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13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 325

That sounds like a great strategy. I do not keep any wine or beer in the house anymore and it has helped me. Once I get a bottle of wine I can't seem to stop at 2 or 3 and before I know it the entire bottle is gone and if I had more would drink that too. So, with only buying you double beer you can monitor yourself. Relearning all the programs we have set up in our psyche is hard but can be done. That is what we are all trying to do. Good luck and keep posting. We all are here to support each other.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4

hi ~m,

thanks for your encouragement and making me feel less alone. that is very kind. i'm starting to realize that as much as i love my job, it's super stressful! and my boss is an imbicile!! that really gets to me. anyway, my new favorite way to make myself 'behave' is to buy a double beer on the way home from work, so that that's all i have in my fridge. so even tho' i want more when it's done, i don't have any! i'm hoping that with time, i will re-develop the skill to know when to say no, even if there is more available! also, i'm trying to make a safe plan for this saturday night so i don't get carried away like last week. wish me luck!!

how is everyone else doing this week?

partygrrl.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1022

Hey Partygrrl... welcome back to the AHC. Have you had a chance to read through some of the more recent postings and blogs. Can't tell you how many of us identify with being "too smart" to be doing what we are doing to ourselves. I dare say you most likely aren't doing anything more embarrassing or more shaming than what a lot of us have (bravely) posted here about our struggle. You are not alone in this and I do encourage you to keep coming back, use your toolbox, work through the exercises and post/blog daily if you can...

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4

i started the program but gave up. i was using the drinks per day calendar, and of course, had a saturday night that embarrased me, so didn't record it. then gave up kinda.
i know i am better behaved when i am being accountable.

i think that being single and my drinking are related-- at least during the weeks. some weeks are better than others. i still feel the need to have a good whoop-up on the weekend, and that's with happy thoughts in my head!

sometimes i'm just confused and want to just stop analyzing and judging myself. it seems so elusive and useless sometimes. but thanks for getting back to me so soon.

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 653

Hi Partygrrl,

Welcome to the forums and thaks for your post. You will find great support here and perhaps that will help to know that you are not alone. Have you started the program yet? It is very helpful to do the readings and activities. Please be gentle with yourself. Making changes is not easy and does take time. Have you set any goals? That might also be a good start, to put your motivation down in concrete terms.

Keep posting!

Tiana, Health Educator

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 4

another monday morning, another pledge to be better behaved this week. sigh.
well, it's great to read that i am not the only one struggling out there.

but i feel like i am too smart to be doing this to my body, brain, self-esteem, etc.

then again, is a couple nights of partying each week, with no risky behavior, really so bad that i need to beat myself up over and over again?

or is it my mother's voice in my head making me feel bad?

i just want inner peace.

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