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Thank you
Hi all,
I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone on this page. I've been mostly sober (three two day relapses) since thanksgiving of last year and it's been a rough road. I have a good job that provides really good health insurance, but it's been the discussions on this page that have kept me moving in the right direction and staying positive.
Just today my anxiety was so bad that it was causing obsessive thoughts that made me think i was going crazy or that i had a "serious" mental condition. Out of nowhere, i had the thought that going and getting a couple of beers could take the edge off, calm me down and prove that i'm not crazy.
Instead of taking the easy route, i turned to advise i've received on previous posts and almost immediately calmed down and didn't feel like i was going to lose control anymore.
Honestly, the advise i've received on this page has proven to be invaluable. "What to expect" advise that ranged from my initial physical symptoms (that i still have but are MUCH less prevalent than the beginning) to my current mental battle with crushing anxiety (i am getting professional help with this), your advise and encouragement has been key.
This is the longest i've been sober, aside from two seven-month forced sobriety periods (deployments to Iraq not jail lol) in the past 16 years.
That said, for those of you who have gone though this rebalancing/readjustment phase, and your life is better for it, please keep up the encouragement for us new comers. It really really helps!
- Tommy
I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone on this page. I've been mostly sober (three two day relapses) since thanksgiving of last year and it's been a rough road. I have a good job that provides really good health insurance, but it's been the discussions on this page that have kept me moving in the right direction and staying positive.
Just today my anxiety was so bad that it was causing obsessive thoughts that made me think i was going crazy or that i had a "serious" mental condition. Out of nowhere, i had the thought that going and getting a couple of beers could take the edge off, calm me down and prove that i'm not crazy.
Instead of taking the easy route, i turned to advise i've received on previous posts and almost immediately calmed down and didn't feel like i was going to lose control anymore.
Honestly, the advise i've received on this page has proven to be invaluable. "What to expect" advise that ranged from my initial physical symptoms (that i still have but are MUCH less prevalent than the beginning) to my current mental battle with crushing anxiety (i am getting professional help with this), your advise and encouragement has been key.
This is the longest i've been sober, aside from two seven-month forced sobriety periods (deployments to Iraq not jail lol) in the past 16 years.
That said, for those of you who have gone though this rebalancing/readjustment phase, and your life is better for it, please keep up the encouragement for us new comers. It really really helps!
- Tommy
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