Hello Marie!
Answering a msg of , from Marie Weidemann to Romane W. Land:
Thanks for answering my message about sobriety and having been sober
almost 18 years. The only thing that i can really share about staying
sober is to convince yourself with conviction that for this second you
can stey sober. That there is nothing you can do drunk that you can't
do better sober.
In May of 1979 i began my last binge, I never drank in bars, i would
purchase a texas fifth of bourbon and go home and drink alone. This
time i purchased about eight of them and lost the next ten days as
i would wake up, take a slug of bourbon, and pass out again.
On 06-01-79 i went to detox for 48 hours, anyone who has done that
knows how rough it feels after 48 hrs without drink. On the way to
my room i convinced myself that this time i could buy a double bourbon
and stop. I started into a cocktail lounge when it suddenly hit me
that I had already taken the last drink i would ever have. I believe
the Lord was tired of my wasting what he had given me.
Anyhow I went to my room, for the next 10 days i had the d'ts, I
sure met some funny looking friends in that 10 days. It required
almost three months for my tremors to settle down, and now after
17 years and 10 months i am finally sober. It required a lot of
time for me to overcome the dry drunk. Always wanting to change
everything, etc.
Overcoming alcolohism is one step, overcoming the personality conflicts
that predispose toward alcoholic reasoning is another, both are
necessary for peace of soul.
ROMANE
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