Takes a lot of courage to put this out there Glen. I can honestly say that your story helps keep me sober. Only you can decide where you are at and whether controlled drinking works for you or not. I know it would not work for me but that doesn't mean it can't be your path. Thank you for sharing your journey
Thanks for leaving these videos on here for me too listen too. Hope your well Glen!? I'm back to 3 days sober after 66 days sober then a 8 day binge. Much love mate. From Gladstone Queensland Australia. 👍🏼🙂
Thanks for sharing Glen. I know where you are coming from when you say you've got to start thinking sober. The grog has a habit of re-wiring your drinking-thinking brain when you start back on it. One thing that gets me through is the the detrimental effect that one drink will do to your health. If ever I get a craving, I imagine the drink being a glass of poison (which it is of course) and then downing a pint of water. The craving then goes. Just a mind trick I've learnt, that seems to work.
Probably the only answer is a straight zero tolerance policy. And the knowledge that with one drink comes thousands more. My brother died of alcoholism in June 2017. I don't need any other reasons to avoid alcohol.
Hey Glenn--this is exactly what I'm currently doing: a couple of days off, a couple of days on. It's not the optimal solution, but. . . we'll see where it takes me.
One more thing I forgot to say, was thank your lucky stars that you 're not lying in bed all day without any motivation to do anything but drink, look how much you 've turned your life around to exercise and eating healthy most of the time, that in itself is bloody priceless, you 're absolutely too hard on yourself, we 're never ever going to be perfect, and we all try to be the best we can be, ok, so you 've had a few drinks, its not the end of the world, keep on trying, from my experience when the time comes when you 've really done so well for yourself in the say and all you want to do is reward yourself with a drink or crap food, take a drive, go for another walk, the feeling will pass and its just getting use to different routines, then you 'll be so tired all you 'll want to do is go to sleep, lol! Just keep repeating the same thing then it will become your norm! Hard I know, but you 'll wake up in the morning thinking completely different! Good luck
Hi Glenn: we are all in this together. Miss you and your crazy views on The Way Back. We all do stupid things and that is also a part of recovery. I would post this on The Way Back. It may help someone out there that is struggling. Hang in there.
Hi Glen, your on your way back mate! keep up the good work, if this is your time then you can get the time back you lost and everything else, just focus on getting through 1 months first.. say to yourself im doing anything i can to get 1 month. and see how u feel. im at day 44, gets easier after 1 month.. the hardest days are in the first 15 days. fight fight fight one day at a time.
It's very hard to comment or give any advice when one does nt know the whole picture, did you have a health scare in the past? How much and long have you been drinking and how has it affected your life? Do or have you had regular blood tests, etc, have you had any health problems due to drink? What's been the problem? Obviously you 've drunk well beyond the recommended amount, but......? As far as smoking goes, why don't you swap that for e cig? It's a much less dangerous habit, I smoked 30 a day for years, thought no way would I stop, but you just get use to another habit after a while! I can absolutely relate to everything you 've said, I can't tell you how many times I 've been there! The major problem I have to live with now is the affect my drinking had on my 5 kids over the years, I can never turn back the clock, but that's the price you pay for addiction. I did nt mean any harm to anyone, and being a single parent and bringing up 5 kids on your own cos your partner of 20 years dropped dead suddenly, doesn't matter to them, All that matters is that I drank alcohol, and I still do but not purely to relax and not get out of my head! I don't kniw what advice to give cos everyone's story is so different but I just wish you All the strength in the world to be where you want to be, incidently, my kids all turned out lovely people, no drugs no drink and no smoke, I must have had the adverse affect! Amazing lol
Okay, my question is - are you getting any other psychological help? Because here's my experience. I liked a drink. I never considered myself an alcoholic, but there's no denying that I liked a (regular) drink to excess. Cutting a long story short, I suffered a bout of depression - bad enough to see a doctor. I got pills. Now, given that I'd regularly had a drink for 30 years, something amazing happened. I didn't decide not to drink. I didn't even think about it. I just stopped. Once my head was sorted out, whatever corner of my brain that was wired for booze, was closed off. I haven't had a drink in five years. I don't feel that's any kind of achievement, because it's taken no real effort on my part. In other words, I believe I solved the real problem, and that cleared up all the symptoms - one of which was drinking. So, I wonder if you've pursued getting medical help?
Great to have you back.!!! Were all in this together. 2 wks sober today for me : )
Keep at it.x
Takes a lot of courage to put this out there Glen. I can honestly say that your story helps keep me sober. Only you can decide where you are at and whether controlled drinking works for you or not. I know it would not work for me but that doesn't mean it can't be your path. Thank you for sharing your journey
Keep at it, man.
Thanks for leaving these videos on here for me too listen too.
Hope your well Glen!?
I'm back to 3 days sober after 66 days sober then a 8 day binge. Much love mate. From Gladstone Queensland Australia. 👍🏼🙂
Onwards and upwards from this point on Glenn 👊🏻👊🏻
Thanks for sharing Glen. I know where you are coming from when you say you've got to start thinking sober. The grog has a habit of re-wiring your drinking-thinking brain when you start back on it. One thing that gets me through is the the detrimental effect that one drink will do to your health. If ever I get a craving, I imagine the drink being a glass of poison (which it is of course) and then downing a pint of water. The craving then goes. Just a mind trick I've learnt, that seems to work.
Probably the only answer is a straight zero tolerance policy. And the knowledge that with one drink comes thousands more. My brother died of alcoholism in June 2017. I don't need any other reasons to avoid alcohol.
Thank you for this video Glenn.
Hey Glenn--this is exactly what I'm currently doing: a couple of days off, a couple of days on. It's not the optimal solution, but. . . we'll see where it takes me.
Good luck getting back on track!
One more thing I forgot to say, was thank your lucky stars that you 're not lying in bed all day without any motivation to do anything but drink, look how much you 've turned your life around to exercise and eating healthy most of the time, that in itself is bloody priceless, you 're absolutely too hard on yourself, we 're never ever going to be perfect, and we all try to be the best we can be, ok, so you 've had a few drinks, its not the end of the world, keep on trying, from my experience when the time comes when you 've really done so well for yourself in the say and all you want to do is reward yourself with a drink or crap food, take a drive, go for another walk, the feeling will pass and its just getting use to different routines, then you 'll be so tired all you 'll want to do is go to sleep, lol! Just keep repeating the same thing then it will become your norm! Hard I know, but you 'll wake up in the morning thinking completely different! Good luck
Hi Glenn: we are all in this together. Miss you and your crazy views on The Way Back. We all do stupid things and that is also a part of recovery. I would post this on The Way Back. It may help someone out there that is struggling. Hang in there.
Hi Glen, your on your way back mate! keep up the good work, if this is your time then you can get the time back you lost and everything else, just focus on getting through 1 months first.. say to yourself im doing anything i can to get 1 month. and see how u feel. im at day 44, gets easier after 1 month.. the hardest days are in the first 15 days. fight fight fight one day at a time.
Try to watch stop drinking expert here in you tube. Always think that it is poison.
12 hours sober. IWNDWYT
If you ever want to talk Glen, don't hesitate to contact me x
jacks jacks
Thank you Xxx
Wonder how this guy is doing....?
It's very hard to comment or give any advice when one does nt know the whole picture, did you have a health scare in the past? How much and long have you been drinking and how has it affected your life? Do or have you had regular blood tests, etc, have you had any health problems due to drink? What's been the problem? Obviously you 've drunk well beyond the recommended amount, but......? As far as smoking goes, why don't you swap that for e cig? It's a much less dangerous habit, I smoked 30 a day for years, thought no way would I stop, but you just get use to another habit after a while! I can absolutely relate to everything you 've said, I can't tell you how many times I 've been there! The major problem I have to live with now is the affect my drinking had on my 5 kids over the years, I can never turn back the clock, but that's the price you pay for addiction. I did nt mean any harm to anyone, and being a single parent and bringing up 5 kids on your own cos your partner of 20 years dropped dead suddenly, doesn't matter to them, All that matters is that I drank alcohol, and I still do but not purely to relax and not get out of my head! I don't kniw what advice to give cos everyone's story is so different but I just wish you All the strength in the world to be where you want to be, incidently, my kids all turned out lovely people, no drugs no drink and no smoke, I must have had the adverse affect! Amazing lol
Have you ever tried disulfiram ( Antabuse)?
Okay, my question is - are you getting any other psychological help? Because here's my experience. I liked a drink. I never considered myself an alcoholic, but there's no denying that I liked a (regular) drink to excess. Cutting a long story short, I suffered a bout of depression - bad enough to see a doctor. I got pills.
Now, given that I'd regularly had a drink for 30 years, something amazing happened. I didn't decide not to drink. I didn't even think about it. I just stopped. Once my head was sorted out, whatever corner of my brain that was wired for booze, was closed off. I haven't had a drink in five years. I don't feel that's any kind of achievement, because it's taken no real effort on my part. In other words, I believe I solved the real problem, and that cleared up all the symptoms - one of which was drinking.
So, I wonder if you've pursued getting medical help?
thats what happens when you drop the ball,