This is a good step... and a difficult long road. I wish you the best of luck with this.
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i fought and won against harder stuff like drugs and cigarettes...it's only hard to give up if you make it ... i know plenty of people who don't drink (not just alkys but like diabetics, or martial artists 3 good friends (2 uni lecturers and a uni librarian so I'm half way there) are in it they welcome me back with even more support (that i will go back into tai chi and wing chun as a life style choice -made up mind that's what i want, kicking booze will be easy as i'd no longer struggle with conflicts (booze/health focus etc)
I'm glad to make this decision - actually for first time in my life i feel ok with this deciding to not to have any more drink, heck another mate of mine just told me (in txt) that he gonna pop around see me soon in week or so...and said he should be quitting too! and already i have like 20 people supportive I'm surprised..
its only hard if you make it so...
i gave up LSD, hash, shrooms, speed, cannabis (pot isn't that bad but it really saps your motivation and hampers memory too much for study but then I've had A grades essay marks from um like 8 joints in a night lol..(true story essay started and finished in ONE NIGHT) and got A!! so weird...
but so i smoked more over that couple years at that time it did affected recalls...so gave that up...along with other dopes...
its called dopes cu it makes you dope...in the end, it does!!
so yeah i think it's best decision id ever have made to stop drinking.
long road? id doubt it, that's only if I'm half hearted about it, but I'm not this time....
I've had enough, i want to stop and i know it's too dangerous for me....
being a connoisseur is a hard bit but whatever,,,, I suspect that's a way too expensive hobby stopping me from being able to afford other things to try, so then again that's a good decision.....
its all about how I see things, and decide and know what it means
so that's why it's not such a long difficult road.......come to think of it, it WAS a long difficult road!......I want the easy road now!!