These three beers sit hidden in my laundry cabinet so as for my father not to find them. I can't drink them, but I keep them. I can't bring myself to pour them out. I keep telling myself they may come in handy in an emergency. I couldn't buy any more. These damn things are the bane of my existence. I have thought of symbolically pouring them out at midnight tonight to start the New Year.
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Do it!!! Pour them out at midnight!
Wow, what a great idea & a wonderful way to start the New Year -- Go Andrew! :)
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Kirs ~
I say do it what a great way to start the New Year.
I agree - pouring them out would be an awesome way to start 2008. Happy New Year!
You can choose to continue your pain.
Or...
You can throw them out NOW.
You can go to a AA meeting, get a sponsor, and practice the suggestions.
Why not pour them out. 2008 is going to be a good year!
I too think that would be a good idea.
I hope you have a wonderful new year full of hope, good health, and peace!
Take care, Andrew.
I agree, what a great idea!! :)
Happy New Year!!! I know you will have a great 2008!
This is the most amazing thing I've read on your blog yet.
If my drug of choice were beer instead of candy, I would never be able to keep them around. They would be gone in a minute. Then I would have gone out and bought more "just to have." I would have drunk them, too, within a day or so of purchase.
I remember reading a book about this woman's struggle with addiction. It was called, "I'LL START TOMORROW." My sentiments exactly. I'm always having a farewell feast, a last supper, of candy corn, Reese's peanut butter cups, those yellow peeps you get at Easter, whatever.
Last night I helped serve dinner at a cold-weather shelter our church is hosting this week. Someone brought a vat of candy canes for our homeless guests. I could NOT stop myself from crunching away on them---and courting a large dental bill to replace a broken crown or filling.
Is there a 12-step program for me? I know I have to go cold turkey, but I can't. I'm 67 and
probably flirting with adult-onset diabetes as well.
My granddad used to come home late from the Eagles Club, where he was the manager. If he didn't make a plate of fudge, he'd make "coffee soup." Here's the receipe:
Get a large coffee mug.
Fill with a couple of slices of torn-up white bread.
Add coffee, preferably coffee that's sat on the stove since morning.
Pour on PLENTY of sugar. 1/4 to 1/2 cup at least.
Enjoy. Then go to bed and sleep soundly.
Andrew, the best to you in 2008.
PS.
Andrew, I'm not recommending coffee soup. I was just sharing a story.
I hope you pour your beer out before 2008 and I hope I grow up enough to stay out of the candy jar.
Good luck to you.
You don't need them, they are trouble in a can.
HAPPY NEW YEAR DEAR FRIEND. HOPE THAT TONIGHT AND THIS YEAR WILL BE FANTASTIC ONE FOR YOU AND I ALSO HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT WE GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
I think you should do it.
When I quit smoking, I kept a pack of my favorite cigarettes in a drawer in my kitchen. I knew they were there should I break down, but just being able to walk past them was a victory. The day I realized I had it beaten, I took the pack out and crumbled them up and threw em out. I never went back.
Pour those out at midnight friend and celebrate how far you've come!!
Pouring them out might be a wise choice for you. I think that sitting there, unopened, for as long as they have is kind of a symbol of the inner strength you really do have after all. You don't need to keep them around as some kind of crutch, a non-solution for an emergency. You just need to realize that strength that is within you and draw on it each day as well as in an emergency.
Everybody...say it with me...POUR THEM OUT!!!
My "voices" which often taunt as well as rhyme would say,
"Pour them out Eagle Scout,
Pour them out eel pout,
Eat me out,
Pour them out
You Eagle Scout."
P O U R T H E M O U T !
I did the same thing Kelly Jene did...when I stopped smoking I carried an unopened pack of my favorite brand in my purse, "just in case". After 3 months, I gave the unopened pack away...I knew I didn't need them anymore. I haven't smoked since and its been nearly 18 years. So what I'm saying is....you'll know when to throw them out and when you do, you will feel SO GOOD.
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