You're good people, Red. Keep up the fight!

So much love in this thread! All the shit talk aside, it's proof of how awesome (and caring) the CP community is.

I was going to say replace it with another habit like pimping or something.

Best wishes to you, my friend.

Give me a ****ing break. SR gets my sense of humor.

:rolleyes:

We care about you SR. You're one of the sweetest guys here.

I hope you have the resources and community where you are to help aide you in your recovery.

Keep updating the thread and let us know how you're doing as time goes on

Yeah, I'm a fan of the "find something to replace it with" plan.

It happens. A lot of us have been there.

I was an over half a pack a day smoker for over ten years. When I found out my daughter was on the way, I quit on a dime full out cold turkey without any patches or gum or Chantix or anything.

**** was it hard, but I'm glad I did it. I still struggle with it because there are times where I think, "man, shit. A nice fresh smooth Turkish Royal would be so nice" after eating a big meal. Doesn't happen frequently but when it does it's like wow, ain't that some shit

Big thing is don't dwell on the times you've stopped and failed, how long you've been drinking or that it's going to be hard. People are great because if we're determined, dangit we'll figure something out.

Don't beat yourself up if you have a relapse. Just pick yourself up, dust yourself off and say okay let's do it again. It's always about what direction you're headed and not where you've came from.

You got it and can always PM me if you're struggling.

Main thing for me was just focusing on things that made me happy and focusing on what I wanted. Breathing is pretty cool and good, not reeking like an ashtray for my daughter was another big thing. It's also nice being sick less.

No big deal buddy. :thumb:

We’re all battling something... keep this new spirit, and you’ll be fine

SR - I dont know what your perceived level of alcoholism is but in my case I drink a lot of beer but dont feel like its a problem. I can go several days to weeks without one, I just choose not to because I love the taste. I did however quit for a couple months recently to lose weight. Knocked off 20 pounds, making no other changes to my diet/exercise. I then started drinking beer again and put 5 of it back on fairly quickly and I'm afraid it's going to keep going up unless I quit again.

I guess my point is, if you need another motivational tool to stop just think of the weight you'll lose...not that you need to of course. :D

yeah I'd like to get back down to a 33 - i am now a 36

Good luck SR. We're all rooting for you.

I love you!!!!

You got to be more decisive about your decision. If you are going to quit then do it and don't leave the door open to drinking ever again. Otherwise, as you know from personal experience, it will probably get you in a weak moment.. Might be a year from now, might be five years, might be ten-years or it might be a day but you'll probably drink again.

Good luck. You can do it bro!