Posted by AuntieMel on April 13, 2005, at 12:21:52
In reply to Re: Day 3 for me!!, posted by justyourlaugh on April 13, 2005, at 11:37:44
Remember = the true winners are those that don't quit trying.
Making the first step of deciding to quit has already made you a winner. Good luck and keep hanging in there.
It might help to look back on day 3 and try to figure out what was going on at the time that you "blew it" (your words) and maybe you can come up with a strategy for the next time.
One thing that helps me stay sober is to think it all the way through. It's easy to think of, and be lured by, the good effects of the drink, but if I force myself to follow it through to not being able to put it down till I pass out and the horrible feeling the next day - well then I can handle it. I play graphic pictures in my brain of stumbling, throwing up - the whole thing.
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