Day 7
at peace
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: KCMO
Posts: 166
Day 7
One week and really getting the urge. Exercised my butt off this morning. Delt with some minor annoyances but really getting the urge. I'm typing this hoping someone can stop me thinking stupid again
You don't have to drink/use today. Glad you came here and posted instead. We do recover.Guest
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 590
7 days is great Tomw! Congratulations. Worked out hard myself yesterday so I took a less intense and more relaxing walk today. It is finally a fairly warm and enjoyable day here as it appears Spring is finally making an appearance. I kept thinking to myself "what a wonderful day to be sober". So many experiences are more meaningful, enjoyable, and rememberable sober. For me it took a little while to notice but it is totally worth it.
Wishing you all the best on your continued recovery.
Wishing you all the best on your continued recovery.
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 957
There is so many things to do besides drinking.
What are you interested in, any hobbies?
Do not throw that week away, do not drink.
Do something you haven't done in a long time. Read, see a movie, go for a walk, take the wife/kids out, anything, but drink.
Congratulations on the week, you can do this.
What are you interested in, any hobbies?
Do not throw that week away, do not drink.
Do something you haven't done in a long time. Read, see a movie, go for a walk, take the wife/kids out, anything, but drink.
Congratulations on the week, you can do this.
Guest
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 590
Congrats again. Glad to hear it. Whenever I have been able to get past an urge my favorite part is the next morning. I am always so much happier and peaceful waking up with a success rather than a hangover!
Have a great morning!
Have a great morning!
blarg
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 17
This is day 5 for me. I'm just amazed at how much of my ability to function alcohol has taken away from me just in the last year. I have no coordination, so stamina, terrible spatial perception, can hardly make sentences ... I just know if I go back to drinking I'll be moving even farther away from being able to live again, and instead will move closer to death. That's my reason, at least for today.
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Seattle!
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Congratulations on day 7! Just get thru the urges, they will pass. As time goes on, they will get shorter and shorter (and so I keep telling myself, too).
Day 7 is nothing to scoff at, keep it up! You are doing great.
Day 7 is nothing to scoff at, keep it up! You are doing great.
JUST DO IT!!
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Location: Here Or There
Posts: 7,612
Originally Posted by tomw 
Thanks folks. I went out and bought some candy and with your words of encouragement the urge has subsided. That was close, thanks again
Here is something I wrote years ago here I will share it with ya.
There Is Hope
If you are new to this site
Pull up a chair and give up the fight
We all know what it was like in those days
You couldn't even feel the suns rays
But if you just take a deep breath
Hold on to our hands and do the rest
You can beat this alcohol and drugs
You don't have to stay on that rug
Get up and dust yourself off today
And tell yourself just for today
I don't have to drink or use
And then you know that you will not loose
We know how hard it is at first
If your like me you will want to curse
Thats ok if that is what you need
Just remember to water the seed
The seed of life is in your days ahead
You will be able to lay down in bed
Knowing that you did the best that you can do
Then the days won't be so blue
Remember not to dwell on the past mistakes
Go ahead and give yourself a break
For none of us are perfect in any way
I just wanted to say Hey
Written by: Vic
November 17, 2005
If you are new to this site
Pull up a chair and give up the fight
We all know what it was like in those days
You couldn't even feel the suns rays
But if you just take a deep breath
Hold on to our hands and do the rest
You can beat this alcohol and drugs
You don't have to stay on that rug
Get up and dust yourself off today
And tell yourself just for today
I don't have to drink or use
And then you know that you will not loose
We know how hard it is at first
If your like me you will want to curse
Thats ok if that is what you need
Just remember to water the seed
The seed of life is in your days ahead
You will be able to lay down in bed
Knowing that you did the best that you can do
Then the days won't be so blue
Remember not to dwell on the past mistakes
Go ahead and give yourself a break
For none of us are perfect in any way
I just wanted to say Hey
Written by: Vic
November 17, 2005
at peace
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: KCMO
Posts: 166
Originally Posted by Happier
I am always so much happier and peaceful waking up with a success rather than a hangover!
Have a great morning!
Have a great morning!
Originally Posted by Chance
There Is Hope
If you are new to this site
Pull up a chair and give up the fight
We all know what it was like in those days
You couldn't even feel the suns rays
But if you just take a deep breath
Hold on to our hands and do the rest
You can beat this alcohol and drugs
You don't have to stay on that rug
Get up and dust yourself off today
And tell yourself just for today
I don't have to drink or use
And then you know that you will not loose
We know how hard it is at first
If your like me you will want to curse
Thats ok if that is what you need
Just remember to water the seed
The seed of life is in your days ahead
You will be able to lay down in bed
Knowing that you did the best that you can do
Then the days won't be so blue
Remember not to dwell on the past mistakes
Go ahead and give yourself a break
For none of us are perfect in any way
I just wanted to say Hey
Written by: Vic
November 17, 2005
If you are new to this site
Pull up a chair and give up the fight
We all know what it was like in those days
You couldn't even feel the suns rays
But if you just take a deep breath
Hold on to our hands and do the rest
You can beat this alcohol and drugs
You don't have to stay on that rug
Get up and dust yourself off today
And tell yourself just for today
I don't have to drink or use
And then you know that you will not loose
We know how hard it is at first
If your like me you will want to curse
Thats ok if that is what you need
Just remember to water the seed
The seed of life is in your days ahead
You will be able to lay down in bed
Knowing that you did the best that you can do
Then the days won't be so blue
Remember not to dwell on the past mistakes
Go ahead and give yourself a break
For none of us are perfect in any way
I just wanted to say Hey
Written by: Vic
November 17, 2005
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Location: Fredericksburg, Va.
Posts: 9,730
Tom, exercise is a great aide to sobriety, but exercise alone can get very boring.... I know!!! Yes exercising hard gets that high, but it goes away.
I used to drink when I was bored, I found that there is far more to staying sober then exercising, I found that I could not exercise 24X7, I needed to find a way to stay sober that I could do 24X7. What I discovered was AA. AA taught me a new solution for ALL parts of my life. Life is 24X7 I found & what I have learned in AA works 24X7 because in AA I have learned a new way of life.
I learned it from people who know how to stay sober & live life on lifes terms one day at a time.
Have you considered AA? What do you have to lose? A drinking problem? What do you have to gain? A new way of living a happy life & new sober friends to walk the path of sobriety with you.
I used to drink when I was bored, I found that there is far more to staying sober then exercising, I found that I could not exercise 24X7, I needed to find a way to stay sober that I could do 24X7. What I discovered was AA. AA taught me a new solution for ALL parts of my life. Life is 24X7 I found & what I have learned in AA works 24X7 because in AA I have learned a new way of life.
I learned it from people who know how to stay sober & live life on lifes terms one day at a time.
Have you considered AA? What do you have to lose? A drinking problem? What do you have to gain? A new way of living a happy life & new sober friends to walk the path of sobriety with you.
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