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12-28-2004, 07:09 PM
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| Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Trinidad Colorado
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hello my name is Samantha, i'm an alcoholic and an addict. i'm 21 yrs old and have been sober almost 4 months, which is a long time for me. i can tell that sobriety is changing me for the better and the miracles have already started to happen. i have one son who just turned 3, but i've not seen him for over 2 yrs now due to my drug addiction. i'm from kansas city, but have moved to colorado to better my life. it's really hard sometimes due to the cravings and there are some weird things that really trigger me. i know that with my higher power that anything is possible and i know i have the strength now to stay sober. it's weird to think that i've been using and drinking for 9 yrs which is almost half my life, and i really am having to learn a lot as i've never known living sober. anyway, i just thought i'd introduce myself and give a brief description.  |
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12-29-2004, 06:25 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: mass
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hello Samantha and good to meet you! Just hang in ther. It is shocking when we do the math but you can get and stay clean if you really want it and over time the sobriety will beat out the addiction time but there is alot of work todo. Keep it in the day but each day remeber we only have today. If you haven't picked up today then you are on the right track. Good to meet you and I hope to see you more in these forums the more we grow the more suport we have. This site has helped me in many many ways. I am truely grateful for this site and you will be too if you stick around for a while you will see its not and I program but a WE!
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12-29-2004, 07:01 AM
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| Forum Leader  Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light
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Hi Samantha, Welcome! SR is a great place to come for inspiration. Anna
__________________ 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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12-30-2004, 07:49 AM
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| God has Given me One More Day!  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tooele, UT
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Samantha, Welcome to SR and WIR! Congrats on 4 months. I too got sober at 21 and had those same realizations about WOW I am only 21 and drank for 9 years too. Keep coming back! Callie
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12-30-2004, 10:21 AM
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| Meow!  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Hello! I know I'm pretty late at this....but wanted to say hello & welcome! 
__________________ "If a Child feels Safe, Wanted & Loved, You are a Successful Parent!"  ~~"A relationship is like sand in your hand. If held loosely in the palm of your hand it stays there, but as soon as you close your hand tightly it slips through your fingers!!~~  |
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12-30-2004, 01:05 PM
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| Michele2162001  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: High Point NC
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Hi, I know you've already received many welcomes but I got sober/clean at 23 after using for a decade and I'll be 27 next month. I haven't had to start over by God's grace. Neither do you if you choose to keep coming back. Your life begins here! In love and service, Michele |
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12-30-2004, 01:22 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC,NY
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Hi Samantha- Congrats on your 4 months! I'm new here too, I'm an alcoholic (age29), and I live in new york city. Today I have 20 days. I started self-medicating 6 years ago, at 23. when my dad died. It was tough for me to be going through it at that age cause not many of my friends had similar experiences, or any perspective on a better way. You, however, have more than a clue- You ROCK!!! I'm finding this place to be good lifeline. I hope to keep seeing you here. Oh yeah, re: finding triggers and strong aversions in the wierdest places: On the train today there was an ad for some whisky, and the glass in the poster was bigger than a bucket. The train was all lurching and screeching and I instantly felt hungover, and all annoyed, like "okay, enough already!" :yelling Anywho, hope that made you snicker chillybilly |
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