Comments on: Giving Up Alcohol – It Feels Different This Time Around http://recoveryprincess.com/index.php/2008/10/giving-up-alcohol-it-feels-different-this-time-around/ Quit Drinking Alcohol and Enjoy Sobriety Mon, 09 Jan 2012 04:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://recoveryprincess.com/index.php/2008/10/giving-up-alcohol-it-feels-different-this-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-5 admin Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:41:34 +0000 http://recoveryprincess.com/?p=127#comment-5 You make some really good points Ninja. Especially the last one, "If we could moderate successfully we would not have sought out recovery to begin with" I totally agree. I think that anyone toying with the idea of trying to gain control over alcohol after a spell of sobriety would be wise to consider these words. You make some really good points Ninja. Especially the last one, “If we could moderate successfully we would not have sought out recovery to begin with” I totally agree. I think that anyone toying with the idea of trying to gain control over alcohol after a spell of sobriety would be wise to consider these words.

]]> By: Skinnyninja http://recoveryprincess.com/index.php/2008/10/giving-up-alcohol-it-feels-different-this-time-around/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Skinnyninja Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:25:24 +0000 http://recoveryprincess.com/?p=127#comment-4 Yes! Sobriety does feel different when you have made a decision on a really deep level. When you truly surrender to your alcoholism, there is a tremendous release, and a burden is lifted. Now it is easy to get misled here because many people in early recovery also experience a "pink cloud" phenomenon, but that doesn't have to be the end of the world when it eventually bursts. Recovery is going to be full of ups and downs--just like regular life--but we can choose to handle our problems differently in recovery. Surrender to your disease deep down and realize that you cannot drink successfully. Ever. This is the key to freedom. If we could moderate successfully we would not have sought out recovery to begin with. Yes! Sobriety does feel different when you have made a decision on a really deep level.

When you truly surrender to your alcoholism, there is a tremendous release, and a burden is lifted. Now it is easy to get misled here because many people in early recovery also experience a “pink cloud” phenomenon, but that doesn’t have to be the end of the world when it eventually bursts. Recovery is going to be full of ups and downs–just like regular life–but we can choose to handle our problems differently in recovery.

Surrender to your disease deep down and realize that you cannot drink successfully. Ever. This is the key to freedom.

If we could moderate successfully we would not have sought out recovery to begin with.

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