10 weeks - for lurkers and newcomers!!!
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10 weeks - for lurkers and newcomers!!!
Hey all,
I just wanted to post that ten weeks ago, I was hung over and hating myself, and life, and rolled onto the couch in a pile of self pity, self hatred, and resentment, my heart racing with anxiety, with a pounding headache and a nauseous pit where my stomach should be. I came here again (I'd been in and out of these forums, mostly out, for five years). I posted about how much I dislike myself when I'm drunk. A few people said I could make that day, August 12, my day one. I did. I decided not to get too ahead of myself, and took it one day, sometimes on hour at a time. The first few days really had crappy moments, where anxiety hit me, and the desire to drink felt physical and emotional and mental. I read here a lot, and mostly posted in the August thread. Sometimes I had nothing to say, so I took some advice and posted, and made myself always think about, something, anything, to be grateful for. One day at a time, I'm here ten weeks later, with a long way to go, but already starting to feel happier and healthier.
I was just leaving from picking up my salad for lunch, and the guy in the cafe said "have a good Friday". I thought, wait, it's Friday. That means, ten weeks!
So I wanted to post this for people who are here, maybe who aren't members of this forum, or maybe who rolled out of bed like I did ten weeks ago, and tell them they should make today their day one. Don't expect instant gratification and don't expect to have someone else do it for you. It's a lot of work and sometimes you can't even do it. But you CAN choose to not drink today. And you can wake up tomorrow and make the same promise. And that's where it starts. You can do it. Make today your day one. It's so worth it, I promise.
Grateful for all of you here and the A-Team August 2016 class <3
bexxed
I just wanted to post that ten weeks ago, I was hung over and hating myself, and life, and rolled onto the couch in a pile of self pity, self hatred, and resentment, my heart racing with anxiety, with a pounding headache and a nauseous pit where my stomach should be. I came here again (I'd been in and out of these forums, mostly out, for five years). I posted about how much I dislike myself when I'm drunk. A few people said I could make that day, August 12, my day one. I did. I decided not to get too ahead of myself, and took it one day, sometimes on hour at a time. The first few days really had crappy moments, where anxiety hit me, and the desire to drink felt physical and emotional and mental. I read here a lot, and mostly posted in the August thread. Sometimes I had nothing to say, so I took some advice and posted, and made myself always think about, something, anything, to be grateful for. One day at a time, I'm here ten weeks later, with a long way to go, but already starting to feel happier and healthier.
I was just leaving from picking up my salad for lunch, and the guy in the cafe said "have a good Friday". I thought, wait, it's Friday. That means, ten weeks!
So I wanted to post this for people who are here, maybe who aren't members of this forum, or maybe who rolled out of bed like I did ten weeks ago, and tell them they should make today their day one. Don't expect instant gratification and don't expect to have someone else do it for you. It's a lot of work and sometimes you can't even do it. But you CAN choose to not drink today. And you can wake up tomorrow and make the same promise. And that's where it starts. You can do it. Make today your day one. It's so worth it, I promise.
Grateful for all of you here and the A-Team August 2016 class <3
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Awesome post, bexxed!
You are doing it, I am doing it, and everyone reading can do it too. Achieving sobriety and recovery takes action but one day at a time and one step at a time, it can be done.
You are doing it, I am doing it, and everyone reading can do it too. Achieving sobriety and recovery takes action but one day at a time and one step at a time, it can be done.
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