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well today is day 2 without any beer! im in a bad mood though. and my shoulder seems to be hurting. im going to have it fixed in august so, i dunno. im just going to have to stay active and away from my house. thank god i dont go into bars

anyways whoever said coffee is a good substitute you are correct!, and so is juice and TV. i also bought a cd that took me back a few years into my life. so im sure that will help

how about a bit of weed richard?
ive been drinking too much, and im going to chill out tonight and watch Dude Wheres My Car.

You're an absolute ganja fiend aren't you Kosmonaut? I love that stuff better than anything, period. Alcohol included. I'd say I am glad, in a way, that it's not convenient as it was. But it's the lesser evil between it and alcohol. I know I started drinking more when my supply ran dry. Stuff would be great the first few days I had some, but I must admit. After about a week of daily use I felt so burned out and paranoid it's just as well I can't have it.

Oh. I'm going to start cutting back on the wine today. I plan to drink no more than a half of the fifth. Hopefully by the end of next week I can at least have it back to one glass a night. That's what I was doing for a long time. Nothing in moderation is bad for you if you can keep it that way. But I'm chicken of going turkey.

I wish you the best!

well yes, ive had similar problems, and it's very convenient here. But ive learnt lessons, so i just have to watch myself. And i don't do them 2 litre coke bottles no more.

I'm beginning to wonder if that's not the better
solution. My father is an alcoholic, but at least
it is something which is easy to bound. My own
addictions seem to completely control my life.

My dad became a total dick when he stopped drinking.

i cant smoke when my moms home. she already said if she caught me smoking in our house she will call the cops. wich means i have to smoke it either outside or when shes at work. i like weed. its cool, theres just so many things i have to work around to smoke it.

There are quite a few dinos who have stopped drinking and drugs. One I know of has been in AA for years. She admits it is not an aspie thing to do. Would you like to post in the Dino cafe in In Depth Adult discussions?

It's the long term that's the hardest.

My husband is a 'night time' alcoholic, a term I picked up on WP. He cold turkeys but only lasts a short time. I've suggested he have one alcoholic free night a week, then later two nights...It wouldn't work for me bur cold turky doesn't work for him.

So you're up to day 3!

OMG! I just opened the fridge -breakfast time - and saw the feast from last night...rocky road, cheese cake... I will not touch. AAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhh

When you wake up out of the house man!! !! !! !! Rock hunting?

well uh.. im not really an old man. my shoulder really seems to be bothering me now that ive quit drinking, i forgot what the doctor said was wrong with it but it hurts BAD. it feels like someone is barbequing my shoulder in hell and then stabbing it with needles. i would take some kind of pain reliver for it but ever since i had that terrible reaction to resperdal i have panic attacks everytime i see pills. lol

i knew i could stop drinking, i just needed something to do. and nannarob i rarely snack to the point where im overeating. im very coinciensous about my weight.

You don't have to be old to post there. There are a lot of
people who've been through hell and back there; you might
find some helpful support.

Hows the not drinking going RB?

Ive cut way down now, but my problems were not so much drinking often, but going overboard with the binge drinking at the weekends.

I tried to weigh up the pro's and cons of my drinking, so for me it was something like this:

Pro's:
More sociable


Con's:
Turns me into the biggest misanthrope ever.
I get some sort of sick pleasure out of saying weird things to people that they cant comprehend.
Wake up in the morning regretting having done silly things.
Wake up in the morning feeling ill, sometimes with sick on the floor.

When i look at it like that, its easy to cut way down.

ive had a couple of drinks tonite. obviously im not happy with myself since i was going to quit. im so dissapointed in myself. but ive feeln this way since ive been in school and life generaly. i dont know whats wrong with me, it would be better if i do not post here tonite

Figured you could at least avoid it
on this thread. Ah well.

You're trying and that's as good as anything. I know I have a very hard time getting up ambition to make any big life changes. I said I wasn't a promoter for the cold turkey method. But for some I'm sure it is the better bet. I like the idea of meeting in the middle. Cut back awhile to a modest amount and then cut it off. I mainly want to get back to one glass a night and I'd be content.