09/04. ATM
> drinking & smoking as much as I can.

Come here tomorrow. Tell us you're sober. If you're serious, you'll need
various kinds of help.

[Cheggers]

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message news:<cisuk0$qau$1@hercules.btinternet.com>...
> Major & I do mean major alcoholic. First day sober tomorrow 23/09/04. ATM
> drinking & smoking as much as I can.

Drink and smoke up, SB. If you'll quit tomorrow you'll be sharing your
"birthday" (first day sober) with Bruce Springsteen (b.1949), the day
of Armenia's Independence from the Soviet Union (1991) and Roman
Emperor Augustus (b. 63BCE).

Off topic, mention of Special Brew (the beer, not the poster) brings
back many memories. You US-based alkies have been sorely denied that
particular European "beer of the gods" to quote a fan's website.

Coming in at a cool 9%ABV (if memory serves) it aims to please and
truly is the breakfast of champions. Not to mention lunch. And supper.

That stuff is *foul.*

Come on back, SB... y'hear?

Cheggers







he powerful belt-in-a can brewed by the thoughtful Danes for
consumption - warm or chilled - for alkies all

[Special Brew]

Well that didn't go as planned, its 10.48am & I'm on my second can of
Special Brew. I hate being an alcoholic I kid myself that if I give up I won't
be able to have a pint with my friends down the pub, the truth is my friends
& family gave up on me a long time ago.



I go for three days without a drink, start to feel a bit better and drink
again.



My doctors given me some acamprosate tablets, I will defenatly take them
tomorrow.



And as for Special Brew, my poison of choice, I hate it, from the look the
guy gives you when you buy it to the horrible taste of the first can.

[Dan McGown]

> My doctors given me some acamprosate tablets, I will defenatly take them
> tomorrow.

It is absolutely impossible to stop drinking "tomorrow." It is only
possible to stop drinking "today." If you tell yourself anything else, you
are lying to a willing audience. You might even convince yourself. You
might even convince yourself every single day until you die of it.
You won't however, convince anyone who has actually stopped drinking.
We all did it today. When you decide to quit drinking today, whatever day
that might be, there are many people who would like to help you do it.
There are drugs, there is counselling, there is AA, there are rehab centers
and if you are religious there is your church. If you wait until you start
getting DUIs or drunk and disorderlies, there is jail. Some of us have
dried out there. I know I did.
Until you decide to quit drinking today, whatever day that might be,
there is no one who can help you do it. Please consider quitting today.

[Dan McGown]

> It is absolutely impossible to stop drinking "tomorrow." It is only
> possible to stop drinking "today."

As a follow up, I know that there are some of us who had to take into
account withdrawal and plan things in advance. I know that there also some
who had to do whatever was necessary to prepare themselves for introducing
anabuse into their systems.

I can't speak to those variations because I have no first hand knowledge. I
didn't go through that myself.

However, those variations don't change the fact that the decision to take
those steps and acting upon that decision are things that had to happen in
the "today." Today is all there is. Tomorrow still is a comforting but
deadly illusion.

[Dan McGown]

> anabuse into their systems.

"antabuse" -- still can't type

[vinco]

"Dan McGown" <dmcgown@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:ZMydnR3xdq92SM_cRVn-vQ@adelphia.com...
> It is absolutely impossible to stop drinking "tomorrow." It is only
> possible to stop drinking "today."

Based on my experience I'd have to agree with the above comment. The closest
I came to stopping tomorrow was to promise myself I'd call AA in the
morning. Thankfully one of the few promises I kept.

Vince

[Fred Exley]

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote:
First day sober tomorrow 23/09/04. ATM drinking & smoking as much as I can.

"Special Brew" later wrote:
> Well that didn't go as planned, its 10.48am & I'm on my second can of

Same thing I did around early August -announced to the world my drying-out
starting tomorrow, then celebrated my upcoming sobriety with another bottle
of wine. Needless to say, the plan lasted until the next morning.

Finally, a few attempts later, I was able to go through it. What helped
make that possible was I tapered off for a few days before stopping, and
tried to eat, and took liquid vitamins. The other approach, having one last
binge, only made the cravings worse the next day. Good luck!

-Fred

[Special Brew]

I will stop & the 24th is it.
"Fred Exley" <fexly221@msn.com> wrote in message
news:10l5ujsdktu8001@corp.supernews.com...
> "Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote:
> First day sober tomorrow 23/09/04. ATM drinking & smoking as much as I
> can.
>
> "Special Brew" later wrote:
>> Well that didn't go as planned, its 10.48am & I'm on my second can of
>
> Same thing I did around early August -announced to the world my drying-out
> starting tomorrow, then celebrated my upcoming sobriety with another
> bottle of wine. Needless to say, the plan lasted until the next morning.
>
> Finally, a few attempts later, I was able to go through it. What helped
> make that possible was I tapered off for a few days before stopping, and
> tried to eat, and took liquid vitamins. The other approach, having one
> last binge, only made the cravings worse the next day. Good luck!
>
> -Fred
>
>
>

[Cheggers]

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message news:<ciu6sr$9lr$1@titan.btinternet.com>...
> Well that didn't go as planned, its 10.48am & I'm on my second can of
> Special Brew. I hate being an alcoholic I kid myself that if I give up I
> won't be able to have a pint with my friends down the pub, the truth is my >friends & family gave up on me a long time ago.

Hello again, SB. I'm glad you came back. So you posted yesterday and
you didn't manage to follow through *this* time but you still posted
again today. And, not only that, you sound like you've got a pretty
good handle on what's going on.

You reminded me a lot of ME when you mentioned the look you sometimes
get when you buy your cans. I remember that well.

I used to shop around a few stores to try and avoid any one shopkeeper
measuring up my habit but I guess they all knew the score. You said it
yourself (in as many words, anyway...): that stuff ain't brewed for
anyone but alkies, everyone knows it, and no-one else but alkies
drinks it!

Here's something else that rang a bell. Three days off the sauce,
feeling a bit better, then off to the races again. With me (not
speaking for you, here) I'd be back on full-time, retching my guts up
every morning, not being able to eat, anxiety ripping outa me,
gastritis, shakes, and all the rest. Brutal.

I don't much about acamprosate (sp?) but I *am* a big supporter of
anyone who takes a drinking problem to a doctor. I respect that a lot,
in fact.

Check in again, SB, good luck tomorrow and follow the good doctor's
orders! ;-)

Cheggs

[Special Brew]

Phoned in sick at work & spent the day in bed. Will check in again when I
feel more human. It's bloody awful atm, throwing up one end, shits the
other.
"Cheggers" <cheggers2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ffb957f.0409232131.39f0c2da@posting.google.co m...
> "Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
> news:<ciu6sr$9lr$1@titan.btinternet.com>...
>> Well that didn't go as planned, its 10.48am & I'm on my second can of
>> Special Brew. I hate being an alcoholic I kid myself that if I give up I
>> won't be able to have a pint with my friends down the pub, the truth is
>> my >friends & family gave up on me a long time ago.
>
> Hello again, SB. I'm glad you came back. So you posted yesterday and
> you didn't manage to follow through *this* time but you still posted
> again today. And, not only that, you sound like you've got a pretty
> good handle on what's going on.
>
> You reminded me a lot of ME when you mentioned the look you sometimes
> get when you buy your cans. I remember that well.
>
> I used to shop around a few stores to try and avoid any one shopkeeper
> measuring up my habit but I guess they all knew the score. You said it
> yourself (in as many words, anyway...): that stuff ain't brewed for
> anyone but alkies, everyone knows it, and no-one else but alkies
> drinks it!
>
> Here's something else that rang a bell. Three days off the sauce,
> feeling a bit better, then off to the races again. With me (not
> speaking for you, here) I'd be back on full-time, retching my guts up
> every morning, not being able to eat, anxiety ripping outa me,
> gastritis, shakes, and all the rest. Brutal.
>
> I don't much about acamprosate (sp?) but I *am* a big supporter of
> anyone who takes a drinking problem to a doctor. I respect that a lot,
> in fact.
>
> Check in again, SB, good luck tomorrow and follow the good doctor's
> orders! ;-)
>
> Cheggs

[Blue Moon]

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 22:33:36 +0000 (UTC), "Special Brew" <no@go.com>
wrote:

>Major & I do mean major alcoholic. First day sober tomorrow 23/09/04.

As you're learning ... tomorrow never comes.

--
Blue Moon

[Cheggers]

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message news:<cj27e3$3o1$1@hercules.btinternet.com>...
> Phoned in sick at work & spent the day in bed. Will check in again when I
> feel more human. It's bloody awful atm, throwing up one end, shits the
> other.

Yep, remember it well, and it doesn't get much worse than that. Well,
for some people, it actually gets a *lot* worse than that, but what
I'm saying is, I empathize. Based on my own experience I wouldn't be
at all surprised if you were wedging in cans here and there between
bathroom visits. My bathroom trash can was often full of bottles and
cans.

Look back in again soon, SB, always room for another alkie around
here.

Cheggers
Who put it all down to Irritable Bowel Syndrome for quite a long
time...

[anon]

On 22 Sep 2004 20:45:21 -0700, Cheggers <cheggers2004@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Off topic, mention of Special Brew (the beer, not the poster) brings
> back many memories. You US-based alkies have been sorely denied that
> particular European "beer of the gods" to quote a fan's website.
>
> Coming in at a cool 9%ABV (if memory serves) it aims to please and
> truly is the breakfast of champions. Not to mention lunch. And supper.
>
> That stuff is *foul.*

We do have a product with the same name here, but it's a weak
fruit-flavored malt beverage with only 6% ABV.

But to appease the true alkie, we still have MD 20/20, a ghetto wine
cooler with 13% ABV that comes in a quart bottle.

[Cheggers]

anon <anon@anonn.com> wrote in message news:<2roerkF1cpnviU1@uni-berlin.de>...

> We do have a product with the same name here, but it's a weak
> fruit-flavored malt beverage with only 6% ABV.
>
> But to appease the true alkie, we still have MD 20/20, a ghetto wine
> cooler with 13% ABV that comes in a quart bottle.

Ah, MegaDeath 20/20, the global ghetto lubricant. OR is that WD-40?
They both do the job in a pinch, I'm sure.

Thanks anon. Working up a thirst here...

Cheggs

[rosie readandpost]

: Ah, MegaDeath 20/20, the global ghetto lubricant. OR is that
WD-40?
: They both do the job in a pinch, I'm sure.
:
: Thanks anon. Working up a thirst here...
:
: Cheggs


lol!

[Special Brew]

Hi all, just to let you know I'm still alive. I have been sober for six days
so far, the first three were awful but I'm feeling better as each day goes
on.

[Fred Exley]

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all, just to let you know I'm still alive. I have been sober for six
> days so far, the first three were awful but I'm feeling better as each day
> goes on.

Happy to hear this, Mr. Brew!

[Dan McGown]

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
news:ck5oe4$3fs$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Hi all, just to let you know I'm still alive. I have been sober for six
> days so far, the first three were awful but I'm feeling better as each day
> goes on.

Dude! Welcome aboard. I'm not pushing this, just suggesting it, but
meetings really help and especially at the beginning.
Stay with it.
Dan

[[[]]]

"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
news:ck5oe4$3fs$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
> Hi all, just to let you know I'm still alive. I have been sober for six
> days so far, the first three were awful but I'm feeling better as each day
> goes on.

good news and even better news is the very real fact that you need never go
through that hell again.

take in some meetings and listen and maybe talk to a few of us drunks.

it saved my life.

-steve

[rosie readandpost]

that is wonderful news........................are you following any
special recovery plan today?

--
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED?
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/USfatalities.html
NO DRAFT!
http://petition.democracyforamerica.com/page/p/nodraft





"Special Brew" <no@go.com> wrote in message
news:ck5oe4$3fs$1@hercules.btinternet.com...
: Hi all, just to let you know I'm still alive. I have been sober
for six days
: so far, the first three were awful but I'm feeling better as each
day goes
: on.
:
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