>>>>>>>Apparently you can't fight this on your own. Can't you get outside help? Not just AA but perhaps help at another level?
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>>>>>>UT? There is enough other chatter here, so this one at least has some sense.
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>>>>>Excuse me that's not wat I meant. That is if you think I meant that Mike shouldn't post on the UT about his problems. I meant beside here. Whatever we say I really don't think that we're going to be the ones who are going to get Mike to stop.
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>>>>I missread your message. We can not stop him (If somebody can). But we are the sea anchor. His ability to talk to us is a beginning one should not undervalue. We has to keep this alive. And the constant idea to move the problem to an other instance will not make it better. We should be sensible with it he might lost his last anchor.
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>>>Yes, exactly. I have my daughters and you people here and that's about it. Not asking for any sympathy, just trying to survive until a better day. I don't want to spend the rest of my life like this.
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>>There is no better day then today. Live you life now, the rest of your life starts a bit later.
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>>Once in my l life I found myself in a deep depression (was fired from job and spouse within 48 hours) - o.k. I was wise enough to ban even beer. But I can slide away with books as deep as you with some booze. But it doesn't burn out the brain. A good friend pulls me out and gives me a new target (and something to laugh too).
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>>Wan't a simple recipe for a better day?
>>Go out the day. Just a stroll. Watch the people you face. In the moment they notice you, smile slightly. See the wonders you can rise in there faces. (Don't forget to do this on your daughters too. (^.^) ) Remember the moments when in need.
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>Good advice. At least I have stopped drinking but am katzenjammer, to use one of your words. Which is probably a good thing.

I still can not imagine that somebody who is strong enough to start drinking knowing the feeling next day is not strong enough to keep away.
To me the the problem is not being drunken (what normaly happens only with good company), it was always the next day that is lost. There are not so many.

Hold your head up,

Agnes