Welcome and congrats on 2 days!
I’m going to copy and paste my ‘bump’ on my very first post on SR:
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I want to update everyone and Bump this thread .
I can’t believe it I just can’t believe it!
I am over 200 days 😍😳
I don’t think I’ve been straight for this long since I was a teenager and I am 56 years old.
It can be done folks and it’s getting better. My life is not a bed of roses but it sure seems A heckuva lot better than it was.
I don’t miss :
The shame and guilt after promising myself I would moderate or quit and then not doing it. Realizing that if you have to moderate it probably can’t be done, and realizing that those that don’t have to moderate can do so easily.
The money that I spent
Not being fully present at work or in my family
The extra bloat weight that I carried
Sneaking sips
My red nose
My cracked nails
Wondering how much damage I’ve done My liver
Advice to any lurkers or people reading this post that are on the edge of the fence or are just brand new sober....
I can just tell you what worked for me.
First, the idea to change had to come first. That idea was in my head for about five years. It doesn’t do anything by it self.
So that was the second step is realizing I had to take action. I googled YouTube videos on alcoholism and liver damage and how to stop drinking. I looked up the NIH guidelines on units per week that are safe for a woman
I was at about 85/week. I believe the guideline is seven /week.
I read here a lot and I figured out how to use this site. I found out that there are two different versions one that is on the computer which is the easiest to navigate but also the most bulky and is not portable, and another that is on my cell phone. With the help of my friends here and I figured out how to post pictures and how to get the desktop version site that I saw on my computer on my iPhone. Very important to me. I didn’t even know that you could “like” other people’s posts until about a month or two in.
I slipped 18 days in. Before I knew it five days straight of drinking went by. WTF. I thought I could MODERATE😂
What happened? My boyfriend came over with a bottle of wine and offered me some. Some boyfriend, eh? Not that he made me drink, but so early in my sobriety that was not a good idea to have any wine near me since that was my booze of choice. The other thing that I didn’t do what is post here or read here
So I read here and I posted here and I read here and I posted here.
I slept
I cried
I hated myself for my lost years and bad choices
I forgave myself
I made a big plan
I researched AVRT
I faced the fear of the unknown
And I realized that changing this aspect of my life was not only necessary in order for me to live, but that it would also be uncomfortable at first.
The people here are wonderful and I hope that since you’re here on this site that you use this tool among many others that are available to you to get and stay sober .
And what are those you ask?
AA
WATER
ALANON
AVRT
CBT
WATER
SMART RECOVERY
GYM
NATURE
WATER
GOOGLE
MEDITATION
YOUR BED
NUTRITIOUS FOOD
WATER
YOUR DOCTOR
PSYCHIATRIST
COUNSELOR
All the best!!
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