What was said to you that helped in the begining?
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What was said to you that helped in the begining?
I remember someone saying " What other people think about me is none of my business." That stuck with me. What ws said to you that helped you get past the first month?
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I was very lost, and someone said "Your soul has a purpose in this life. You just need to be quiet and listen". This allowed me to let go of my control-freak issues and to feel sure that I did indeed belong here.
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Oregon
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"Just for today" helped me immensely. I find huge comfort in that thought and go over it a lot. I don't have to think/worry/obsess about not drinking for the rest of my life. I don't have to play out future events without alchohol and wonder HOW??? All I have to do is get through today. All I have to worry about is here and now.
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Posts: 5,827
"Just dont drink"
"Detox is a bit**"
"You got the DT's, sweat it out"
"Eat something, you're fading to nothing"
"No, it's a rehab, not another hospital"
"Sobriety is for the living. Shake off your baggage"
"Get it right today. There is no tomorrow"
"Give a hug. Get a hug"
"Come to your own higher power understanding"
"Yeah, its time to give love another try"
"Losers quit on themselves. Winners dont quit"
"Take a look at yourself before you got something to say about anybody else"
"Living spiritually is a choice, not a punishment"
"Nothing on the streets gonna help you become somebody your not"
"To keep what we have we give it away"
"Keep coming back"
"Its a journey, dont sweat the small stuff"
"Sobriety can be forever. You do the math"
My first thirty days happened in a 30 day supervised detox, and then 60 days in a residential rehab with 24 other live-in alcoholics and drug addicts male and female, then graduation and after care. I attended AA throughout. Been sober many years now, and since that last detox.
"Detox is a bit**"
"You got the DT's, sweat it out"
"Eat something, you're fading to nothing"
"No, it's a rehab, not another hospital"
"Sobriety is for the living. Shake off your baggage"
"Get it right today. There is no tomorrow"
"Give a hug. Get a hug"
"Come to your own higher power understanding"
"Yeah, its time to give love another try"
"Losers quit on themselves. Winners dont quit"
"Take a look at yourself before you got something to say about anybody else"
"Living spiritually is a choice, not a punishment"
"Nothing on the streets gonna help you become somebody your not"
"To keep what we have we give it away"
"Keep coming back"
"Its a journey, dont sweat the small stuff"
"Sobriety can be forever. You do the math"
My first thirty days happened in a 30 day supervised detox, and then 60 days in a residential rehab with 24 other live-in alcoholics and drug addicts male and female, then graduation and after care. I attended AA throughout. Been sober many years now, and since that last detox.
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: NJ
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"a grateful drunk will never drink again"...i try to count my blessings and give thanks for being so fortunate every single day, whether here or elsewhere. the "attitude of gratitude" goes a long way for me
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