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mr_lebowski

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37. Look at it this way brother ... you've drank only one day out of the last 93 ...

Sat Nov 30, 2019, 02:30 PM

Nov 2019

Don't think of it as 'starting over' ... when you get to 364 out of 365 (as a for-instance), this one day isn't going to matter one lick.

Of course, you don't want to get in the HABIT of letting yourself off the hook in this way, but don't beat yourself up the next few days, and try not to think about the mess up, just get back on the proverbial horse, put one foot in front of the other, and keep doing the next right thing. Worst thing is to let it bum you out to the point that you pick up again. Right?

Take care my friend. Did you do that church gig yet? If not, I would consider bowing out, honestly. It might be impacting you leading up to it, subconsciously, if you're feeling anxious about ...

And if so, how did it go?

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I wshould not be this strssed [View all] kozar Nov 2019 OP

My sister is at this very moment dying of end stage liver failure Kali Nov 2019 #1

I aggree so much kozar Nov 2019 #3

And now I realize your post when I reread kozar Nov 2019 #26

Giving up drinking is hard work. Turbineguy Nov 2019 #2

ty,,, I do kozar Nov 2019 #5

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So sorry that you had this experience... Freedomofspeech Nov 2019 #4

ohhh dont I see kozar Nov 2019 #7

There is no problem in the world that alcohol can't make WORSE GitRDun Nov 2019 #6

ty,, I put my heart kozar Nov 2019 #10

Please, Please and Please .."Ignore the looser" Stuart G Dec 2019 #42

(((((Koz))))), I'd like a vodka - soda-lime tonight irisblue Nov 2019 #9

I would love some rum kozar Nov 2019 #12

I have blocked some DU members, I have been sad to learn, irisblue Nov 2019 #13

I tend to attck with facts,, kozar Nov 2019 #15

There is a thing " Chardonnay and Rage Posting" irisblue Nov 2019 #18

ty kozar Nov 2019 #23

We all walk this road one day at a time Alpeduez21 Nov 2019 #11

Im only looking aND HOPING FOR 93 kozar Nov 2019 #16

my first post here kozar Nov 2019 #14

feck!!! kozar Nov 2019 #17

A ? about your keyboard irisblue Nov 2019 #19

no,,,not a keyboard thing kozar Nov 2019 #21

Does your computer have controls for the keyboard? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #20

yes Vel kozar Nov 2019 #22

Well, hang in there. Don't worry about what people think of your punctuation. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #24

wish it was a stuck key,, kozar Nov 2019 #28

Yes, hang in there..Velveteen Ocelot is correct..Also, I checked around, and Stuart G Nov 2019 #40

I have cheked around here and there....and everywhere.... Stuart G Dec 2019 #44

just reread my OP kozar Nov 2019 #25

I am so sorry that someone who wanted a moment of superiority upset you that much. Marie Marie Nov 2019 #27

ty Marie kozar Nov 2019 #29

How do you handle it without booze? calguy Nov 2019 #30

great insight kozar Nov 2019 #31

If one can learn to let it go..... calguy Nov 2019 #34

Maybe I am a little weird, but I love the way you write and type. It comes from your heart. Tech Nov 2019 #32

Dear koz elleng Nov 2019 #33

Respect to you. Some people... Eh. dchill Nov 2019 #35

Yes, from me too. Dear Koz.. sprinkleeninow Nov 2019 #36

Look at it this way brother ... you've drank only one day out of the last 93 ... mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #37

seems to matter to my family kozar Nov 2019 #38

Well, then you go head-on man. Sounded in another post like you were feeling anxious about it ... mr_lebowski Nov 2019 #39

the true "gig" kozar Dec 2019 #41

You are not alone...my spelling sucks, and my punctuation is often worse. Stuart G Dec 2019 #43