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re: If you quit drinking, did you ever go through a lot of guilt?

Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:00 pm to
Posted by Cajun Revolution
Member since Apr 2009
44671 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:00 pm to
And I swear...by the moon and stars dah dah dah....
Posted by Paige
Vice President of the OT
Member since Oct 2010
84748 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:00 pm to
frick off. You know that's not what happened
Posted by IonaTiger
The Commonwealth Of Virginia
Member since Mar 2006
33053 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:01 pm to
Sent.
Posted by VetteGuy
Member since Feb 2008
28505 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:04 pm to
No.


I've done some dumbass stuff while drinking, but what's done is done.
Control your drinking, don't let your drinking control you.
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
11436 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:06 pm to
You will get over the guilt thing after a few weeks. If you keep it up ( not drinking) your lifestyle, people you associate with, and nightly routines will all begin to slowly change--probably for the better. It did for me.

I quit 13 years ago. The best part is always being in control of your situation at all times.
Posted by redfieldk717
Alec Box
Member since Oct 2011
28117 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:07 pm to
I got sober through aa....felt lots of guilt and shame. It's normal. Drinking so much causes us to not feel, including not feeling guilty. Once you stop drinking, all of those years of shitty behavior is piled on at one time. Like someone else said, making amends to others makes it better. Most importantly, make amends to yourself. Oh, and don't ask the ot for advise on this stuff.
Posted by Cajun Revolution
Member since Apr 2009
44671 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:09 pm to
quote:

I'm blaming myself and making myself feel really bad about me and I don't like it



Aww Paige. Here is a hug. I will marry you.
Posted by danny d lsu
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Sep 2007
1543 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:10 pm to
Stopped drinking on March 8th of this year. I was getting too drunk at times, always trying to finish the bottle no matter what. But I was just hiding behind the booze.

quote:

Actually, when I quit I started feeling a lot of feelings that I masked with years with drinking -- both good and bad feelings.


This was perfectly stated.
Posted by CroakaBait
Gulf Coast of the Land Mass
Member since Nov 2013
3978 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:13 pm to
Nope, my drunken antics are pretty entertaining. But if they took over my life, then I'd definitely have to re-evaluate things, for sure.
Posted by ole man
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
11847 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:13 pm to
Not guilt just real bad behavior that hurt people's feelings , and yes I went to AA. That worked for me. I changed my whole way of life

If you trying to quit talk to people who are sober, stay busy, get involved in things you like

Do not get hungry angry lonely or tired
Posted by AutoYes_Clown
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Oct 2012
5183 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:19 pm to
Paige makimg sense more and more everyday is a sign, I know it. The end is near.
Posted by TigerinKorea
Member since Aug 2014
8315 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:23 pm to
I haven't had alcohol for a few years now, and I don't regret a thing about my past, but then again, I wasn't an alcoholic, or a beligerent drunk. Drinking and partying with friends was fun. A lot of great memories.
This post was edited on 9/9/14 at 9:25 pm
Posted by StrangeBrew
Salvation Army-Thanks Obama
Member since May 2009
18185 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:30 pm to
quote:

Do not get hungry angry lonely or tired


She has the not getting hungry thing down. jK
Posted by Artie Rome
Hwy 1
Member since Jul 2014
8757 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:33 pm to
Listen to Iona. Feelings return and are amplified. Good and bad. I felt a lot of remorse for time wasted and things done and not done, but at the end of the day I forgave myself. Making amends is a long way down the road, so just do the next right thing so you don't have any new regrets tomorrow.

I can stay in the wreckage of my past and keep wrecking things, or seek forgiveness and try to make life better for those around me. It's a daily decision.
Posted by Wild Thang
YAW YAW Fooball Nation
Member since Jun 2009
44181 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:40 pm to
I'm amazed you get this much attention. You look like a common skank.

And you have no intelligence or humor to make up for it.
Posted by Artie Rome
Hwy 1
Member since Jul 2014
8757 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:43 pm to
Why so angry?
Posted by Paige
Vice President of the OT
Member since Oct 2010
84748 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 9:57 pm to
Hey dude, please stop torturing yourself by reading my unfunny and unintelligent posts. I'm not even attractive


Artie, that's great advice, as is Iona's and others. I'm going to try to stop letting the guilt get to me.

There's just things that I keep wondering how it'd be if I hadn't fricked it up by drinking and I can't change or fix it.

Now that I think about it. I have never been one to dwell on things I can't change. I shouldn't start now
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
142730 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:00 pm to
quote:

I'm amazed you get this much attention. You look like a common skank.

And you have no intelligence or humor to make up for it
totally uncalled for, dude

even if that is true, which it isn't, it's bad form
Posted by asphinctersayswhat
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
3360 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:03 pm to
Paige, I quit 4 months ago. This is the longest I've been without drinking since before I started, 26 years ago.
I was drinking to black out 6 nights a week for the last 6 or 7 years. On May 16th I came home pretty wasted. I talked to my wife and told her I was quitting. I had had this conversation with her before but had never followed through. The next morning, I woke up and actually remembered what I had told her and what I had told myself. Haven't had a drink since.

It is really hard. I am going through the same things that you are going through. Just know that everyday gets a little easier.

I have started back doing the things that I used to do. Riding my bike, enjoying my work, etc. I am much happier overall. Sounds like you are doing this too.

Keep on keeping' on! You can do it!
Posted by IonaTiger
The Commonwealth Of Virginia
Member since Mar 2006
33053 posts
Posted on 9/9/14 at 10:03 pm to
quote:

Now that I think about it. I have never been one to dwell on things I can't change. I shouldn't start now



This puts you ahead of the game. Nice.
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