nochance

i am 6 weeks of drink i thought i was throught the worst but i am not.doc put me on camprial think it works .must b havent had a drink yet. finding it very hard now. any help would b great .thanks for listening

Taking5

What are you struggling with? Cravings? Campral is supposed to ease that is it not?.

when I get a craving, I go DO something. Take a walk, a little retail therapy, come here to SR, etc. I will pass.

nochance

how long r u off drink.and i do know what camprial is 4,otherwise i would not take them

BackToSquareOne

How many days since your last drink?

nochance

44 today, what about u , how many

BackToSquareOne

I'm about 3 months, you should be all done with any major withdrawal issues at 44 days. Have your sleeping patterns returned to normal yet?

nochance

doc put me on sleepers tryin 2 stop them these days.did he put u on any thing when u came of it

CarolD

Welcome to our Alcoholism Forum...

Good to know you are seeing your doctor
as that is the wisest thing to do.

There is something called PAWS
you may not know about.
Click on the link below for information

Post Acute Withdrawl - Relapse Prevention Specialists - TLC The Living Center

Well done on your sober time

nochance

y have i been stopped talking 2 back2squareone

CarolD

Hi again nochance,

SR members do come and go often...
they go off line to attend to
whatever is happening in their lives.

I just came back on myself...
An AA friend dropped by to visit.

Blessings

jenjram

I don't know if you have a sponsor but getting one and working the steps saved my life. I tried for two years to do it other ways and finally I listened to everyone.

And my sponsor told me to pray about everything initially. And I did. Even though I had no concept that it was doing anything for me. I highly recommend praying, even when you don't even understand what that entails or means.

nochance

how do i go about getting a sponser

dancinggirl

Hi there nochance! From my understanding, if you go to AA meetings and let people there know that you are interested in getting a sponsor, they will help connect you to someone. Just talk to the person chairing that day's meeting and things will start to roll. Or, call the AA office in your town and tell them that you are in need.

skunkape

I'll share briefly about my sponsor experience. First of all it was hard to ask someone to help me, but once I did, I knew I was on the right track to overcoming my alcoholism. I went to meetings for about 3 months, (not recommending you wait this long) and listened to everyone share. I picked out a person who had good long term sobriety 20+ years and who possessed the kind of happiness that I wanted out of life. I then approached him after the meeting and told him that I was feeling horrible like I was going to relapse and then asked him to be my sponsor. He said sure. The rest is history. Next month I'll have a year sober and I'm the happiest I've ever been. Good luck on your journey, I know you'll be fine.

Tazman53

Skunk gave some great advice on getting a sponsor, I would suggest going to a few meeting and after the meeting is over ask who ever chairs if they know any one that could be a temporary sponsor that could help you find a full time sponsor.

Just keep in mind that a sponsor is not your boss, they offer you suggestions by sharing their experience strength and hope in thier personal journey in sobriety. They answer questions on the program and help you where they can. A sponsor can not get you sober or keep you sober, only you can do that, what a sponsor basically does is share with you how they got and stayed sober.

pinkbecca88

well done for getting through 6 weeks- you should be very proud

maybe you should make an appointment with your doctor and see if he can help any further!

becca
x

nochance

thanks pinkbecca88 thanks 4 all the advise from all who ans .havent gone to any meetings yet mybe i should and find out more about this problem i have.i am sure a sponsor would help me at this stage.do u have to go to meetings to get one , because i get great comfort from talking 2 people on soberrecovery.thanks again

Zencat

I go to a clinic for recovery groups and therapy and that has helped me exceedingly. Maybe there is something like that near you. My groups are held at the county mental health facility. I also attend A.A. sporadically. The friendships I have made there helped me too.

TTOSBT

Congrats on your sobriety nc.
I feel that things have to drastically change in your life to get the joy out of being sober. That is, you have to do more than just not drink.
Change habits, patterns, etc.
The first 2 weeks I was sober I was not comfortable in my house (especially the kitchen) in the evening because that is where and when I drank. So, for 2 weeks I went to an AA meeting every night. That has turned into a HUGE blessing!
#1 I got my sponsor on Day 8
#2 I found the meetings where I was most comfortable at
#3 People started to get used to seeing me and greeted me
#4 I was told to volunteer my time which took me out of myself
#5 I got to hear a ton of stories from folks about happiness in recovery.
#6 It made me start thinking of other activities I could do in sobriety that I enjoyed (like going to the gym)

Good luck and keep coming back!!

Pinkcuda

The thing that made it easier for me was to get the ridiculous notion out of my head that I wanted to be a normal drinker. I set out every day with good intentions and ended up drunk again. the next day I would set out with a desire to drink normally. I failed again and repeated the process for about 25 years.
Once I realized that I had been lying to myself the whole time about my desire to drink normally, the quest for sobriety became a lot easier. I never really wanted to drink normally and I still don't.
I don't want to be drunk and I sure as hell don't see any point in drinking one or two.
That made it easier for me.