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backwoodsbob

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3. with me it is very much habit

Fri Jan 30, 2015, 06:44 PM

Jan 2015

it just became part of what I did without thinking about it.Stopping on the way home from work and grabbing a six was just part of my daily routine.Stopping to grab 12 on the way to the course simply became part of the golf experience.I didn't think...OH MY GOD I NEED A BEER....it just became part of the experience without thinking about it until it just became part of my daily life.

I think it is interesting having what basically amounts to a new set of friends you can do things with where not drinking isn't something you think about....it simply becomes the habit.

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met a guy with a cool alcoholism program today [View all] backwoodsbob Jan 2015 OP

My drinking is definately a habit. AngryAmish Jan 2015 #1

with me it is very much habit backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #3

this is called an APG, alternative peer group elehhhhna Jan 2015 #4

That is EXACTLY the phrase he used backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #5

positive peer pressure elehhhhna Jan 2015 #14

Cool 99th_Monkey Jan 2015 #2

Is this empirically validated or studied at all? phil89 Jan 2015 #6

I can;t speak for everyone but for me backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #10

I'm around 7 years off the bottle madokie Jan 2015 #7

Cool! rufus dog Jan 2015 #9

I'm loving being sober madokie Jan 2015 #11

Here is my take rufus dog Jan 2015 #8

Well in a roundabout way you nailed it backwoodsbob Jan 2015 #12

ALL expansive claims of success rates of recovery groups/programs should be taken w/ a grain of salt Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #13

just keep doing what works. we lost another young man in recovery elehhhhna Jan 2015 #15

Sounds like a good idea. Keep doing whatever is working for you. yardwork Jan 2015 #16

Congratulations!!!!! etherealtruth Jan 2015 #18

Getting sober at 18 shows a real commitment. yardwork Jan 2015 #21

Thank you for your encouraging words etherealtruth Jan 2015 #22

Wishes for continued success ... you are winning a ominous challenge etherealtruth Jan 2015 #17

Glad to hear there are popular alternatives to AA GreatGazoo Jan 2015 #19

Whatever works libodem Jan 2015 #20

I went to an AA meeting once with my sister. nilesobek Jan 2015 #23

Whatever works. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #24