Keeping on!

At a time

No thanks, I’m allergic to alcohol. I break out in hand cuffs. Cuts em right off.

you're on the right path!

Keep it going!

Proud of your dedication and determination.

Remember to breathe as you listen. It will be hard but not the hardest thing you’ve ever done. Love to you and yours. This is a new day!🙏🏼💗💗

I think I can!

I hope you can do it again! I think you will, the first 30 can be tough.

One day at a time!

Advice was that wherever i was going to be in a group where there was drinking going on, I should have an exit plan in case I felt needed to leave in order to stay sober. Have my own car if I was going somewhere for an event. Have a plan for how I could excuse myself from something in my own house. "I don't feel well" and go to my room or sneak out and go somewhere else.

It worked. Sometimes, just knowing I had an exit plan eased the temptation to drink.

That's a long time!
Just twenty-four hours at a time, each taken singly.
A word of advice from an Olephart who's been there: pay attention when your wife takes your inventory. You have to know that stuff at bone level. You can do this.

I was grateful both for the things she said and my groups reaction.

I likely know a lot of things your wife will say as I have walked in her shoes, with my ex-husband. If he had done what you are doing, we might still be married for more than 40 years by now.

I'm proud of you and happy for your future. Keep up the good work!

You can do this, one day at a time.

I know what you're going through. I quit 40 years ago and haven't had a drink since. However, it wasn't as easy as I might make it sound. It took me about 5 years to finally quit for good. During that time I was sober most of the time but there were times I had to try drinking again; it never turned out well. I'd drink alcoholically for a week to a month and then had to quit again because I made a fool of myself and/or was on the verge of losing my job. I put my wife and family through hell and I'm not proud of it. I finally realized that I can't drink safely and quit for good. I hope you're smarter than me and succeed on your first try. I was a slow learner. Even if things do get bad again don't get discouraged or give up hope. Even if the world looks like a dark place, you can make a good life for yourself and your family. I'd also ask your wife not to give up on you. My wife stood by me even though I screwed up and wasn't a nice person to live with; all I can say is that she's a saint. I, and I suspect she, would say the pain was worth it to come out at a good place in the end.

I don’t think my wife would either if I slipped. I look at the pain the people in my group have suffered as a result of their relapses, and I hope to never go there.

Let it slide. They care but can't fully understand.

The data letter went well. At least as well as I could expect.

Thats a great accomplishment. Keep it going!

That is great!

I'm always glad to welcome another travler trudging the road to happy destiny. Stick around and the promises on pages 83-84 of the Big Book of AA will materialize, as they have manifested in my life.

My sponsor said we’d read that together on Saturday. Great minds

They keep adding up. Congratulations.

Thanks!

It’s hard work but gets easier as you go.

You should be proud of you! Keep on keeping on! We are all in your corner rooting for you!

Been there, done that, and have the tee shirt. It gets easier with time and there will come a point in your life when you no longer think about it. Your life is going to take a turn for the better.

I’m looking forward to the time I no longer think about it.

And instead of walking away, your wife is participating in both your recovery and the family’s recovery. Good sign.

I feel very fortunate!

Keep it up. It can - and will - be done. (Sobriety, that is.)

My best wishes to your for continuing recovery!

Thank you!

You are well on you way to that day, when the little voice in your head stops saying, "I need a drink." No, you don't NEED it. I used to drink way too much, and had about a dozen grand mal seizures. When I stopped drinking, the seizures also stopped. I can now drink a beer or glass of wine occasionally, as in 1 per 3 or 4 months.

I am amazed at how much alcohol permeates our culture. Watching TV or movies, count how many times someone comes in the door and heads straight for the bar for liquor. Like 3 or 4 fingers of liquor. Eventually alcohol will not interest you at all. You are perfectly capable of dealing with all the obstacles, disappointments, and upsets that come your way.

I doubt I could do just 1 every now and then.

You are so right about our culture. Booze is everywhere. It’s just no longer in my glass.

Keep going - one day at a time!

There are going to be a whole string of “sober firsts” First time in a restaurant sober, first time you get sick sober, first time you go on vacation sober… after a while all those things will begin to feel normal. As my friends say - “Easy Does It But Do It.”

Find yourself a community of like minded individuals - there’s plenty of folks that can help you. You don’t and probably can’t do this on your own. Remember that you need to hear from the people you love and that love you. Alcoholism affects the whole family.

Finally… No Matter What, Just Don’t Drink.

We are rooting for you! ❤️

I agree wholeheartedly.

Waiting out there for you. One day you’ll realize there are plenty of folks that just don’t drink - not because they are alcoholics but because the just don’t want to. Then you may look around and realize you’ve been stuck in some kind of self imposed prison.

With any luck you’ll discover a whole world of opportunities, new experiences, and serenity.

One day at a time.

I hope you’re right!

Thirty days is quite an accomplishment. (I know how humbling that "data letter" can be). It's also freeing in a way, too. Walk tall and carry on!

I’m pretty proud of myself. And the data letter was very loving. It had some hard truths, but the message was so supportive.

You don't want to lose that feeling.

I quit somewhere @ 30 years ago and never missed it a bit.

doing yourself a HUGE favor. When people try to press alcohol on my husband and me, we just tell them "We drank our share" and we're tired of it now.

I’m lucky to be around very supportive people. Hopefully no one will push the issue.

You have done the toughest part already. I general, each day will be easier than the day before, though the changes are subtle.

I hope you’re right!

A grateful member of AA.

There's no way to sugar coat this challenge. It was extremely difficult, and took four tries to get here.

There is also no way to describe how much better my life is.

Congratulations on a great achievement!

No sugar coating needed. I see the number of relapses in my group. Trying to keep in mind, I don’t want to go through this again. It won’t be any easier if there is a next time.

I quit smoking 20 years ago, and 32 years ago I quit all drugs except marijuana, which I rarely use anymore, cigarettes and alcohol. I've been toying with the idea of quitting drinking. I recently quit for a week, and I had no physical symptoms at all, so maybe I can do this. It inspires me when I see others do it.

I had quit everything but alcohol. I had to go to detox for alcohol. If you can do it on your own that is wonderful!

And best wishes for many more days!

Stay true to your convictions. You deserve it.

Will do.

Trying and failing to imagine what it would be like to not drink for 20 years. One secret, I found out, was to not quit for 20 years, only for the next 5 minutes. Keep quitting every 5 minutes, and string those drink-free minutes together. That necklace gets long pretty fast. It gets easier. I am so proud of you.

And thank you!

😁😻😎😃😄😆

1/2 pineapple juice + 1/2 soda water

1/2 cranberry juice + 1/2 soda water

I was spared by an unusual genetic oddity. Otherwise, who knows if I might have landed in the same boat?

You’re lucky.

I gag when I taste a wide variety of things. One is avocados. Another is alcohol. Whether beer, wine, hard stuff, or even ice cream with a few drops of Grand Marnier, I get repulsed. It was that way when I was five, and it's still that way now.The closest I can come is cod in garlic and white wine sauce, and only if the alcohol has completely burned off. But the chance of me downing even an eyedropper of an alcoholic beverage without getting ill is exactly zero. Neither my siblings nor my children have this, so I must be some kind of genetic freak. But since I never had a craving for it, I never missed it, either.

I was born with a predisposed to alcoholism. I ignored the warnings. Not terribly smart, so here I am.

I know very well how tough it is in the beginning, wishing you a successful journey - One Day at a Time.