losteverything

I bet there isn't one person here who has bottomed out..who says..yeah, thatts what i wanted when i was growing up..i bottomed out...had to completely leave everything behind..and am currently living in a tent(read temporarily into it) knowing that once those storms and winds which are making puddles in my tent pass? I have nothing but upwards to look forward to...guess i am just another loser on their way to winning. To all that are on the downward spiral...please learn from others before having to bail out their sleeping bags from water.....sober isn't so hard.....if problems are becoming normal while all messed up? try being straight for awhile, and seeing if they become better or worse? there is nothing i have done in life that didn't become more problematic being messed up...and i have done tonnes....bottoms are rough....but i can crawl out of it....i doubt i can do the same about my grave..

Taking5

Reminds me of the commercial with a bunch of little kids talking about the jobs they'll have when they grow up, some of the quotes were:

"I want to be forced into early retirement"
"I want to be part of a corporate downsizing"
etc,. etc.

Wow. Keep your head up and hang in there, and above all stay sober.

least

Every time I stopped drinking since the first of the year I've always said "never again". I guess I haven't yet reached my bottom cause I just relapsed again last weekend. I'm now climbing out ot this latest hole and trying not to fall into it again.

The urge to have a glass of wine to lessen this withdrawal is very strong but I'm resisting it. I know what will happen if I give in. So I'm drinking herbal tea and trying to rest as much as possible. I don't want to go back 'there'.

The shame I feel over my latest slip is so strong it's helping keep me from picking up a drink. That and prayer will have to get me thru this.:praying

Rowan

I know a guy in my hometown who lived in a tent for the first several months of his sobriety. Carried his belongings on his back.
He recently celebrated 5 years sober and has been hired to run a sober-living house for men. He went to meetings every day, and continues to do so.

sailorjohn

The way I look at it, having my sobriety is like winning the lottery, with no blowback whatsoever. Folks aren't banging on my door looking to share in my winnings. If I have my sobriety I have everything, if I don't I have nothing.