4 days and its working...
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Posts: 4
4 days and its working...
Hi all,
I hope I'm posting this in the right place. Sorry if I'm not, I'm still a little new to this whole forum posting, internet, future upon us thing.
Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm on 4 days now and going strong. I have been heavily drinking on a daily basis for 8 years and have finally realized what a mess I have been making. My biggest fear has been a life without alcohol but what kind of life is 8 years of an alcohol induced blackout? I am ready to start making memories and actually remembering them. I just want to say thank you to all of you, yesterday was extremely tough and I almost didn't make it. I spent the whole evening 15 minutes at a time but thanks to this website and all of you I was able to make it....and I actually went to bed sober. For the third time in 8 years. Hopefully each day will get a little easier. I am really glad to know there are other people who understand the hell that alcohol addiction can really be. Thanks again.
I hope I'm posting this in the right place. Sorry if I'm not, I'm still a little new to this whole forum posting, internet, future upon us thing.
Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm on 4 days now and going strong. I have been heavily drinking on a daily basis for 8 years and have finally realized what a mess I have been making. My biggest fear has been a life without alcohol but what kind of life is 8 years of an alcohol induced blackout? I am ready to start making memories and actually remembering them. I just want to say thank you to all of you, yesterday was extremely tough and I almost didn't make it. I spent the whole evening 15 minutes at a time but thanks to this website and all of you I was able to make it....and I actually went to bed sober. For the third time in 8 years. Hopefully each day will get a little easier. I am really glad to know there are other people who understand the hell that alcohol addiction can really be. Thanks again.
peaceful seabird
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: floating
Posts: 4,822
Congratulations on day 4!
Welcome to the SR family!
You will find lots of support and information on this site. Please post and read as much as you need.
I found the excerpts from "Under the Influence" very helpful to me when I started my sobriety. Look under Alcoholism and it is the second sticky. I went out and bought the book.
Glad you are here!
You will find lots of support and information on this site. Please post and read as much as you need.
I found the excerpts from "Under the Influence" very helpful to me when I started my sobriety. Look under Alcoholism and it is the second sticky. I went out and bought the book.
Glad you are here!
bona fido dog-lover
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,778
Welcome to the site! Lots of loving support and good advice here. Read and post as you feel like doing. We DO understand the hell of addiction and are pleased to welcome another person in recovery.
Congrats on four days! Keep staying sober one day at a time. :ghug3
Congrats on four days! Keep staying sober one day at a time. :ghug3
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posts: 753
Way to go with 4 days. I am on day 29 and each day is more of a treasure. You re doing the hard work and you will for sure get those experiences that you will have as memories and you will remember them. Isn't it great. Keep it up - keep going strong. This forum has been a real lifeline for me too.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: New Zealand.
Posts: 122
Hiya chickpea (I love the name by the way)
I am also day 4 today, and the people on SR are absolutely wonderful, they have helped me more than they will ever know and more than I could ever thank them for.
I hope you stay and experience the same as I have.
I wish you all the best for your journey
I am also day 4 today, and the people on SR are absolutely wonderful, they have helped me more than they will ever know and more than I could ever thank them for.
I hope you stay and experience the same as I have.
I wish you all the best for your journey
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Dirty Jerz... Duh :)
Posts: 85
Welcome, and you said something in your post about 15 minutes at a time. Run with that, you may not know just how true that is. They say a day at a time, but when that's too much it can be an hour, 15 minutes, even one minute. It doesn't seem like such a huge undertaking to make it through the next minute. Soon that all starts adding up. Days will become weeks and so on. But don't worry about that, just the next minute at hand. It sounds like you have the right attitude, and I wish you all the best.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Posts: 4
Hi everybody. Thanks for all the posts, I really do appreciate them. To be honest I was scared to re-post yesterday because I didn't know if I was going to make it or not. Luckily I did. 5th day today....but it's the evenings that are hardest. I'm trying to have the right attitude, I'm still working on 15 mins at a time...you are right dirtyjerz...it is helpful.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
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Hi Chickpea - well done. As dirtyjerz said, the time mounts up before you know it. Be proud of yourself for not throwing away any more of your life. Many never come to this realization. SR has pulled me through, got me sober and kept me that way for 11 mos. so far. (This after 25 yrs.) I'm learning to live again, in a new way, and you will too. Love, Joanie
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