One Week
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Pacific NW
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One Week
Couple more hours and it will be a week for me. I've spent a lot of time on this forum, mostly reading, and it's really helped tremendously. I haven't been to an AA meeting yet, but would like to go. I am thankful for this forum, but the 12 steps I'm reading about seem to be what I need to examine the character defects that allowed me to become alcoholic. I haven't been drink free for a week in 17 years. Funny that never really sunk in until now. People really don't have the foresight to make sure somehow that a drink will be involved? WOW.
7 days seems like the right amount of time for it to start really sinking in that I screwed up for a really long time. Well, at 36 , I want recovery and to get twice as much out of the next 17 years. I was drinking to not deal with myself and didn't want to deal myself because of my behavior while drinking. I mean come on....how does a person get to that point?
Oh, about the AA, not really afraid to go, I just live a long way from town and with work, I'm gonna go.
7 days seems like the right amount of time for it to start really sinking in that I screwed up for a really long time. Well, at 36 , I want recovery and to get twice as much out of the next 17 years. I was drinking to not deal with myself and didn't want to deal myself because of my behavior while drinking. I mean come on....how does a person get to that point?
Oh, about the AA, not really afraid to go, I just live a long way from town and with work, I'm gonna go.
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Join Date: May 2010
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Hi 3rivers I'm 4 days in but have tried this a few times before and know how hard it is (hence here I am doing it again). Never made it more then 3 months but thats probably because I havent reached out for support. I think a support group like AA would be a great place for you to be if you could get there. I would love to sit in a room with people who know exactly what I am going through and be able to speak openly about being an alcoholic without being judged. Unfortunately its impossible for me to go as I work full time and have a 7 year old son. But I do not think, I KNOW that I will not be able to sustain sobreity for the long term unless I have extra support. This is def where I have been going wrong. Get that extra support and read loads on here. After my last slip I was too embarressed to post so i became a lurker and just read other peoples posts. The whole time I was doing this (nearly 2 months) I was drinking to excess (2 bottles of wine daily). Once I had the courage to post everyone was kind to me and offered their words of support. This support alone helped me to acheive another day 1 which is now day 4. Keep reading and posting.
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mississippi
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Good job, 3Rivers! 
Like you said, it's amazing when we have a little sober time and can see how alcohol took over our lives. I didn't realize how sick I'd become until I started getting well.
Keep at it, ODAAT!
Like you said, it's amazing when we have a little sober time and can see how alcohol took over our lives. I didn't realize how sick I'd become until I started getting well.Keep at it, ODAAT!
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