anyone else quit drinking?

Carthage said:
The wife and I love living here. We're originally small town folks from a little further west in NC. We lived in Raleigh after college for a while and just moved down here two years ago.
From what I understand, growth here is out of control. If you ever move back, buy property in northern NHC. That's where the growth is and you can make a bundle.
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Assume toward the Northeast River.It was filled with truck farms & a few roadside produce stands. Property in our area has slowed,can you believe it,to 2% growth a month. Just moved into the 'burbs here but only made $42,500 on the last house. We're down to a 3 br. 2& 1/2 baths now & love urban living .

Uncle [ Tarheel born [ Alan
 
It's 9 years this month :) I've always had a fast metabolism and could almost drink gallons without getting drunk...until I hit 40. I heard other people say that you reach a point where it's no fun anymore...I believe it. Quit smoking a year ago :cool: theres nothing left to give up :(
 
This May will be 2 years. I have pulled into a liquor store parking lot 3 times since then, and backed out. It was, and still can be, tough. I liked my vodka. Grey Goose, on ice, three olives. You gotta have your vegetables. It was cool when I was younger to get toasted on weekends. When the kids started along, I heard something that tore out my heart, "Momma, why is daddy sick on the couch?" I realized that it was time to quit.
 
Been 14 years since I quit. Drinking had been a problem in my family for years, Three generations that I know of. Saw what it was doing to my brother and father and just quit. Hard at first. The social circle shrinks. Lost some friends who weren't friends in the first place. My brother and father also gave it a few years after I did. All in all it was a good choice. Who knows where I might have landed up.
 
uncle Alan said:
Assume toward the Northeast River.It was filled with truck farms & a few roadside produce stands. Property in our area has slowed,can you believe it,to 2% growth a month. Just moved into the 'burbs here but only made $42,500 on the last house. We're down to a 3 br. 2& 1/2 baths now & love urban living .

Uncle [ Tarheel born [ Alan
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That's the place. There's a new "belt-line" going in that is going to open up this end even more. Looks like I'm going to have to move again to get away from the creeping city limits.
 
Ming65 said:
I found myself liking alcohol a bit much a few years back and quit for 18 months. Siince then I've had the occasional drink but have been spared the urge to make it a big part of my life. I think of myself as a non-drinker but will have the odd beer or wine in company just avoid being labelled a 'non-drinker'.

Your story is an interesting one Alan because in my non drinking phase I came to realise how, as a society, we use aclohol to bond people together. This can of coourse be a positive thing - like a few beers sitting on the fence with the fire team after training. Or it can be a negative thing when you are trying to improve your life and you are stuck in a peer group that is comfortable being mundane.

Didn't Jesus say once to 'not take wine with fools'?
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Good quote. I try to follow God's "Top Ten List ". This is the phrase I used when I actually brought an athiest around. "Ten Commandments" might have been too forceful or scary but it worked.
I love the use of Oz. In my area we say at Mickey Mouse House because most Europeans seem to use the phrase while searching for the vermin that ruined Central Florida.
 
I started out-patient rehab a couple weeks ago with our local Drug and Alcohol Commission. I go to group sessions twice a week, for 2 1/2 hours per night, plus one-on-one sessions (one hour) every other week. I've been to three group sessions so far. I go again tonight; they are Tues. and Thurs. nights. It's not so bad; I was really skeptical and nervous the first time I went.

There was only one other person there who was also self-referred. Everyone else was ordered to go by law. This woman though has been very nice to me from the start and even asked me to go to an AA meeting with her. We were going to go yesterday but the weather caused us to postpone it. She'd only ever been to AA as a counselor, which is pretty ironic.

I've been sober for about four weeks, although I will admit that I did slip up a couple weeks ago. Back on track though. I used to drink every night. What a waste of time and money (and health.)

~ashes
 
Good for you, Ashes, I'm so glad you're doing this for yourself. Don't beat yourself up if you slip, just get back on track as you have done. I'm very proud of you because I know how difficult it can be.
 
The expression I love is "we begin now."

The past is dead. We have the present.

People tell me "I have to lose 20 pounds," and I say to myself "no you don't, you have to lost 1 pound, more accurately, you just have to watch what you eat *this meal*."

We begin now. Congratulations, Ashes.
 
Ashes said:
......... This woman though has been very nice to me from the start and even asked me to go to an AA meeting with her. We were going to go yesterday but the weather caused us to postpone it. She'd only ever been to AA as a counselor, which is pretty ironic.................
~ashes
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If you have problems with men hitting on you in AA meetings(a real problem in some areas), they usually have all women meetings. Just call your local AA to find out when/where.
 
I quit almost 2 years ago. Three weeks after I quit I went through withdrawal for about 5 days which was was quite a shock. You don't realize how addicted you are until you get the shakes and constant hunger cravings. It felt like I had drank a pot of coffee. I'll have a beer once in a while now but I know how easy it would be to fall off the wagon. I don't ever want to go back to that life style. I was seeing a counselor when I quit which really helped me. I used her as my challenge to not drink. She doubted I could quit cold turkey with out using AA or another support group and I was determined to prove her wrong - I'm kind of a stubborn pain in the ass like that :D
 
I have not had a drink or done any dope since July 22 2000. I tried and tried to control my drinking and drugging and could not. Tried like hell to stop on my own and could not. Went into AA on my own "this is after a couple of court ordered treatment center stays" took suggestions, went to lots of meeting and just didn't drink a day at a time. My life is so much better now.
Ashes, best of luck to you,be brave. Get a sponser and work the steps and it will get better. Jim
 
I also wanted to add what a bad combination driinking and knife collecting is. I'd get all liquored up and start handling my blades invariably cutting myself or dropping a knife damaging the tip or handle. :(
 
I quit being a lush 20 years ago. It almost ruined my marriage and I was violent when drunk. Alcoholism runs in my family. Drinking killed my grandfather and an uncle. Drugs and alcohol killed my brother at age 47. He overdosed on heroin a few years ago. I have a beer with dinner a couple of times a year. What's the purpose to get drunk and make an ass out of yourself or wake up the next day and not even know what the hell you did the night before. I get high on knives now. :D
Scott
 
I hear ya Scott, much SHARPER buzz! Also much easier to get over the next morning! I cut my drinking out about 10 years ago, still have a beer on occasion,or a medicinal nip after being out in the cold all day but that's about it. More important things to spend $$ on! :cool: :cool:
 
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