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SamanthaK · 12-28-2004, 07:09 PM

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.

Chy · 12-28-2004, 07:24 PM

Hi Sam and welcome!
This is a great place for support, we look forward to getting to know you!

bubblze30 · 12-29-2004, 06:25 AM

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!

***Anna*** · 12-29-2004, 07:01 AM

Hi Samantha,

Welcome!

SR is a great place to come for inspiration.

Anna

cj. · 12-29-2004, 07:13 AM

Welcome Samantha:

Way to go with nearly 4 months clean/sober!! You seem very happy to be recovering and I want to thank you for sharing that excitement. It's really refreshing!!

cj

namommy · 12-29-2004, 04:58 PM

Samantha

Welcome to SR and To WIR. Looking forward to getting to know you better.

calliejo · 12-30-2004, 07:49 AM

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

ButterflyChaser · 12-30-2004, 10:21 AM

Hello! I know I'm pretty late at this....but wanted to say hello & welcome!

Michele2162001 · 12-30-2004, 01:05 PM

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

chillybilly · 12-30-2004, 01:22 PM

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

SamanthaK · 12-31-2004, 01:00 PM

thank you everyone for the warm welcome, it's nice to know that i'm not alone in this

12-28-2004, 07:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
SamanthaK Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Trinidad Colorado Posts: 34	hello all 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.

12-29-2004, 06:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
bubblze30 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: mass Posts: 1,355	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! __________________ "What don't kill us. Will make us stronger"

12-29-2004, 07:01 AM	#4 (permalink)
*Anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 22,810	Hi Samantha, Welcome! SR is a great place to come for inspiration. Anna __________________ And I dont know what the future is holding in store I dont know where Im going, Im not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the living, I dont need to see the end. John Denver

12-29-2004, 04:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
namommy Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Never, Never land Posts: 2,851 Blog Entries: 1	Samantha Welcome to SR and To WIR. Looking forward to getting to know you better. __________________ I came into this program to save my a** and found out it was attached to my soul. -- Anonymous

12-30-2004, 07:49 AM	#7 (permalink)
calliejo God has Given me One More Day! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tooele, UT Posts: 12	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 __________________ "And exactly how strong does God think I am??????" :lumpy

12-28-2004, 07:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: El Paso, Tx Posts: 5,867	Hi Sam and welcome! This is a great place for support, we look forward to getting to know you!

12-29-2004, 07:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
cj. Mending Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 300	Welcome Samantha: Way to go with nearly 4 months clean/sober!! You seem very happy to be recovering and I want to thank you for sharing that excitement. It's really refreshing!! cj

12-30-2004, 10:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
ButterflyChaser Meow! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Somewhere Over the Rainbow Posts: 1,020	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!!~~

12-30-2004, 01:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
Michele2162001 Michele2162001 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: High Point NC Posts: 8	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

12-30-2004, 01:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
chillybilly Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NYC,NY Posts: 4	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

12-31-2004, 01:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
SamanthaK Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Trinidad Colorado Posts: 34	thank you everyone for the warm welcome, it's nice to know that i'm not alone in this

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