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Part 5
The road ahead
By reading this booklet you have shown
an interest in giving up alcohol. This is the
beginning. It’s now up to you to turn these
ideas and suggestions into action that’s
right for you. Although change may not be
easy, you can succeed.
The extent to which you succeed in becoming
a non-drinker will depend largely on your
willingness to plan ahead and change your
lifestyle. Leave things to chance and
you’re likely to fall into old habits. With
genuine commitment, you can be a
successful non-drinker.
There is a companion booklet in this
series called Maintaining the change.
This booklet is written for you, whether
your recovery is going well or not so well
or hits the disastrous. A slip, a relapse, a
disappointment: keep going. Pick yourself up,
dust off the experience and carry on.
If the going gets tough, remind yourself to
take one day at a time. Winston Churchill
was talking about his bouts of depression
when he said, “When going through hell…
keep going.” That can hold just as well for the
low times of stopping drinking. Success will
come when you have built up new interests
that you enjoy and rebuilt old relationships.
These will replace any gap you feel when you
first stop drinking. If you continue to have
problems even after putting these ideas to
work, you may need some extra help. Speak
to someone who understands the difficulties
of becoming a non-drinker, and you’re more
likely to find out where things have gone
wrong. Your doctor or local alcohol and drug
service should be able to help.
Never give up. Keep your eye on the person
you want to be: for you, for your partner,
for your children, for your grandchildren.
No matter what your problem, help is
always available.