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08-24-2006, 01:46 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cali
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| Hi, newbie here!
I decided I want to keep my family together and house! Hopefully i will get alot of inspiration from this forum! I am not worried about not drinking.....I can stop that....Just worried about my life after drinking.....Think it might be kinda boring.....Need to find other things to do besides sit on my arse and drink and smoke....Look forward to meeting new friends here on this forum!
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08-24-2006, 02:01 PM
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| Forum Leader  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light
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Welcome Yikes, I think stopping drinking is just beginning and what follows is the road of recovery. It's a most interesting road and I hope you join us on our journey.
__________________ Anna  "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou |
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08-24-2006, 03:00 PM
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| Trying to do the right thing.  Join Date: May 2006 Location: London
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| Welcome Yikes...There care so many wonderful people on this forum. Welcome to the road to Recovery...xXx... 
__________________ Weve come along way and were Changing day by day  We DO Recover. We can Recover...! |
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08-24-2006, 08:01 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Indiana
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Baby steps is right! I have to drive past my favorite watering hole to take and pick up my daughter from practice...tonight I drove by and didn't bother glancing to see who's cars were there, trying to see inside, etc....it's amazing what pride I take in the smallest things.
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08-24-2006, 08:06 PM
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| Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cali
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Thanks for your response! It is amazing how fast everyones posts responses here! I just got a smile on my "sober" face. Been feeling pretty down all day, not to mention a little hung over....BLAH! | |
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08-25-2006, 08:18 AM
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| Naps are good.  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ohio
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|  Hello there Yikes! Welcome to SR! The more the merrier. There is strength in numbers.  We are getting stronger everyday.:Weightlif
__________________ I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust. ~Psalm 91:2 Texas Dawn  |
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08-25-2006, 10:34 AM
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| Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cali
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Thanks again for the warm welcome! I am very familar with forums...I belong to a few others that are truck related. Had a pretty non-eventful evening last night...Just as I thought....pretty boring not much into watching tv, Tonight should be very interesting.......Keeping a positive attitude in such a negative world..... |
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08-25-2006, 11:15 AM
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| Don't get undies in a bunch  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Shore MA
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Dealing with the things that come after...what to do with my time, feelings, emotions, behaviors....All can be things that have us want to pick up that first one. Look about and read the posts that say stickies beside them at the top of the boards. May want to check where some meetings are held in your area. AA is a great source of support and info as well. Why do it alone when the support of others makes it easier. Congratulations on your choices. Your not alone in this and it can be done. As for filling your time... Give some hobbies a try or maybe start a project at home. Just the other day, I helped my nephew with his car. I took what I know and passed on some skills to a younger person. My time was filled and he learned, as well as had his car looking better.
__________________ * I asked God to spare me pain. God said "No", Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.  Recovery Related Acronym B. E. S. T. = Been Enjoying Sobriety Today? | |
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08-25-2006, 04:11 PM
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| Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cali
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Ok, worked a 1/2 today, getting ready for an off-road meet, have a few more errands to run, then I have to figure out something else to do when all the errands are run.....hmmm..............Will let you know what I end up doing...
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08-25-2006, 10:25 PM
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| Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cali
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Again, thanks for the warm welcome.....I did it.....My first sober Friday Night in a long time! Like I said in an earlier post....I have an off-roading trip tomorrow. So I had quite a few errands to run getting things ready. I then took time to work out at the gym. It is kinda funny, no matter how hung over I would be I would still force myself to go to the gym at the end of the day. Maybe that was my punishment.....but would hit the bottle there after. 6 PM and on was kinda hard, but I just hung out with the kids outside. Day by day, will find something to occupy my time, I hope!  Thanks any and everyone that reads and comments.... |
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08-25-2006, 10:30 PM
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| Starting a New Life  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Greensboro, NC
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By stopping drinking, so many new experiences and opportunities are going to come your way. They may not come immediately...but it does happen with time. Stick with it! And congrats on making the choice to make these changes 
__________________ The very best of who you are is always somewhere within you. Choose often to connect with it, and to let it resonate throughout the details of your life. -Ralph Marston (Thanks Ann) |
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