Stop Drinking

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This is a place to motivate each other to control or stop drinking. It is also a place for non drinkers to discuss and share.

We welcome anyone who wishes to join in by asking for advice, sharing our experiences and stories, or just encouraging someone who is trying to quit or cut down.

Please post only when sober; you’re welcome to read in the meanwhile.

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I Didn't drink alcohol yesterday (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by philthi@lemmy.world to c/stopdrinking@lemmy.world

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Hello everyone,

This is my first post here, and I just want to share a small achievement. I find often that if I drank alcohol yesterday I'm much more likely to drink it again today, and yesterday for the first day in around 2 weeks I had no alcohol, this is making it much easier to have none today.

Anyway, that's all, and it's not a big deal I just wanted to share it.

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 9 points 9 months ago

Here's my story. Walked into work drunk at 9 am and got sent to HR. Yadda yadda yadda, detox, rehab, random tests for the next 18 months.

All the staff in the rehab said go to AA, so I went. First time in my life I felt like I was meeting people who understood where I was coming from. No pressure to do anything except stay sober. There are online meetings 24/7, and you don't have to turn on the camera or speak if you don't want to. Look for secular meetings if you're atheist/agnostic.

https://aa-intergroup.org/meetings/

Don't worry about the jargon or get hung up on the Big Book. The original members got sober by talking to each other