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Old 09-28-2009, 09:42 AM
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rjmano
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: West of the big smoke, Ontario
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Hi Jay!

It's great that you are here and are asking for support. A lot of great advice has already been given so I don't have much to add. In my early days of sobriety I had to go to a lot of AA meetings for a few reasons: 1. for support and hope and 2. so I would be physically somewhere other than the bar. I simply couldn't trust myself to be home alone between 6 pm and 12 am. Night meetings were the only way I could resist the cravings until I had a little sobriety (and a little more strength and confidence) under my belt. Even now, I call friends/sponsors in AA when I get a subtle craving and before I drink. I don't trust myself to fight the craving on my own yet. I used to call them after I took a drink, because hey, I didn't want them to stop me from having "fun" that night. You could imagine how well that worked out! lol.

I wish you all the best, rob
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