My first Christmas AA meeting! :)
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My first Christmas AA meeting! :)
I went to a Christmas AA meeting tonight and it was so awesome. Powerful! I had goose bumps through most of the shares. I wasn't planning on going tonight because it was Christmas. It was a spur of the moment thing and on the way there, it started raining. My first instinct was to turn around but I kept driving. I went there and it was beautiful with the way they had it decorated. I hadn't been to that AA club in a while but it was great. I got an unexpected surprise too... food! My mom flipped out on everyone today and flaked out on cooking Christmas dinner this year after she said she would be cooking. But I got some AA food, lol. 
I feel like I was meant to be in that room tonight. That is why I got the spur of the moment idea to go and it was worth every second of it. For a moment, I felt like it was something magical happening.
Merry Christmas to my SR family.
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I feel like I was meant to be in that room tonight. That is why I got the spur of the moment idea to go and it was worth every second of it. For a moment, I felt like it was something magical happening.
Merry Christmas to my SR family.
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Oh! Hope4 I am so pleased for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aren't Chrissy meetings awsome?
All meetings are great, but Chrissy ones are just , as you said, magical!
Usually the food is good too LOL
So glad you went
HUGX
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Aren't Chrissy meetings awsome?
All meetings are great, but Chrissy ones are just , as you said, magical!
Usually the food is good too LOL
So glad you went
HUGX
Leigh
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Congrats on the sober time, Hope4life! it's great to hear that you are able to enjoy your own gift, sometimes we've just got to spoil ourselves 
here's to this one, and many more in the future -
here's to this one, and many more in the future -
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My family got together and it was my first time around booze since I stopped. I was able to stay with family for about 2 hours, but then I got very uncomfortable. I was sitting around the table and I could smell my Grandpa's breath (he was drinking scotch) and it was that breath that you get when you're real drunk. I always liked that taste in my mouth and the smell when everytime you exhale you can taste alcohol. I found myself getting upset so I ended up going to a meeting and was very glad I did. Some of the people at the meeting had some very powerful shares. I was glad I made it through and had my first sober christmas in a long time.
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Hope4life & User_Name congrats on the sober holiday, I just had my second sober Christmas and it was better then the first!!!!
In my area we have what we call the Alcathon which is 72 hours straight fellowship, food, meetings & speakers for any and all to come to, what an experience!
Ah the rewards gained by listening to your HP when your HP whispers in your ear!
That is really awesome, going to a meeting when things are not going well has saved me many times.
In my area we have what we call the Alcathon which is 72 hours straight fellowship, food, meetings & speakers for any and all to come to, what an experience!
I feel like I was meant to be in that room tonight. That is why I got the spur of the moment idea to go and it was worth every second of it. For a moment, I felt like it was something magical happening.
I found myself getting upset so I ended up going to a meeting and was very glad I did. Some of the people at the meeting had some very powerful shares. I was glad I made it through and had my first sober christmas in a long time.
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Some things happened today, and I missed my meeting. I could tell a difference. I've been really struggling with dealing with feelings lately. They are overwhelming me.
I wanted to drink today. It was sooo hard.
I get so stressed out easy...... I don't know what is going on with me.
I wanted to drink today. It was sooo hard.
I get so stressed out easy...... I don't know what is going on with me.
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Get to a meeting as soon as you can, Cheryl, and share how you are feeling with a trusted friend. My emotions terrified me in early sobriety,and still can sometimes. Eventually things will balance out and that emotional rollercoaster won't have so many ups and downs. Keep it simple today, and don't drink. You can do this!!
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Hope get phone numbers when you go to meetings, if there is no meeting going on I always found it helpful in early sobriety especially when I wanted a drink bad. Today I enjoy the time spent on the phone with a fellow alcoholic who needs someone to talk to.
Beleive it or not, you calling someone because you want a drink may very well be just what kept the person you called from picking up a drink, at a minimum it will help them stay sober for one more day.
Beleive it or not, you calling someone because you want a drink may very well be just what kept the person you called from picking up a drink, at a minimum it will help them stay sober for one more day.
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The world feels overwhelming for me right now. I'm pretty much really down to a day at a time. Thinking of the future terrifies me. This has been my hardest month. Things are happening that are a part of life and it is really difficult for me because I've short circuited my ability to function as a human and all emotions seem to overwhelm me.
I've had no energy to do things so I had to make a list of things to do today. So far I've got half of them done but I'm barely able to touch the rest. I'm also sick at the moment but I keep pushing myself because there are things that have to be done. The world doesn't stop when I'm sick.
I've had no energy to do things so I had to make a list of things to do today. So far I've got half of them done but I'm barely able to touch the rest. I'm also sick at the moment but I keep pushing myself because there are things that have to be done. The world doesn't stop when I'm sick.
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