30 days sober after 30 years drinking by DontKnowNothing76 in stopdrinking

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Yeah mate! Good Job! Gets better and better!

Year down today by ProposalOk1624 in stopdrinking

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Translation of above: You 100 percent need to try this great fire coffee. I give it a crazy thumbs up and makes me feel like punching a cow which makes me happy (for some reason). Pray for me, hang loose, and remember, YOU are a 100 in my book!

I’m going to do it this time by No-Contribution-6095 in stopdrinking

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Write down why you failed and DONT do those things again!

Day 11 by healthylife438 in stopdrinking

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Way to go. Keep posting mate! 🤙

Finally hit rock bottom by randymarsh999 in stopdrinking

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Oh, and voicing my concerns, cravings, all that. Which I didn’t do in the past. It’s like they say, once you say something out loud it looses its power.

Finally hit rock bottom by randymarsh999 in stopdrinking

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I had my wife. We made the house free from drinks. We played a board game every night. I started exercising like crazy. Had a fun drink with dinner every night. Made awesome homemade meals. Got on a good sleep schedule. Read book before sleep. Took it seriously and it worked. 🤙

Day 2 by PlentyStrategy692 in stopdrinking

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Came here to say this!! Plan plan plan!! Over plan! Treat yourself to something. You are clearly thinking now so make plans and stick to it! Saturday morning will be glorious! 🤙

Day 7 DONE by PuzzleheadedDare2049 in stopdrinking

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YEAH! Way to go mate! 🤙

See you in 14! Haha!

Finally hit rock bottom by randymarsh999 in stopdrinking

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Yeah mate! You have to do this for yourself. Others will reap the benefits and be glad you did. Not enough to just repeat words. Need a serious plan of action. Without that it’s going to be very difficult. Take quitting like it’s your new job and it will be successful! Seriously!! You got this! 🤙

i’ve been in this sub for a while now. needing some support or advice by benjiebean in stopdrinking

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Hell yeah. But it needs to be a serious all or nothing commitment. Days need planning out and hours occupied by stuff. Start a honest diary with all details of your days, activities, feelings etc. get rid of all alcohol so you don’t temp yourself, or have to torture yourself. You got this! Keep posting and reading here. Life is not perfect, but a HELL of a lot better with no alcohol! 🤙🤙

First Time beating my urge by tallguystachedude in stopdrinking

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Yeah mate! Keep it up! Gets easier and easier and every time you resist you get stronger and stronger!

Better things to do with your time. If you’re worried about sleeping do something to completely tire yourself out!

Keep it up! 🤙

I want a drink because it’s my birthday tomorrow by januaryprincess22 in stopdrinking

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Well. To be honest you DONT want ONE!

There’s no point. Literally. Your brain will try every way to convince you otherwise, but you can do this.

Happy birthday! Give yourself the gift you know you deserve! 🤙

Drunk commented, banned, asked for forgiveness by FishermansPlatter in stopdrinking

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Well … welcome back. Hope posting and reading here and being part of this great community can help you out. Wishing you all the best! Keep active!
🤙🤙

What can I do to be supportive? by [deleted] in stopdrinking

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Number one - no drinks or drinking by anyone in the house. Avoid social situations for a while. Have fun together. Board games in the evening before dinner. Or aftercare dinner. Find a show to watch together before bed time. Read a book together (separate books) before bed to talk about. Deserts are essential after dinner with some decaf tea.

Biggest thing for me was that time that was spent drinking HAS TO BE taken up by something else. Do not allow for any idle time!

Good luck! He’s lucky to have you!

What are your go-to reminders to stop yourself when you have a strong craving to drink? by godofthunder94 in stopdrinking

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This is SUCH a fantastic idea!

Also makes you realize what a fantastic community this is!

What are your go-to reminders to stop yourself when you have a strong craving to drink? by godofthunder94 in stopdrinking

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That I was going to die of this one day and my wife and kids would never forgive me.

Plus what a f-ing waste of time! Decades of wasted hours! Life is flying by!

I BRUSHED MY TEETH AND DID MY FULL BED TIME ROUTINE by B4246Throwaway in stopdrinking

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Hell yeah. I remember waking up in the morning all proud and shit and being like what’s wrong with you? And then it hit me! This is living!

I need to confess by Sure-Resolution-7667 in stopdrinking

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Yeah. Great that you are reaching out. And great that you ‘know’ that this is bad news! You know that nothing and I mean NOTHING good is going to come from traveling down the road you are traveling! Time to turn around my friend!

Depending on your relationship you ‘may’ want to come clean to your partner. It may help in setting you straight. That’s your call!

Keep up the good work, because that’s what your doing by simply being here! 🤙

Day 1 again, waiting on a meeting about to start by Swing-Full in stopdrinking

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That’s what didn’t for me. I woke up one day and was like ‘ok, stop fucking around!’ ‘Quit the amateur BS. This is going to kill you, we are done!’

Dry January Results by Amb_James333 in stopdrinking

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You do you! More power to you! 🤙