If friends invite you to dog sit for the weekend they usually tell you to eat/drink whatever. So chill out, and get some non-jewish friends.

The phenomenon of craving.

IMO, this is what sets alcoholics apart from non alcoholics.

I too get an overwhelming urge to keep drinking. And when I wake up from a night our drinking, this first thing my mind tells me is get more.

Also, after a night of drinking, I get very jittery. If I have been drinking two days in a row and stop, I will probably get sick when I decide to stop.

Kinda pisses me off that you would call something that saves lives dumb.

So you're saying I'm 'ok' drinking 2-3 shots 3-4 time a week? I hope so, because that's the answer I want to hear.

You could drink 2-3 drinks a day 7 days a week and you will be fine. Keeping it at that limit will be the real problem.

Also if you're literally doing shots 3-4 a week, that could be a problem. "Dammit honey I work hard, and I just need a few mind erasers to relax when I get home. Get off my back."

Meh, it's a bit weird, but not a problem.

Well - after getting a pretty good streak going - I slowly let myself begin drinking a little again. Started with a drink at dinner - then turned into a beer when I got home from work - which turned into somewhat regular 2-3 drink nights - and occasionally loading up.

I'm dry again - today is my day 7

Oh is that why you went? Just for fun huh!

It's not how much you drink, it's what it does to you when you drink. For anyone questioning his or her drinking, there are resources on the aa.org website that provide good questions in pamphlets such as "20 questions" that can aid in self - diagnosis.

Questions like:

When you start drinking with a limit in mind, do you wind up drinking more than you intended (typically by changing your mind)?

Do you feel guilt or remorse around your drinking?

Do you ever forget what happens when you drink?

Etc.

Just wanted to give a small report on my progress.

I haven't gotten drunk alone for about 3 months now.

I've had 3 family gatherings where I didn't care how much I drank but I stuck with beer at those and had a good time. I went to a concert and had 5 big beers or so. And I drank 3 beers at a bar. Overall I'm very happy with my progress.

Actually the first social event I went to after I stopped drinking alone in April was a bachelor party. That experience helped me with not wanting to drink much again for quite a while.

Hello thread, it's been a long time.

I didn't even notice my two year sobriety anniversary - somebody in October randomly asked me how long it'd been and I was like "Wow, over two years. How about that?"

My life has transformed so much over this time. In some ways I think my good circumstances made it easier to stay sober, but I also think that being sober put me in a place to improve my life and enjoy the results. I'm finally "making something of myself", but my definition of what that means has changed immensely. Ironically, by caring more about the things I've come to believe are truly important I've made it easier to succeed in the areas that I used to think were the real goals.

I'm bumping this thread because I was sent a PM by someone who is having some trouble but wants to remain anonymous. The PM:

To the sender of this PM: for me, alcohol was something I used to take the edge off of being miserable. Quitting drinking without getting down to being less miserable would not have lasted. It's a start, but I urge you to be truly honest with yourself about the way you feel and RESOLVE to do something about it. We sometimes can change what's going on around us, many times we cannot. The ONE thing we can control is how respond to our circumstances. Try to work on the things you can change and try not to be held down by the things that are outside of your control - it will make you sad and keep you from making the positive changes that are actually possible.

Solid bump LFS.
Must be nice to not even worry about alcohol.

Good luck anonymous. Keep reaching out for help. Remember those 10 years.

I'm doing fairly well these days. Alcohol isn't my drug, sugar is. Been off it for a couple of weeks, and it's amazing how much better I feel.

Would love to hear updates, and not just from those doing well.

FWIW,

I am not growing a stache this November.

But I am attempting to have an alcohol-free November.

I'm not sure how serious I am about this but I'm going to try. Thought about creating an incentive such as owing $10/day I miss to the movember fund, but I haven't agreed with myself that I will do that yet.

We'll see. Thursday and Friday were hard. I just wanted to have 1 beer after school to chill.

I went 6 weeks in the summer, but the environment I was in was much different than the school environment.

anonymous sounds like rnr rnr hobgoblin to me

good luck anonymous!


I'm just past 4 months without a drop. It's gotten a lot easier - I like being a 'non' drinker

Solid bump. Got me thinking about pulling the trigger on sobriety. Scary, but it has to happen sooner rather than later.

I've known my entire life (48yo) that I'd need to stop someday, but someday never comes. A couple years ago I switched to light beer thinking that somehow that'd be better. Nope. Easier to chug and plow though an 18 pack before bed.

GL everyone on your freedom from the evil spirits. I'll hope to be on board soon.

Does AA have internet groups? It would be cool if 2plus2 had a room, with meetings. How do the more experienced people with AA think this would work? Certainly a more anonymous venue. Anyways, booze is such an easy way to self medicate away the stress of our rat race society, good luck with leaving it behind you.

http://www.aa-lamplighters.org/

That's the closest thing I know to what you're describing. Not a substitute for IRL meetings, but a good resource nonetheless.

A couple weeks ago, I decided to not drink for 30 days. Just as a lil personal test. I was getting black out drunk far too often for my liking. It's been 18 days, and has not been a problem at all. I've always maintained that I don't need to drink to have fun, I just enjoy doing so.

Great thread.

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/

mbn. I'm usually drinking by the 3rd day.

Just read through this thread. Very interesting stuff. It really makes me feel fortunate that I've never had any problems with drugs or alcohol.

To all of you working on controlling it, keep your stick on the ice. Good luck guys.

Ok, been watching 2p2 for a while, but this is one of the threads that made me actually wanna sign up. I gotta drink problem. I've tried many a time to quit. I get so far then all of a sudden I'm drunk again. Each time I push myself to new lows. I have a job so its vry easy to stay sober on a day to day basis, but weekend comes i destroy myself. How can I stop the relapses?

Walk us through the last time all of a sudden you were drunk again. Cause I absolutely remember that feeling, but it's like saying "Sorry, honey, I was gonna stay loyal, but I tripped and my dick fell into this other girl." It just doesn't happen that way.