Does anybody have anything that... if their friends and family knew the workings of your mind and situation... would indicate their drinking excessively?
Mine is soda. Who would think anything was odd if they saw a 12 pack of Pepsi or Diet Mountain Dew at somebody's house? Except if they really really knew me well... they would know I DON'T drink soda. Too many calories for me (alcohol has way too many calories too, but that's another story...)
The ONLY time I drink soda is/was after a couple huge swigs of vodka, I'd have a tiny sip of soda... soda seems to just illiminate the horribly foul taste of vodka immediately--for me anyway.
(I'm not asking for "tips" or anything... just starting what might be an interesting conversation)
I always have a 12 pack of diet ginger ale...It's my poison....But I can live with it. I never travel or go to a meeting without a bottle of water....It's like a blanky for me. I don't leave home without it.
I heard some young gun at a meeting say that if caffine and nicotine are his only addiction, he's doing just fine. (ps any one else here look at a 13th stepper and think they just replaced alcohol euphoria with sex euphoria?)
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I heard some young gun at a meeting say that if caffine and nicotine are his only addiction, he's doing just fine. (ps any one else here look at a 13th stepper and think they just replaced alcohol euphoria with sex euphoria?)
Granted sex can become a replacement obsession, but 13th steppers are just idiots who need to get out of self and learn how to act, in my experience...
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I heard some young gun at a meeting say that if caffine and nicotine are his only addiction, he's doing just fine. (ps any one else here look at a 13th stepper and think they just replaced alcohol euphoria with sex euphoria?)
Granted sex can become a replacement obsession, but 13th steppers are just idiots who need to get out of self and learn how to act, in my experience...
nicely put... 1+12=13
I'm powerless over alcohol and my life is unmanageable, here let me share that with you.
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In the end, everything will be alright. If it is not alright, it is not the end... Paulo coelho (also marigold hotel)
Does anybody have anything that... if their friends and family knew the workings of your mind and situation... would indicate their drinking excessively?
Mine is soda. Who would think anything was odd if they saw a 12 pack of Pepsi or Diet Mountain Dew at somebody's house? Except if they really really knew me well... they would know I DON'T drink soda. Too many calories for me (alcohol has way too many calories too, but that's another story...)
The ONLY time I drink soda is/was after a couple huge swigs of vodka, I'd have a tiny sip of soda... soda seems to just illiminate the horribly foul taste of vodka immediately--for me anyway.
(I'm not asking for "tips" or anything... just starting what might be an interesting conversation)
Mines, ice cream. No comments Pappy. If they only knew...
I'm not really sure I understand the question ... ... ... of course Mr David and I are obsessed with ice cream, but is the question about 'drinking' a liquid or obsession of anything ? ... or nothing in particular? ...
You know, like I AM addicted to breathing ... LOL ... That's one reason I stopped smoking ... ... Addiction is a very strong word ... I think sometimes we need to distinguish between addiction and 'over-indulgence' ... seriously ... I mean like, I like dairy products ... a lot ... My daily consumption of milk, yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese, ice cream, etc. has become perhaps more than I should indulge in ... and I DO love chocolate ...
AA and its meetings, people, principles, fellowships, web groups such as this one, have most certainly become an obsession of sorts ... I don't go a day without my morning and evening prayer for instance ... I don't quite know what to say here other than I have learned to LOVE LIFE ... ... ... and I desperately want to take in and give as much of it as is humanly possible ... all I know is that that becomes impossible when I drink ... ergo, AA is in my life-blood ...
Did that make any sense to anyone???
Pappy
-- Edited by Pythonpappy on Thursday 26th of July 2012 03:04:17 PM
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I'm not really sure I understand the question ... ... ... of course Mr David and I are obsessed with ice cream, but is the question about 'drinking' a liquid or obsession of anything ? ... or nothing in particular? ...
Paraphanalia is something that is used in connection with something else...
For example, marijuana and drug paraphanalia would include bongs, pipes, bong screens (water faucet screens), rolling papers, etc. Those are all obvious paraphanalia.
Obvious alcohol paraphanalia would include shot glasses, corkscrew, possibly even keeping a bucket next to your bed in case you suddenly need to puke. These are all things that, if friends and family members didn't know you had an addiction... seeing these things may make them suspect you have a "problem".
BUT who would think SODA in my room would indicate my increased drinking? Highly doubt anybody would... unless they knew me as well as I know myself.
I was just starting a kinda silly conversation to see if anybody else had things that are kinda connected to their alcohol problem... but most people wouldn't at first realize that it IS related to drinking.
Ooooooh, ... ... ... I think I get it now ... sorry, I can be a little slow sometimes ... ice cream goes to my head and I get 'brain freeze' sometimes ... No comment Mr. David ...
One of my biggest 'tell' signs was the 5 or six giant garbage bags of 'crushed' beer cans beside the garage ... (waiting for me to take to the 'recycle center' to turn in for cash to, you guessed it, go buy more beer) ... If you looked in any one of several 'trash cans' around our house, you'd find discarded beer cans OR booze bottles ... well, until I thought I got smart and actually started hiding my trash from people ... never mind the full bottles hidden all over the house, I had to hide my trash as well ... sick, huh???
Hate to admit this, but i routinely threw beer cans out of my truck window so I wouldn't get caught with 'empties' in my cab ... (just so you know, today, I carry a long stick with a spike in it when I walk my dog ... so I'm picking up beer cans that others throw out ... it's my amends to the community as I see it) ... (our little community has the cleanest couple of miles around ...) ...
Pappy
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