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Can I tell you how happy I am to see this support group? I’ve played with the idea of moderation in the past and even found this site, but there was nothing in my area for support. Simply reading what I should do has never been enough and I’m not yet in agreement with abstinence. …
Scared and excited. 72 y/o with 30+ years of AA sobriety. Decided to drink about 5 years ago. At first it was exciting to be partaking of all the new flavors that hit the market while I was sober. Eventually it distilled(no pun intended)down to vodka. I drink to go to sleep and like the…
Well here we go. Never thought I needed AA but definitely realized I needed to curb my drinking. 3-4 glasses of wine a night is too much yet I struggle to stop. I am very successfull at my job, go to school and manage a household. But I can do better for me. I have…
I’ve been doing this for a while but need extra help. I say MM never hurts. No one ever said damn the next morning I wish I didn’t moderate last night 🙂
I’m currently reading Drinking Responsibly and joined this site a few minutes ago. I will be starting Dryuary but being honest that I may do so for 21 days as my wife’s birthday is the 21st. We do enjoy our wine but she would be 100% supportive of skipping wine, so I don’t know yet….
Hey guys, third entry here, gonna probably post the rest on the forum after this. Third weekend going drink free and gotta say it was another beauty. Worked a lot, spent some time with a close friend and relaxed. Not drinking has forced me into some stress relief and natural highs that I wouldn’t normally…
My second weekend started on Friday where I took a girl to an ” East Coast Paint Party ” where an artist will lead a predetermined piece of art tutorial and you get to paint it. She had a glass of red wine but I stuck to water. Got an early bed and an early…
Hi my blog is http://dealingwithalcoholdependency.wordpress.com I thought I was the only one trying a path of moderation rather than abstinence. The abstainers can be very black and white in their thinking and assume it’s only a matter of time before a moderator realises it can’t be done and becomes an abstainer. That doesn’t help me. I…
So that happened. I expected it to be this momentous thing and it has been pleasant and manageable. Now what? AA has been my entire support system. Still attending meetings being a total poser. Feeling conflicted.