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focusontoday · 08-19-2005, 07:46 AM

:hugehug
I just wanted to thank everyone who had helped me in my early recovery. I was so scared to go to a meeting f2f on my own. Yet I'd been to 2 meetings with my late friend Henry. I found my web mates to be my only light while I was suffering depression, anxiety etc... I was living alone & was desperate & sick even though I had not drank for over 3 months at that time I was isolating & the cravings of drinking came & went. All I want is support to have others listen, I don't like members lecturing Im sure others agree that most of the stuff they speak of are the things we 'already know'. So I am learning to take what I like & leave the rest. I have now over 7 months of sobriety & am beginning to feel so much more comfortable. I am finding emotions I can't even explain or put words to as I suppressed all my emotions for over 24years of drinking/drugging. I now have members offer me handshakes, coffee, phone numbers, lifts to & from meetings. My favourite offering is a smile cause that makes me feel so accepted.

Im back on the internet & am able to visit this forum I will keep close & not lose sight. My head still runs a muck if I let it & my will is not a good choice to be left unattended. So I do at least 1 meeting a day & share when asked, even if I don't want to. It took me a long time to share & I had to write it down & read it along with lots of tears. I am not completely out of the woods just yet. I keep it simple & pray to my Great Spirit all day everyday keeps me being able to do baby steps & deal with what I have to. You know all those wonderful yets that have caught up & overtaken me.
Thanks again I am truely grateful for your support.

08-19-2005, 07:52 AM

Thank you Focus. Great post, and I'm glad your here.

**Ann** · 08-19-2005, 08:31 AM

Me too. Hugs back

More Hugs
Ann

Don W · 08-19-2005, 04:58 PM

Hugs? Ooooooooooooooooooh that felt sooooooooo, gooooooood! Don W

08-19-2005, 07:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
focusontoday Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 39	group hug :hugehug I just wanted to thank everyone who had helped me in my early recovery. I was so scared to go to a meeting f2f on my own. Yet I'd been to 2 meetings with my late friend Henry. I found my web mates to be my only light while I was suffering depression, anxiety etc... I was living alone & was desperate & sick even though I had not drank for over 3 months at that time I was isolating & the cravings of drinking came & went. All I want is support to have others listen, I don't like members lecturing Im sure others agree that most of the stuff they speak of are the things we 'already know'. So I am learning to take what I like & leave the rest. I have now over 7 months of sobriety & am beginning to feel so much more comfortable. I am finding emotions I can't even explain or put words to as I suppressed all my emotions for over 24years of drinking/drugging. I now have members offer me handshakes, coffee, phone numbers, lifts to & from meetings. My favourite offering is a smile cause that makes me feel so accepted. Im back on the internet & am able to visit this forum I will keep close & not lose sight. My head still runs a muck if I let it & my will is not a good choice to be left unattended. So I do at least 1 meeting a day & share when asked, even if I don't want to. It took me a long time to share & I had to write it down & read it along with lots of tears. I am not completely out of the woods just yet. I keep it simple & pray to my Great Spirit all day everyday keeps me being able to do baby steps & deal with what I have to. You know all those wonderful yets that have caught up & overtaken me. Thanks again I am truely grateful for your support. __________________ "Normal is a cycle on a washing machine ! mine got stuck on SPIN DRY"

08-19-2005, 08:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ann Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 25,191	Me too. Hugs back More Hugs Ann __________________ “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Winnie the Pooh~

08-19-2005, 04:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
Don W Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Charleston S.C. Posts: 1,463	Hugs? Ooooooooooooooooooh that felt sooooooooo, gooooooood! Don W __________________ Captain America - On the side of good

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08-19-2005, 07:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
Doug Guest Posts: n/a	Thank you Focus. Great post, and I'm glad your here.

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