Not drinking

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umzza

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I stopped drinking because of a possible drug test coming up. I just don't want to have anything in my system at all even though I only really drink evenings. But I usually drink a few beers at least a night so now it's hard because I don't have anything. Like all my alcohol is gone and I am not going to get more until Friday. Feeling unsure what to do and wanting something.
 
TabinRivCA

TabinRivCA

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I take a couple drizzles of Manischewitz wine in my juice and even that small amount helps me relax. See how much alcohol it takes to show up on the tests and pass it!
 
Didymous

Didymous

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I don't drink. If you're having a hard time because you don't have any, maybe you should quit.
 
maxwel

maxwel

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umzza said:
I stopped drinking because of a possible drug test coming up. I just don't want to have anything in my system at all even though I only really drink evenings. But I usually drink a few beers at least a night so now it's hard because I don't have anything. Like all my alcohol is gone and I am not going to get more until Friday. Feeling unsure what to do and wanting something.
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If you're having an anxiety attack because it's Wednesday and you can't have a drink till Friday...
you should seek some kind of help for the drinking.

We probably have a lot of people on the forum who've overcome similar problems, and would be happy to help you and steer you in the right direction.
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umzza

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Idk I don't really do groups. It's hard to function.
 
calibob

calibob

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umzza said:
Idk I don't really do groups. It's hard to function.
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Hi I'm Bob and I'm a recovering alcoholic. When I was young I was taught all normal adults drink (alcohol) and there's something wrong with those that don't. Of course I wanted to be normal but I thought it could wait till I was old enough to join the military and get married so I waited till I was 18. On my 18th birthday I got drunk the first time on the way home from high school. I thought it was the first step to growing up. I voted that year, got married that November and went to the USAF boot camp the following February. I was certain those things made me a man... I was still 18 years old All my friends did and my new pier group welcomed me whole heartedly and beer was $3 per case on base I got buzzed nearly every day.

By age 26 I was divorced with 2 daughters and a seriously bad drinking habit. I had came to believe but my drinking was already nearly out of control. When my parents found out I was trying to quit they criticized me and questioned why I was trying to become a weirdo. Although my mom was allergic she was ashamed and urged me to come back to normal.

Through decades of trials and errors I came to believe it's ok not to drink. I had gone from occasional to recreational to habitual and arrived in recovery a full blown Alcoholic/addict. The way back is a lot more difficult than the way there. I had gotten beyond the point of drinking alone and calling it a party. I was very sick. Please believe me drinking alone on regular basis is a very bad idea. Think about it. Are you medicating yourself? Do you go to work hung over? Do you make excuses for drinking or to drink? Do you occasionally forget going to bed after you wake up? Think about it. Don't do what I did. It's OK not to drink!

Having had a spiritual awakening as a result of recovery, we try to carry the message to those who still suffer, and practice the principals of recovery in all our affairs. P.M. me any time. I am not alone here. God bless.
 
Magenta

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umzza said:
Idk I don't really do groups. It's hard to function.
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You could probably say the exact same thing about your life. You know, like you don't really do life, it is hard to function. Isn't that why you drink? And don't you show up here on a regular basis telling us about how you think you may have a problem drinking and partaking of other mind and mood altering substances? And yet you never seem to do anything about it, your life situations and feelings just keep getting worse to the point where you want to kill yourself. When the fear of remaining the same becomes greater than the fear of change, maybe then you will change, and decide that a little discomfort is worth some peace of mind and learning how to function.
 
levi85

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Lord bless umzza, and this prayer, in Jesus loving name, Amen!
 
Magenta

Magenta

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Without help it is too much for us. But there is One who has all power-that One is God. May you find Him now!

Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.

Here are the steps we took, which are suggested as a program of recovery:

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol — that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

We have been where you are. It is hard to express the magnitude of my gratitude, from being turned around to wanting to die, to having something worth living for. It was a long, slow process for me. I started by listening, and then asking God for help when I realized on a deeper level how powerless I was, after having been aware of my powerlessness for the majority of my life while I drank and used mind and mood altering substances for 24 years. I am still uncomfortable in meetings sometimes, especially when called on to share, but I still love listening to others, and I have been going to meetings for over thirty years now :)
 
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