i've been sober for one week

[datasuspect]

and it really isn't all that bad . . .

but my cigarette consumption has increased exponentially and now i can't fucking breathe.

[Merlot]

1. Choose your evils wisely

good luck

[datasuspect]

3. smokes are next

before i get emphysema.

[JimmyJazz]

2. One vice at a time. You are my hero.

:yourock:

Dayum.

[datasuspect]

7. the cool thing (so far)

is the clarity of my thoughts (so far).

i am starting to have .005 milliseconds worth of accessible short term memory.

[ralps]

4. Very cool, Take it one day,hour,minute at a time.

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :yourock:

[datasuspect]

16. thank you

[rox63]

5. You can tackle the smokes later

After you have more sobriety under your belt.

Congratulations!

[datasuspect]

9. thanks!

[progmom]

6. That rocks.

That's a really hard thing to do. Way to go!

[datasuspect]

11. hard, yes

but not really difficult. weird

[WindRavenX]

8. congrats!

:yourock:

[datasuspect]

10. thanks!

[MuseRider]

12. Great job!

That has to be really difficult. I know you said it isn't really that bad but just making the decision had to be hard. You have my respect. Hang in there. WooHoo!

[datasuspect]

14. thank you for your kind words

they actually register . . .

[Skittles]

13. data, if you think seriously about having a drink

promise us you'll post your intentions here first so we can talk to you. It weighs heavy on my heart because my brother drank himself to death last November. :(

[datasuspect]

15. well, the area around my liver was really hard

and i was getting sick a lot, so i think it was time . . .

sorry to hear about your brother.

[Skittles]

20. coroner said Glenn's liver was shot

he bled to death from an uncontrollable nosebleed; he was jaundiced. Have you been checked out by a doctor lately? DO IT.

[Me.]

17. That's Huge

and takes a lot of courage. Congrats.

[BensMom]

18. Great Job

I am sober today, too.

[RetroLounge]

19. Congratulations and hold on tight

it gets better...

:hi:

RL

[gizmo1979]

21. I've been sober for 14 years and I can tell

you drinking is preschool compared to smoking!Smoking is 1 million times harder to quit!No comparison!

[Theres-a]

27. Amen!

[fujiyama]

22. I'm chillin out tonight as well

with a glass of ice cold WATER.

It's refreshing.

Good job and good luck!

[Nashyra]

23. Congratulations

I second the comment about coming here first if you think about having a drink. I'll be without drink for 9 years on the 25th of this month. Clarity of mind is only a fraction of the gift. Keep it up, one second, one minute, one day at a time.

[proud patriot]

24. Woo Hoo

:hug:

[hickman1937]

25. Have you hit the roller coaster yet?

The mood swings?

[BensMom]

26. Another very nice thing

Your eyes will be beautiful.

As you clear up and clean out your eyes will return to their their crystal clear pre-alcohol color. No more foggy eyes from the inside or outside.

Get ready for people to look you in the eye - I get compliments on my eye color all the time.

Take these little mile stones and hold on to them...things you never realized before, and hold them close,

Good Luck
One day at a time for 15 years...

[LynzM]

28. Good for you, dude

:hug: :)

There are tons of people here to support you, and I'm glad to hear that you're doing such a good thing for yourself! :bounce:

[bearfan454]

29. July 5th for me

It's a whole other world.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

30. Livin' sober rahckxs.

March 31 it'll be 19 years for me.

Are you doing it on your own?
I mean, aside from the encouragement you're getting here?

[datasuspect]

35. pretty much on my own

don't attend meetings and such.

just keeping my mind open right now . . .

[A-Schwarzenegger]

36. Well, there's help if you need it.

I did. Plenty. And got it. And still do.

[Hoping4Change]

31. Congrats to you datasuspect. Thank you believing that life is

worth living sober.:loveya: :yourock:


"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success. " - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[wildeyed]

32. Work on what is killing you the fastest, first.

Congrats on one week! :hug:

[ignatius 2]

33. One thing at a time..congratulations with your "week" of freedom from

alcohol. Keep it up and after a while you can tackle the cigs. Best wishes and good luck to you in fighting a tough battle.

[fluffernutter]

34. congrats on the 1 week!

[no name no slogan]

37. Congratulations!

I assume you're a friend of Bill W's?

I have a number of people who've had to kick, and it can be very difficult-- especially the first couple weeks. You're halfway there... :)

[NoSheep]

38. I am considering sobriety. Would you be willing to discuss the amount

you were drinking when you decided it was too much? AND...is there a DU group for this or should there be?

[Pawel K]

39. The hardest are those first few days

after that it isn't nearly as bad, this is how most addictions work. I wish you the best of luck in this.

[flvegan]

40. Congratulations! Quite a summit to have reached.

Like others have said, one vice at a time.

[xmas74]

41. That is wonderful!

[Jersey Devil]

42. Read this book and quit forever, not just one day at a time.

"Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction" by Jack Trimpey. I sent it to someone I love and she said it saved her life. Then I bought a copy for myself and quit smoking. It's an alternative to AA and it relies on you and not a "Higher Power" to help you quit your problem for good.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671528580/qid=1110833219/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-0102256-9841708

[bobthedrummer]

43. My sobriety began the early morning of June 18th, 1981 with a DWI

arrest.

It just keeps getting better datasuspect.
:hi: