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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-14-07 10:34 PM
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Thank you everybody for being so great.
BUT I AM A FAILURE. I FAILED. My only friends now are liquid.

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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-14-07 10:39 PM
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1. elshiva, you aren't a failure, you're a drunk
drunks DRINK!! that's our normal state. give your self a break please :hug:

it didn't happen for me overnight, I had to work up the courage to even attempt to slow down and that took several tries. after I had slowed down a notch I had to pray and practice to push back that first drink, a minute at a time.

then I got the guts to reach out.

then things started happening.

and now I'm clean and sober.

but it didn't start in an instant, it took time and effort.

If I can do it, you can do it.

tiny baby steps, one day at a time, an hour, a minute at a time.

Don't give up before the miracle happens! :hi:
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-14-07 10:48 PM
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2. Thank you. But I think I'm going to Hell.
I have been a FUCKING IDIOT to my family.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-14-07 10:51 PM
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3. alcoholism isn't a sin. it's an allergy of the body (a disease)
you are not morally corrupt because you drink. and the things that you have done to yourself and your family can be made right in time.

if you can't believe in yourself, believe that a power greater than you loves you, no matter what.

God don't make junk!
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-14-07 10:59 PM
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4. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE FOLLOWING RANT...
GOD DOES MAKE JUNK!!!

Creation is not perfect and it's not altogher pretty.

Sorry, but it gets on my nerves when folks say "God does not make junk."
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-14-07 11:00 PM
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5. yeah well, looking at 1600 Pennsyvania Ave I guess I have to agree
but you ain't one of them I bet :evilgrin:
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-14-07 11:12 PM
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6. ROFL! I am not a republican.
Thank you! :rofl:
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-14-07 11:13 PM
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7. ROFL!!! ya think???
:rofl:
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-15-07 09:48 AM
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8. ROFL!
AZDem- you rock, lady!

:yourock:
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-18-07 01:49 AM
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13. You're already in hell
And most of us have been in there with you. But with some help, you can get out. I'm the original weak-willed wussy, and if I managed to quit drinking, anyone can. Just ask for help: you'll be amazed by how many people will be there for you.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-15-07 09:57 AM
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9. Elshiva- You Are Not A Failure!
You're one of us- an alcoholic.

We drink- that's what we do.
It consumes our entire life- figuring out
how to get enough alcohol to make it
through the day/night.

Sobriety doesn't come easily.
It takes a lot of pain,sometimes near death experiences
to get here.

I use to get sooo POed hearing the AA sayings, but
they are true.

If you want this- and are willing to go to any lengths
to get this thing called sobriety, you will get it.

It may take a few attempts to get there.
I went in and out of the program so many times in my first year,
I was forever standing up at meetings as a " in my first 30 days"
member. Then it sank it- and it worked!

Don't give up hope- you still have it.

You have friends here.
And we ain't liquid.
;-)

:hug:
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-15-07 10:16 AM
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10. I forgot to add--
Don't Give Up Before the Miracle

-it's true.

:hug:
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-16-07 12:10 PM
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11. Nope...
your friend isn't liquid

failure= when one stops trying

you aren't a failure

:hug: :hug: :hug:

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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-17-07 10:39 PM
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12. You're not a failure
You do need support. Have you been to a meeting lately?

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