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j'ade d'arcy · 08-24-2005, 05:55 PM

hi, i'm new to this forum and just wanted to introduce myself.

i'm ten months sober today. not feeling the love right now, i've heard that the ninth month is the hardest in the first year and i have to say i would agree with that. i'm determined to make a year, but these past few weeks have been really tough.

i'm a 17 year alcholic, started when i was fourteen and just drank my life into oblivion. finally couldn't take it anymore this year after two hospital stays. the first, my heart almost stopped and the second to detox. after the detox, i wound up spending a lovely night and part of the next afternoon in the local drunk tank. not the highlight of my life!!

so i checked into rehab, and here i am ten months later. sober and for the most part enjoying it, but there is always that little voice in my head saying,, do it, drink, nothing bad will happen!! hopefully this voice will fade in time.

i'm not interested in aa, tried it out and was not for me. am currently reading the book rational recovery and seeing how that one works.

hope to have some support and interesting discussion in this group!

CarolD · 08-24-2005, 06:10 PM

Congratulations on your sober time.

Blessings...

splendra · 08-24-2005, 06:35 PM

(((j`ade)))

Welcome to Sober Recovery and congrats on your 10 months.

There are several people here who do not go to AA. I have read the RR site and feel it is a good way to go. You learn to reckonized the voice of your addiction and learn how to let it die it's own death by deprivation right?..

You might also want to try Sober Teens if you want to talk to people in your age group. There is link at the bottom of this page just scoll all the way down and You will see it. My best wishes go out to you. Oh and uh...feel the love!!!

In memory of miracle · 08-24-2005, 06:38 PM

Congradulations! Glad your here!
Bless, Trish

j'ade d'arcy · 08-25-2005, 06:39 AM

thanks for the welcome!!

just to let you know splendra, i'm not a teen anymore...i wish!! i started drinking at fourteen and drank for seventeen years, i'm in my thirties now.

yes, rr lets you recognize your addictive voice and not allow it to control your actions. it's essentially what i've been doing for the past ten months, i just didn't realize that it had a name until earlier this week when i picked up the book rational recovery.

CAPTAINZING2000 · 08-25-2005, 06:44 AM

GRATS ON THE 10 MONTHS

I don't know if, a person has to attend AA all there life but, it helped me get sober.

Mostly, I think AA has been good at gettting me to do service work for other people.

It's a sad world living in it's all about me.

Do hope, that if you don't go to meetings, you find someway to contribute back to society. Best thing you can do for yourself

Time2Surrender · 08-25-2005, 02:18 PM

Congrats on 10 months.

2dayisanewday · 08-26-2005, 10:45 AM

You are on the right path---keep up the good work! SMILE

nogard · 08-26-2005, 02:06 PM

congrats on ten months and welcome to SR.

nogard

nocellphone · 08-26-2005, 03:03 PM

Whatever you're doing to stay sober, keep doing it... a day at a time.

08-24-2005, 05:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
j'ade d'arcy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: canada Posts: 170	ten months sober today, hi, i'm new to this forum and just wanted to introduce myself. i'm ten months sober today. not feeling the love right now, i've heard that the ninth month is the hardest in the first year and i have to say i would agree with that. i'm determined to make a year, but these past few weeks have been really tough. i'm a 17 year alcholic, started when i was fourteen and just drank my life into oblivion. finally couldn't take it anymore this year after two hospital stays. the first, my heart almost stopped and the second to detox. after the detox, i wound up spending a lovely night and part of the next afternoon in the local drunk tank. not the highlight of my life!! so i checked into rehab, and here i am ten months later. sober and for the most part enjoying it, but there is always that little voice in my head saying,, do it, drink, nothing bad will happen!! hopefully this voice will fade in time. i'm not interested in aa, tried it out and was not for me. am currently reading the book rational recovery and seeing how that one works. hope to have some support and interesting discussion in this group!

08-24-2005, 06:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
CarolD Forward we go...side by side Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 37,601	Hello amd Welcome to SR.... Congratulations on your sober time. Blessings... __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

08-24-2005, 06:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
splendra the girl can't help it Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: splendraville Posts: 5,508 Blog Entries: 3	(((j`ade))) Welcome to Sober Recovery and congrats on your 10 months. There are several people here who do not go to AA. I have read the RR site and feel it is a good way to go. You learn to reckonized the voice of your addiction and learn how to let it die it's own death by deprivation right?.. You might also want to try Sober Teens if you want to talk to people in your age group. There is link at the bottom of this page just scoll all the way down and You will see it. My best wishes go out to you. Oh and uh...feel the love!!! __________________ nice has a hisssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

08-24-2005, 06:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
In memory of miracle In Memory Of Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Connecticut. Posts: 3,736	Welcome! Congradulations! Glad your here! Bless, Trish __________________ In Memory Of Teach only love...

08-25-2005, 06:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
CAPTAINZING2000 Psalm 118:24 Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 9,631 Blog Entries: 1	GRATS ON THE 10 MONTHS I don't know if, a person has to attend AA all there life but, it helped me get sober. Mostly, I think AA has been good at gettting me to do service work for other people. It's a sad world living in it's all about me. Do hope, that if you don't go to meetings, you find someway to contribute back to society. Best thing you can do for yourself __________________ LIFE IS GOD'S GIFT TO YOU WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD J - Jesus first O - Others next Y - Yourself last John 14:6

08-25-2005, 06:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
j'ade d'arcy Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: canada Posts: 170	thanks for the welcome!! just to let you know splendra, i'm not a teen anymore...i wish!! i started drinking at fourteen and drank for seventeen years, i'm in my thirties now. yes, rr lets you recognize your addictive voice and not allow it to control your actions. it's essentially what i've been doing for the past ten months, i just didn't realize that it had a name until earlier this week when i picked up the book rational recovery.

08-25-2005, 02:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
Time2Surrender Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Field of Dreams Posts: 7,268 Blog Entries: 7	Congrats on 10 months. __________________ The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up"

08-26-2005, 10:45 AM	#8 (permalink)
2dayisanewday 2dayisanewday Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 43	You are on the right path---keep up the good work! SMILE

08-26-2005, 02:06 PM	#9 (permalink)
nogard everything is already ok Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 17,863 Blog Entries: 3	congrats on ten months and welcome to SR. nogard __________________ ...And like a bird that's on the wing and is flying free He can hear the song of home endlessly

08-26-2005, 03:03 PM	#10 (permalink)
nocellphone Cruelty-Free Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Body: South Florida Heart: Yosemite National Park Posts: 913	Whatever you're doing to stay sober, keep doing it... a day at a time. __________________ Oh, yeah!!! Recovery is not a mysterious process. The only mystery is why it took some of us so long to get here... and why some choose not to stay.

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