Welcome to Bikers in Recovery

[Jeff23]

Thanks for the nice welcome guys. I was out riding today--the morning was excellent--sunny and balmy.Gloomy in the afternoon, but that's the NE in November. :-)

[BillJ]

Welcome, Jeff! I tramped around your neighborhood back in the early '70s. Pretty countryside! Fall in New England was always my favorite time of year.

And yeah, y'all do talk funny!

[mmarq56]

I will have 60 days Saturday and am very happy that there are websites such as this to post messages on. I am at a "turning point" and I know trusting in my HP, it WILL work out. Thanks for being here....from So. California. (Yes, its beautiful here today and nice day for a ride).

[SoberDragon]

Just to introduce myself My name is Jon I am an alcoholic with 22 months Sober by the Grace of my HP. I was deeply ingrained into the biking circle the usual drinking and drugging Now I am just so happy I can actually get on my bike with out falling over. My GPZ was gathering dust when I got Sober and one good person encouraged me to take up an interest again so out came the leathers. It was and still is so cool to ride sober and free not looking over my shoulder waiting for the blue lights. I am currently restoring a Maxim 650 Import a great old machine that is plenty for me at my age, I am in the UK so the weather is bad most of the time so have taken it on as winter project. Do you know what amuses me, that I can work on the bike with out the shakes and actually understand what I am doing lol
Got some great biking tales for the future and look forward to getting to know you guys any Brit bikers on here Loving the site so far
Jon

[Goat]

Welcome Jon! I can't wait to see pics of your restoration job There's a pics thread in the bikers forum, but you gotta have 10 posts before you can post pictures... so get to it! :-D

Glad to meet you!

-Goat

[mang]

I have only been clean from drugs for 3 weeks now im not handling things real good the insomnia has set in, i not only quit drugs after 15 years but stopped drinking alcohol the same day and i used to live with the drug dealer so i used speed first for 10 years then we started selling crack the last 5 years. He went to jail for 3 years but i still used but not as much we split for a while then i lived with another drug dealer then he went to jail for 10 years and me and my ex got back together after a while so i have had drugs all around me for the past 15-18 years until now my ex left again now i dont want anything to do with drugs again. I drank alcohol every night from around 6pm to about 4am because i would be on it. In those years i have raised 5 kids on my own because drug dealers are never home raised my 3 year old granddaughter, and man i have done it hard ive been bashed, thrown straight through a shop window been in hospital twice with hepatitis. But im a very strong person im only little in size but strong willed, one thing i never let myself go and im lucky that i have always been attractive so in my small town not many people no about that part of my life because i dont look like i was a addict

[BillJ]

What are you doing to stay clean, Mang? How can we help?

[tabfan]

Mang,
Go to an A.A. meeting. Or a N.A. meeting. The hospital in your town should be able to direct you to one, if it's not listed in the local newspaper.

A meeting is a great place to start.

I am real tough too. I was raised in an alcoholic home, complete with feelings of worthlessness, total chaos, and child abuse of every kind. I had no intention of becoming like my parents, but eventually I did.

Fast forward a few years and I was a mess. I hated my life. Growing up with low self-esteem was bad enough the first time around, but then, in my adult life, I gravitated towards people who were raised like I was. I could "relate" to them. That feeling of unpredictability was familiar to me. It reminded me of home. (Even tho "home" was hell most of the time, a kid still has to start-out somewhere, and wherever that may be is called "home" and it IS comforting no matter what!) It's difficult to explain. Read the book "Adult Children of Alcoholics" and you can see a basic outline of my childhood. In a nutshell, I'm strong because I survived a hell NOT of my making. Then, I recreated it in my adult life. It's all that I knew!

I have lived, and I have wanted to die many times. I have clung to people, thinking that if I was just more giving of myself, my time, my devotion, my energies, they would stay with me forever. (Sounds like "someone" was raised with abandonment issues, huh?!! Yup - that's me!) I'm not proud of these things. I am simply stating where I started. I have been in the program long enough to change many things about myself. Of course, I've learned I can't change "SOME" things in life, and should not waste my time trying. It's just trying to figure out which is which!

My Higher Power is an entity I call God. But, you can call your Higher Power anything you want. It can be a building, a rock, a guitar, a book, or a group of people. Whatever you decide to call your Higher Power is up to you only.

And, I know your Higher Power wants you to keep searching for the truth.



-tabfan
(Native American / BIKER / Union Teamster)

[blackstrat6]

Awesome! I found a bunch of Bro's. Nice hope to meet some of you guys.. and Gals....

Blackstrat6
Southern Oregon

[TonyB]

Originally Posted by blackstrat6

Awesome! I found a bunch of Bro's. Nice hope to meet some of you guys.. and Gals....

Blackstrat6
Southern Oregon

Welcome.

[Goat]

Welcome Blackstrat! Glad you're here and can't wait to hear more about you!

-Goat

[BillJ]

Welcome, Blackstrat6!

[ckbeep]

Welcome neighbor, I am in Washington !

[tabfan]

Welcome, blackstrat6!

This is a cool place to hang. Too bad my break is over and I gotta go back to work! Hah! Keep coming back!

[sl1ckr1ck]

Hello all. Been sober 6 days after 40 plus years of drinkin' & drugin'. Just got out of the hospital. Threw all my booze away yesterday. Any hints on getting some sleep? Glad I found this place. Look forward to meeting some of you. Ride safe. Rick

[Goat]

Welcome sl1ck!

Man, I didn't sleep right for a couple of weeks after I threw out the bottles. I finally was able to put myself to sleep by doing something boring like playing solitaire on my cell phone

In hindsight, a lot of the problem I was having was very low blood sugar. It caused me to fall asleep for just a moment, and then awaken with a start because my body was full of adrenaline which was being pumped around to try to get enough sugar to my brain.

I'm not a doc (i.e. talk to your doc about this before taking my advice) but if I had to do it over again I'd try eating some hard candy before bed.

-Goat

[sl1ckr1ck]

Thanks Goat. An additional problem I have is diabetes and high blood pressure, all of which require more meds. The falling asleep and jerking awake right away sure sounds familiar. Just something else to handle one day at a time i guess. Do you play professionally? Nice axe.

[Goat]

Thanks I do not play professionally.... the kind of music I play does not sell

-Goat

[aasharon90]

Hi Bikers in SR.

Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.

By the grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent found
it necessary to pick up a drink of
"POISON" since 8-11-90.

For that and you I am truely grateful.

My husband and I have a 2009 Road
King which we added a small trike
kit to it. However we have decided
to sell a few of our other bikes in
order to upgrade our RK to a tour bike.

One thing at a time before we get
our bike just as we want it. Can't
wait.

[sl1ckr1ck]

To top everything off, 12 days sober and my wife throws me out and gets a restraining order against me. Now I have to find an apartment for me and my son, rebuild my business back up, go through moving all my stuff, court hearings, and still stay sober. Oh well, one day at a time.

[tabfan]

Take care of yourself FIRST, Rick. You are worth it.

[BillJ]

Welcome, Rick, and I'll echo what tabfan said: If you don't take care of yourself first, you won't be able to care for your boy, deal with the coming legal and business issues, medical stuff, et cetera.

And it is "one day at a time", for all of us. Hang in there, and keep comin' back!

[toad]

Hey Rick.......your situation sound rough. Through my difficult times, my AA friends always quote "this too shall pass." How true this has been. Six months from now we will all have a new set of situations to deal with. Seems like I'm always going into something or getting out of something. One thing about it....ain't nothin' so bad that drinking can't make worse.

We'll be praying for you Brother.............toad

[sl1ckr1ck]

Thanks for all the well wishes, advice, and support. First court hearing is Friday 8:30 AM. Just trying to find that "peaceful place". You all are right. Got to take care of myself so I can take care of my son. Never thought an affordable apartment would be so hard to find. Oh well, this to shall pass.

[sl1ckr1ck]

P.S. Still sober. Imagine that!