Almost lost it yesterday .. but still SOBER
 

I have been sober nearly three months, not a drop. Last night I bought a beer. I walked over to the store to get it. On the way back, I opened it. And it smelled better than 1000 of the cleanest freshest snatches on planet earth all in your face all at the same time. I mean to say that the beer looked like 1000 pairs of female breasts, buttocks, snatches and female ass holes ..... that is how good this beer looked .. And I swear. It smelled so god damned good.

But I left it sitting there on a ledge under the bridge. I opened it. But didn't drink any.

It was cold out - I am sure some street urchin enjoyed it. :thumbsup

Good. But does that mean you can not drink responsible? One beer and thats it?

What did your woman have to go without to pay for that beer? You fucking parasite.

Yeah
It sure does

That has been why I am poor

A doughnut
It's okay she sucked out a big nut

How's that you fucking clown :thumbsup

Was it a 40'?

Nah
A 24oz can

Almost went for the OE 40 but knew I'd fall in love and buy three more :1orglaugh

Good for you. My experience is that the desire to drink completely goes away if I follow some simple suggestions.

The body processes alcohol by first turning it into acetone. For some people, their body doesn't process the acetone properly. The build up of acetone creates a craving for more alcohol. It's kind of like if your body totnes water into salt, then the salt made you more thirsty. Thus for these people one drink almost unavoidably leads to many more. For this class, one drink is too many and a thousand isn't enough. They only way they can drink responsibly is to drink none at all.

One is too many and a thousand is never enough.
One of the most true statements known to man kind.

Works with cigarettes, women, etc.

the desire to drink never really goes away, but controlling it is the key.

Agreed. If I ever don't want a fucking drink, check my pulse :1orglaugh

Well several people on here would stand over me laughing if I fell over dead .. butt thankfully, fuck them :1orglaugh

i am currently sober...

or currently fucked up?

I no longer really know de difference...

one day at a time ;)

good job man. schizophrenia and alcohol are a bad mix.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

:thumbsup :2 cents::2 cents::2 cents: :thumbsup

Most people cannot..

The secret I learned was that I can have one or two, and be fine.. but there is always that one time I go on to have 100 more and that is the one that gets me ..

Learning why I can't just have one or two has been terribly useful

Cowboy up motherfucker!

:thumbsup

my desire to NOT be hung over is greater than my desire to binge nowadays lol

Walked down to the store again just now because it's 65F outside ..

The beer was still sitting there


I still didn't drink it

Congratulations! I've been sober 6 months now. I do this every once in a while. Drink too much for a while, then sober up for a few years.

Good for you, congrats :thumbsup

I don't see an empty can off in the distance in pic #1. Looks like you just dropped an opened can and took a pic of it.

Congrats on not drinking it, addiction sucks.

It's under the bridge
If you don't believe me, that is fine.
The can is still sitting there and still full.

Thanks!!

Good for you man! :thumbsup

FTMFW. That mixtape was actually pretty good. Even though Three Six has fell off a bit lately..

Interesting. I though it was more of a mental/psychological issue that makes them drink more.

dude if you dwell on it just drink it. you need to clean it out of your system start drinking wheatgrass and plenty of water. and don't start smoking doesnt make sense to drop one addiction to chain yourself to another.

I guess some people just don't have the chemical makeup to get addicted to alcohol. I played in bands for YEARS and drank up a tanker of liquor in that time... I never got any addiction to it... my friends did though. I have had a few times where I drank enough to get sick and pass out but that was rare... usually, I just stop at a certain point when I feel too buzzed.

Same goes for coke... I used to do it a lot so I could stay awake all night and party (that shit is like Viagra to me - now I just drink a 5 hour energy - much better than having that crap running down my throat)... Some of the people who I used to do coke with turned into crack heads... I never understood the addiction part of it.

I am addicted to cigarettes though... *cough*

I think he was talking about a concept..

Doesn't look like a 24oz can to me, looks like 16oz. Either you're drunk or felt guilty about drinking it so replaced it with a 16oz can :1orglaugh

i'll drink to that :thumbsup

Thanks for sharing this with us... Shoot me an an email and I will give you my number and you can call the next time this happens, if you like. I have been a friend of Bill W and Dr. Bob for 11 years.


Thanks Lucy for sharing this.

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I believe it's both. For some, like me, the mental / psychological is more prevalent. An addictive personality, some call it. Underlying my actions are my thoughts, the mental / psychological thing you mentioned. Underlying my thoughts is a deeper level, what some call the spiritual level. Since I have the addictive personality / spirit, I'll smoke ridiculous amounts of weed, drink to excess, whatever.

There is also a physical on/off switch, a difference in the way some people's bodies process alcohol specifically, and it's genetic. Texas A&M university did some research on that. For those with the physical allergy, a couple of drinks creates a physical chain reaction it seems, having to do with the acetone stage of metabolism. This phenomenon of craving is occurs only in those with the physical difference, the biological alcoholic.

This craving chain reaction is, I think, why an alcoholic's behavior can be so mysterious to a non-alcoholic. "Can't you learn to just drink like a gentleman." No, no more than a diabetic can learn to eat candy. The non-alcoholic never experiences the chain reaction of craving and so does not understand it.