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    Default 2 weeks almost completely sober.

    Just looking for some conversation....and some feedback/support maybe....
    I was in the midst of becoming a bad alcoholic, and realized that it was the last club that I worked at that was helping to make me that way. I would have to drink so much just to get through the doors, then drink even more when I got there just to be able to handle the customers. It was getting to the point where I was putting down the equivalent to probably 3 bottles of wine a night. My last night there, which was the Tuesday before Xmas, I did 4 glasses at home, then once I got there I think I drank anywhere between 8-10 glasses. I was so fucked up, I still remember everything (no matter how much I drink I never black out) but I remember feeling almost like I was out of my body at one point cause I was just so messed up. And all for what? I walked out with $150 dollars and put up with rude, disgusting perverts all night.

    I NEVER drink like that, EVER, on my own time OTC. The only time I do is when I go to that place. I had a hangover for two days, and it wasn't pretty. I haven't been back to the club since, so it's been a little over two weeks. I have drank twice since then, once on New Years (but it was just champagne), then I had a very small amount of sake with dinner but didn't even get a buzz.

    I haven't even had the desire to drink!!! I feel so much healthier, my head feels clearer...

    I have made a solemn vow to myself to never return to that club, because of what I have to do to myself to be there. I cannot destroy myself for that craphole and it's craptastic customers.

    Heres the problem: I have been on a mad job hunt for the past two weeks as well, and nothing seems to be coming through. We have enough money in the bank to last maybe another week. Even if I find a job, there will still be a lag in pay, so I am definitely gonna have to strip sometime in the next two weeks. I am NOT gonna go to my old club, but I am gonna work up in Phoenix with my sister. I am kinda scared that I will fall into the trap of drinking too much, so I am trying to think of ways that I can control it. I know I will be quite nervous, cause I hadn't danced in weeks.

    Anyone else here had a hiatus from stripping cause of the same reason? and when you went back, how did you handle it?

    Thx everyone

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    Default Re: 2 weeks almost completely sober.

    If you look under I can only have 1 drink, I posted a message on what I would do. Stay away from alchohol. PERIOD. I said it before 1 is too many 1000 never enough. If you feel the urge to drink go put it off for 5 mins, say to yourself, I'll have one in 5 min, and then when that time is up, go for another 5 min and before you know it, maybe the urge will pass. Take it minute by minute, second by second. I know how hard it is to work in this environment and not drink. I love to party but I don't love the consequenses. I have had years of mistakes under my belt. I know what you are going through.

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    ^ Thanks. I'm just trying to figure out how to defeat the urge to get so messed up on the job. I give props to all the girls who do the job completely sober and get guys and $$ left and right.

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    I was going through alcohol rehab while dancing at one stage due to some other issues going on in my life. I let the managers know, I let the girls I was close to know, and the security guards, and they were really awesome about it. I was given unlimited soft drinks all night, and if a customer was really forceful about buying me a drink I'd order a "special" cocktail and the bartenders would just make it out of juice, and if I felt like it was just too much I was allowed to go home.

    Some nights it meant I went home with less money but it was worth it in the end.
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    Default Re: 2 weeks almost completely sober.

    I sympathize with you. I am re-learning how to dance sober. 'I'll only have one' just opens the door to more. The guys will get used to you not drinking after some time, the hardest part for me, is playing nice to drunks (and jerks) while totally sober. You DO get used to it (I have done this before), as long as you do not give in to that urge. Consider every sober day a victory. I am one week 'work sober'. Make it a game - try to see it as a challenge not to have that drink, maybe even tell the custies that you are challenging yourself to see how many days you can work without drinking. Good luck!

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    Default Re: 2 weeks almost completely sober.

    I can't say I understand what your going thru , as I have never had more then one drink at work , and only 1 drink a handful of times when I could not get out of it. Working sober has been helpful to me because I feel like I can take advantage of the drunk assholes.
    When your sober you can think more clearly and hustle better IMO. BUT....

    I wanted to congratulate you on your efforts to turn your life around. I can see how hard it would be to try to stop drinking when your surrounded by it all the time at work. Mia Bella has some good ideas I am sure you can use. Get all the support you can. You are a beautiful intelligent super stripper , and you don't need a drink to make it thru a day at work.

    I smoke cigs , and have such a hard time when I can't smoke them , so I can understand your pain in that regard.

    Good luck to you !

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    Default Re: 2 weeks almost completely sober.

    i know what you are dealing with...A year ago when i first started dancing, i would have at least 4 shots of vodka in my car in the parking lot...just to get started..the liquid courage was what i thought i "needed" just to approach guys. it was bad after that, my tolerance went up exponentially. In 6 months i had blacked out probably about 10 times...in the club! dangerous enough right, but i couldnt stop even after being fired at 3 clubs for it. again because i thought i needed it. It's all a mind fuck. and i wish i would of know about sw earlier in my career because the confidence and tactics it's taught me have made me realize that, in the past before i quit drinking, i wasn't selling due to "my skillls" i was selling my vulnerability. thank god nothing bad ever happened to me. now that im with my bf he only lets me drink 2-3 without giving me hell about it. anyways let me knowk how things work out..if i can stop anyone can!! best of luck.

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