Been going to meetings... - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

amymarie · 06-01-2006, 11:16 AM

I started out in AA in 2000, and I just wasn't ready for giving up and staying clean...

In 2004 I again went to an AA meeting- One which changed my life. I learned alot.........and then, just before my year of sobriety, I relapsed.
I blamed a program...I blamed everyone but me...of course.
I stopped associating with 12 step folk...I lurked here on SR instead of hanging on for dear life....

Now, in 2006, thanks to a lot of really really good people, I have opened my mind and started going to NA...(my doc was opiates) and it is like a whole other world...
I have a sponsor, I am on a softball team, I am working steps, and I finally feel as though there is hope. I feel healthier than I have ever felt...I have a new outlook on life...and today I am not just substance free, but I am learning what it is to be 'clean'...

Just wanted to share...

REHAB · 06-01-2006, 11:49 AM

I got a good sponser. Ya think?

Blake · 06-01-2006, 11:53 AM

THat rocks Amy......

It makes me smile

amymarie · 06-01-2006, 12:02 PM

Welcome REHAB!!!! Glad you are here!!! Hope you stay awhile and keep posting!

Chance · 06-01-2006, 12:29 PM

Glad that you are here AmyMarie! Yes it takes what it takes in order to sustain and sometimes we really don't know what it takes. I have a week today I think, but what is the most important that all of us have to remember is that today is the only day that counts. We will have new trials, situations, etc everyday to have to deal with and that is why we need not only each other but the program. Just glad that you are here!

<<<<<<< Your avatar reminds me of a picture of me smoking at the age of 2. I don't know if I still have it around or not but that is one of the reasons that I did post here. LOL

Love Vic

**Phinneas** · 06-01-2006, 05:52 PM

Wow! That is an awesome story of hope, AmyMarie. Sounds like you're back and stronger than ever. Thanks for sharing it and good luck on your journey.

P.S. Hang with us - we're the cool kids on SR! -lol

Time4Change · 06-02-2006, 08:05 AM

What an uplifting, inspiring post, amymarie! Thanks for sharing that. I'm so happy for you and excited to hear you're in such a good place right now in your recovery. What a blessing NA is!

Great job!

Kelly

awis25 · 06-02-2006, 08:45 AM

Welcome..Welcome...Oh those opiates....I know all to well!! Congrats on being Clean it is such a great thing!!!!

REZ · 06-03-2006, 08:08 PM

Thanks for sharing. Feeling a part of something is a great blessing, rather than feeling like one is on the outside looking in. Keep coming back!

Hope · 06-03-2006, 08:54 PM

Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing!

Love,
Cheryl

06-01-2006, 11:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
amymarie No more hostages Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: houston Posts: 790	Been going to meetings... I started out in AA in 2000, and I just wasn't ready for giving up and staying clean... In 2004 I again went to an AA meeting- One which changed my life. I learned alot.........and then, just before my year of sobriety, I relapsed. I blamed a program...I blamed everyone but me...of course. I stopped associating with 12 step folk...I lurked here on SR instead of hanging on for dear life.... Now, in 2006, thanks to a lot of really really good people, I have opened my mind and started going to NA...(my doc was opiates) and it is like a whole other world... I have a sponsor, I am on a softball team, I am working steps, and I finally feel as though there is hope. I feel healthier than I have ever felt...I have a new outlook on life...and today I am not just substance free, but I am learning what it is to be 'clean'... Just wanted to share... __________________ recovery begins with a willingness to do whatever it takes... and for me that means WHATEVER it takes...

06-01-2006, 11:49 AM	#2 (permalink)
REHAB Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: hammond,LA Posts: 3	Me to I got a good sponser. Ya think?

06-01-2006, 11:53 AM	#3 (permalink)
Blake I'm an addict. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hyde Park, NY Posts: 1,201	THat rocks Amy...... It makes me smile __________________ Warning: I'm a sick person so take any advice I may be spewing with a grain of salt, but it's what has worked for me, so far.

06-01-2006, 12:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
amymarie No more hostages Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: houston Posts: 790	Welcome REHAB!!!! Glad you are here!!! Hope you stay awhile and keep posting! __________________ recovery begins with a willingness to do whatever it takes... and for me that means WHATEVER it takes...

06-01-2006, 12:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chance JUST DO IT!! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Here Or There Posts: 7,097 Blog Entries: 9	Glad that you are here AmyMarie! Yes it takes what it takes in order to sustain and sometimes we really don't know what it takes. I have a week today I think, but what is the most important that all of us have to remember is that today is the only day that counts. We will have new trials, situations, etc everyday to have to deal with and that is why we need not only each other but the program. Just glad that you are here! <<<<<<< Your avatar reminds me of a picture of me smoking at the age of 2. I don't know if I still have it around or not but that is one of the reasons that I did post here. LOL Love Vic __________________ With Love and Respect Vic Life isn't yesterday or tomorrow it is in the now.....

06-01-2006, 05:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Phinneas Forum Leader Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: fumbling towards ecstasy Posts: 2,597	Wow! That is an awesome story of hope, AmyMarie. Sounds like you're back and stronger than ever. Thanks for sharing it and good luck on your journey. P.S. Hang with us - we're the cool kids on SR! -lol __________________ “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” ~Marianne Williamson

06-02-2006, 08:05 AM	#7 (permalink)
Time4Change NA Rocks! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Location Location Posts: 517	What an uplifting, inspiring post, amymarie! Thanks for sharing that. I'm so happy for you and excited to hear you're in such a good place right now in your recovery. What a blessing NA is! Great job! Kelly __________________

06-02-2006, 08:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
awis25 ~Mandie~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sicklerville NJ Posts: 32	Welcome..Welcome...Oh those opiates....I know all to well!! Congrats on being Clean it is such a great thing!!!! __________________ ~ One is too many and a thousand is never enough ~

06-03-2006, 08:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
REZ Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 1,057	Thanks for sharing. Feeling a part of something is a great blessing, rather than feeling like one is on the outside looking in. Keep coming back!

06-03-2006, 08:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
Hope Getting Better All The Time Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Recovering Posts: 3,289	Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing! Love, Cheryl

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