Trying to start again

Thanks for the reply. I don't miss it all the time, but I do like my beer.
Going on a nice bike ride tomorrow morning and that will give me a high. lol

I don't get drunk, but a nice buzz. I don't like the feeling of being too
drunk.

Curt

"TdN" wrote in message
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"curt" wrote in message
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Well, I have been trying to start again for a few weeks now and have had
some good days and bad days. I seem to find an excuse to drink all the
time. I been helping a friend that lives in a home I own clean up after
the
massive flooding and that seems to be an excuse to drink.

Eeerrrrr....I don't think you're an alcoholic. However, you shouldn't
self-medicate stress/anxiety/exhaustion with alcohol, because that's
one path to **becoming** an alcoholic. I have been there and done
that myself, and didn't like where it was going.

If I were you, I would tell all my friends that I was trying to lose
weight, and that I was cutting out all beer until I reached my goal,
and that I'd buy the first round once I was back on the sauce. Then
I'd hang out with them and drink only Perrier and lime for a few weeks
at least.

Another option is to replace every other beer with a Perrier and lime.
My brother can drop several pounds in two weeks by doing this (he's
6'4" and pretty high-metabolism). You still get the enjoyment and
taste of beer, and the conviviality of friends, but with only half the
calories.

Now, I will tell you what I did, just for the record. I had gotten
into a pattern of drinking way too much because I was stressed out,
anxious, and unhappy. When someone told me they thought I had a
drinking problem, I was offended beyond words and told them I would
give up alcohol for six months. Which I did.

After the first couple of days, I didn't crave it, but I did miss it.
I love the taste of wine and microbrewed beer and single malt whisky
and other yummy alcoholic beverages. I like the little fuzziness I
feel after two glasses of wine (just as I like the little edginess I
feel after two cups of coffee).

But choosing to take six months away from Demon Rum did make me feel
confident that I was able to take alcohol or leave it.

Since then, I've never gotten drunk. Not because I've been trying not
to, but because I didn't want to--two beers or two glasses of wine or
one mixed drink is completely satisfying. I've never had a hangover.
I've enjoyed a few drinks a month and never had one second of feeling
I was out of control.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

T.

"Ignoramus26015" wrote in message
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Alcoholism is not a black and white thing such as being pregnant.

One can be dependent on alcohol, not satisfy some official criteria
for alcoholism, and have his life seriously impaired by drinking.

It is like overweight and obese. Someone not obese, is not necessarily
healthy -- he can be just about obese. And the best time to take
action about weight is to do it early.

Same is with drinking. Curt lets it control his life.

Now is the time to take action.

i

Now, now, I don't let it control my life. It is a part of my life. I will
take my two weeks or so off and then will allow one day a week. I don't
think that is a problem.

Curt

"Ignoramus26015" wrote in message
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Alcoholism is not a black and white thing such as being pregnant.

One can be dependent on alcohol, not satisfy some official criteria
for alcoholism, and have his life seriously impaired by drinking.

It is like overweight and obese. Someone not obese, is not necessarily
healthy -- he can be just about obese. And the best time to take
action about weight is to do it early.

Same is with drinking. Curt lets it control his life.

Now is the time to take action.

i

Now, now, I don't let it control my life. It is a part of my life. I will
take my two weeks or so off and then will allow one day a week. I don't
think that is a problem.

Curt

In article gI55d.831$r%4.2@trndny05, "curt" wrote:

"Ignoramus26015" wrote in message
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Alcoholism is not a black and white thing such as being pregnant.

One can be dependent on alcohol, not satisfy some official criteria
for alcoholism, and have his life seriously impaired by drinking.

It is like overweight and obese. Someone not obese, is not necessarily
healthy -- he can be just about obese. And the best time to take
action about weight is to do it early.

Same is with drinking. Curt lets it control his life.

Now is the time to take action.

i

Now, now, I don't let it control my life. It is a part of my life. I will
take my two weeks or so off and then will allow one day a week. I don't
think that is a problem.

Curt



I though that you said it was a problem. I was under the impression that
you intend to not drink, but then make excuses and end up drinking anyway.
That sounds like a problem. Not necessarily an addiction, but a problem.

I have some problems like that, which aren't necessarily addictions. I
tend to procrastinate sometimes, but I don't think I need a 12 step program
for it. I just need to be more disciplined.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

In article gI55d.831$r%4.2@trndny05, "curt" wrote:

"Ignoramus26015" wrote in message
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Alcoholism is not a black and white thing such as being pregnant.

One can be dependent on alcohol, not satisfy some official criteria
for alcoholism, and have his life seriously impaired by drinking.

It is like overweight and obese. Someone not obese, is not necessarily
healthy -- he can be just about obese. And the best time to take
action about weight is to do it early.

Same is with drinking. Curt lets it control his life.

Now is the time to take action.

i

Now, now, I don't let it control my life. It is a part of my life. I will
take my two weeks or so off and then will allow one day a week. I don't
think that is a problem.

Curt



I though that you said it was a problem. I was under the impression that
you intend to not drink, but then make excuses and end up drinking anyway.
That sounds like a problem. Not necessarily an addiction, but a problem.

I have some problems like that, which aren't necessarily addictions. I
tend to procrastinate sometimes, but I don't think I need a 12 step program
for it. I just need to be more disciplined.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

"Luna" wrote in message
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In article gI55d.831$r%4.2@trndny05, "curt" wrote:

"Ignoramus26015" wrote in message
...
Alcoholism is not a black and white thing such as being pregnant.

One can be dependent on alcohol, not satisfy some official criteria
for alcoholism, and have his life seriously impaired by drinking.

It is like overweight and obese. Someone not obese, is not necessarily
healthy -- he can be just about obese. And the best time to take
action about weight is to do it early.

Same is with drinking. Curt lets it control his life.

Now is the time to take action.

i

Now, now, I don't let it control my life. It is a part of my life. I
will
take my two weeks or so off and then will allow one day a week. I don't
think that is a problem.

Curt



I though that you said it was a problem. I was under the impression that
you intend to not drink, but then make excuses and end up drinking anyway.
That sounds like a problem. Not necessarily an addiction, but a problem.

I have some problems like that, which aren't necessarily addictions. I
tend to procrastinate sometimes, but I don't think I need a 12 step
program
for it. I just need to be more disciplined.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Okay, I am not addicted. It is a problem, but not something that is getting
me in some kind of big trouble. I don't have an addictive personality when
it comes to this type of thing. For example when I had surgery I got a
couple of prescriptions of Perks. I took them for a while and kept trying
to go off unless the pain was too much. I only ended up taking 1/3 of the
first prescription and through the rest away.

Curt

OK. We're now 3/4 over the weekend - how you're doing so far?

It's Day 6 now! Almost half way through 2 weeks, i.e. almost half way
through Induction!!!!

OK. We're now 3/4 over the weekend - how you're doing so far?

It's Day 6 now! Almost half way through 2 weeks, i.e. almost half way
through Induction!!!!

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"Ada Ma" wrote in message
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OK. We're now 3/4 over the weekend - how you're doing so far?

It's Day 6 now! Almost half way through 2 weeks, i.e. almost half way
through Induction!!!!