toadie54

Found this site as I was researching outpatient substance abuse treatment centers in my area last week.

I'm new to this "party" officially as of today, but have been eavesdropping the last week.

I cancelled an RV trip to a casino/campground in upstate NY last weekend getting together with RV friends, mainly because of the exposure to alcohol with my group of RV friends.

I started an "intensive outpatient program" for substance abuse (alcohol) yesterday, supposed to last a minimum of 8 weeks with 3 sessions a week, 3 hours a session. Hoping for more than I received Monday, back there tomorrow.

I'm presently on day 12 of abstinence, and have stopped posting on Facebook and Sparkpeople till August 11th.

I also am an avid league bowler, and took myself out of the two leagues I bowl in for the first four weeks of my treatment...bowling has always been a great trigger for excessive drinking and thought it was the smart decision for now. I have been able to bowl without drinking in the past, just thought skipping a month made sense.

So here I am, hoping for all the help I can get...can anyone make time go faster? Seems like everything is happening in slow motion! Funny to hear time is crawling for the "elderly" like me!