Booze - Have you given up drinking?

[coldpieswarmbeer]

Yes. I was (am?) an alcoholic.

Haven't had a drink, and also quit smoking, Christmas of last year.

After countless failed attempts to give up both, the thing that made me finally do it was prayer. Take from that what you will...

Doing really well at the moment.

 

[Demonalke]

Which God did you pray to?

 

[coldpieswarmbeer]

None in particular. I've never been religious. It wasnt in any particular style or format, I just genuinely prayed from within my soul

The next day I didn't feel like a cigarette and I haven't drank since

 

[Kappa]

Yes. I was (am?) an alcoholic.

Haven't had a drink, and also quit smoking, Christmas of last year.

After countless failed attempts to give up both, the thing that made me finally do it was prayer. Take from that what you will...

Doing really well at the moment.

Next can you pray for the end to world hunger?

 

[Premier Pies]

Yes. I was (am?) an alcoholic.

Haven't had a drink, and also quit smoking, Christmas of last year.

After countless failed attempts to give up both, the thing that made me finally do it was prayer. Take from that what you will...

Doing really well at the moment.

Good on you mate. I suppose the mantra here is "whatever works"

 

[The Majestic]

I've never been a massive drinker, I have had mates who were problem drinkers my partner has epilepsy so I have been trying not to drink around her as she might consider a drink which would be bad for her epilepsy. I am also being tested for epilepsy even though I don't think I have it, I am being cautious and haven't really had a drink in a very long time. I think the last time was at an event I worked, just had one drink and left it at that.

 

[CasuallyDressed]

The girlfriend and I have been trying all those Bilsons vodka flavours.

All of them have been horrendous so far.

 

[NorWest Bomber]

I’ve been in that loop of wanting to quit and making promises to myself, then having a setback and just feeling like rubbish. For me, what’s been different this time is not trying to do it all alone. When I kept failing at dry spells, I started looking at actual support options and even opened up to my partner about how rough it gets some days. It feels awkward at first but it helped more than I expected. Honestly, I’m in treatment at Abbeycare right now, and being around others at different stages and the support from staff, helped me understand a lot about my patterns and triggers. If you ever feel like white knuckling it isn’t working anymore, reaching out somewhere like this really does take off some of that heavy, quiet pressure.

 

[noideaatall]

Next can you pray for the end to world hunger?

Get your priorities right. Collingwood premiership first.
I'm on a dry spell. Funnily enough no booze generally means no interest in bigfooty. I tend to go full workaholic. Trucked up I know but better than the dark side.

 

[Cyclops]

Get your priorities right. Collingwood premiership first.
I'm on a dry spell. Funnily enough no booze generally means no interest in bigfooty. I tend to go full workaholic. Trucked up I know but better than the dark side.

Whatever works.

 

[Tiger Snake]

I stopped drinking December 1987...
I was a touring lighting guy and booze was everywhere so I drank... until I came home and couldn't remember the tour...
so I just stopped... if only I could do the same with smoking