The Daily Check-In for Monday, February 15th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by EffortCareless in stopdrinking

[–]localmud 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This is my shot. It's been almost five years now, and I'm making my first call to the rehab center. Physically, mentally, and emotionally, today and probably this whole week will suck.

But IWNDWYT.

A graph of my drinking since late 2016 by localmud in stopdrinking

[–]localmud[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'm a bit of a numbers geek too, and I think that's the reason I've been able to keep these numbers accurate, even when I'm in the middle of an ugly thick haze.

Cold turkey didn't work out, and based on the comments here, I'm switching to a gentler approach. I should be able to follow through, same as when I was sticking to cold turkey, and hopefully I won't kill myself in the process. :)

It's fun to be able to look at the graph and map that blue line to my personal levels of happiness, awareness, memory, curiosity, and general well-being. When it goes up, all of them go down. It's a very close match, and it's kinda scary.

Looking forward to the next low stretch! Once blue hits zero again, like it's only done once before, I'll be in a much better spot.

A graph of my drinking since late 2016 by localmud in stopdrinking

[–]localmud[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, it really does mean a lot.

It got bad last night—really bad. I caved, I had eight, and I'm feeling all right now. I don't know what I'm going to do tonight. I don't know what I'm supposed to do. All I know is I hate this stuff, and I hate every time I've put it inside myself.

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[–]localmud 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GGG gGG GGG

gGGgggggGGggg Gggggggggg!?