I gotta quit drinking.

[Johnny Bravo]

My new truck less than 2 weeks old. Got hammered and wrapped it around. Telephone pole. Unloaded all the guns out of it hitched a ride and got away before the cops showed up. Had a couple beers to settle down when I got home. Kept up my daily drinking for another 2 years after this. $50k damage and it still couldn’t stop my self destruction. It’s a pretty intense demon to get away fromView attachment 396725

Who did you claim was driving? Or did you lie and say it was stolen?

 

[Outlaw99]

Who did you claim was driving? Or did you lie and say it was stolen?

i admitted I was driving. It was lightly snowing. They got me for failure to maintain, leaving the scene, and I had to pay the power company for the pole. They showed up at my house within a hour, I declined to answer the door. They tracked me down at my shop at my farm the next day. I had no trouble admitting fault and facing the consequences, I just really didn’t need an Owi

 

[Addicting]

i admitted I was driving. It was lightly snowing. They got me for failure to maintain, leaving the scene, and I had to pay the power company for the pole. They showed up at my house within a hour, I declined to answer the door. They tracked me down at my shop at my farm the next day. I had no trouble admitting fault and facing the consequences, I just really didn’t need an Owi

Had a friend crash and just kept drinking till they showed up. He told them he crashed then had some beers. They couldn’t tell if he was drunk prior to or not. Even if he was there was no way to know if he was over the limit.

He got a too fast for conditions ticket. Unfortunately, he didn’t learn a good lesson and stop. He learned to carry an emergency 6 pack in the car.

 

[Stocker]

Well I really should’ve known better when it came to drinking. A grandfather and father who were both alcoholics albeit functioning. It’s just the way we were raised in the area, everything was a reason to drink. Myself and all my friends fell right into it in high school, crashing vehicles, getting in trouble, getting into fights, it’s just the way it was.

A guy I grew up with who was and is today a good guy got consumed by the party life even beyond the rest of us and he crossed the center line and hit 4 motorcycle rider head on killing them all. That gave us all a lot of pause back then 15 years ago, we were always afraid of a DUI, not something like that. But it still took me a lot of years to get out of the drinking mindset. I guess I just got to a point where I figured if I was enough of a man to do the things I thought was cool I was man enough to take the jabs and jokes people give me about not drinking. I have never had trouble talking to people, I get told I’m goofy even when I’m sober so drinking can make me too much fun.

I guess I have a lot to say about drinking because I’ve seen so much of it. Booze doesn’t make anything more fun, it really seems like it, but it doesn’t. My real eye opening experience was being around people that were at a party and I was not drinking and driving people home. It just absolutely unravels at a certain point and you see people act really stupid and out of character and I had to think back on all the times I did that. When everyone including yourself is drunk you don’t notice, but when you see it sober it looks like a real nightmare.

 

[duckhunt]

You will always remember the "Moment of clarity" that starts your journey to a different way of living. It is that lightning bolt jolt of reality that hits you and you say to yourself "Something has to change". At some point in your journey you will begin to use that moment as your mile marker and motivation to remain steadfast in your transformation. Take time to reflect on that moment from time to time as it is special and unique to the individual. No one will ever be able to understand just how special that moment is to you and you will never be able describe it adequately enough for someone else to feel it.

I was having drinks with my wife one evening just sitting outside on the tailgate of my truck, we were both pretty much hammered. I went inside to make another drink and she grabbed a beer. We got back outside and I sat on the tailgate again and just out of the blue I looked at my wife and for no particular reason I said I'm done. She looked at me confused and said what? I said I'm done, she said done what? I replied I'm done drinking and dumped that drink on the ground. We called my dad who quit years ago and he gave me a ride to detox. 3 days of that and I've never looked back.

That was my lightning bolt moment. I have no idea why that switch flipped suddenly but I'm so glad it did. My wife also quit and agrees it was the best decision we ever made.

 

[Cammy]

I was having drinks with my wife one evening just sitting outside on the tailgate of my truck, we were both pretty much hammered. I went inside to make another drink and she grabbed a beer. We got back outside and I sat on the tailgate again and just out of the blue I looked at my wife and for no particular reason I said I'm done. She looked at me confused and said what? I said I'm done, she said done what? I replied I'm done drinking and dumped that drink on the ground. We called my dad who quit years ago and he gave me a ride to detox. 3 days of that and I've never looked back.

That was my lightning bolt moment. I have no idea why that switch flipped suddenly but I'm so glad it did. My wife also quit and agrees it was the best decision we ever made.

That is what I am talking about right there. Awesome that you had someone to share that moment with and someone who continues on the journey with you. Kudo's to your Dad for the assist in getting you where you needed to go.

 

[Nick87]

Well I really should’ve known better when it came to drinking. A grandfather and father who were both alcoholics albeit functioning. It’s just the way we were raised in the area, everything was a reason to drink. Myself and all my friends fell right into it in high school, crashing vehicles, getting in trouble, getting into fights, it’s just the way it was.

Man does that ring a bell. All of it