New time for change
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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New time for change
Hi. My name is Coral and I finally realize I need to be done with drinking. I'm a 45 year old female and I just need to make this real in my mind by posting here. I've been lurking here since Jan and realize it's time for change. Thanks for all the wonderful support here. Start date 11/18/2010
Kristin
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 77
Hey!!!
Congrats on wanting to stay sober!
It is a journey worth every step!!!!
for posting as it helps me remember
how great it is
i am 78 days sober today
and am so blessed
hope you find an AA meeting around town
it will help you so much
Congrats on wanting to stay sober!
It is a journey worth every step!!!!
for posting as it helps me remember
how great it is
i am 78 days sober today
and am so blessed
hope you find an AA meeting around town
it will help you so much
bona fido dog-lover
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,772
Welcome to the best recovery site everywhere!
Glad you decided to live sober. It's so worth the effort. My life now is so happy. Still have the same problems, just a different attitude and perspective.
So glad you found us!
Glad you decided to live sober. It's so worth the effort. My life now is so happy. Still have the same problems, just a different attitude and perspective.So glad you found us!
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 4
Thanks for the warm welcome! I think what finally got me to realize the severity was the loss of control. I bought a 6 pack of beer only intending on drinking 3 as I cooked dinner (I never drink just 1). I drank all 6 without even realizing I was drinking them. It was like I was on auto-pilot or something. It wasn't a black out because I barely had a buzz but I honestly had no intention on drinking that much when I started. I know I've had a problem with drinking for a long time, but this was the first time I was aware of complete loss of control. I can easily drink more than 6, but this time deep in my heart I honestly had no intention on drinking more than 3.
Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 60
Hi,
I'm fairly new here too, so pleased you hve joined us, so much support it's amazing, stay on-line, ask questions, share your feelings and have a new life.
I to am 45, mum of 3 loving getting sober
Nawneet
I'm fairly new here too, so pleased you hve joined us, so much support it's amazing, stay on-line, ask questions, share your feelings and have a new life.
I to am 45, mum of 3 loving getting sober
Nawneet
31/10/10
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 241
Hello Coral - welcome! Great to have you here.
Only now am I realising how much I used to drink. Every now and then I get flashbacks into situations in which I drank without intention or any conscious idea of what I was doing (and I am not talking about blackouts - just "normal" drinking). And, I am realising that the majority of our co-inhabitors on this planet don't drink the way I did.
All the best -
vee
Only now am I realising how much I used to drink. Every now and then I get flashbacks into situations in which I drank without intention or any conscious idea of what I was doing (and I am not talking about blackouts - just "normal" drinking). And, I am realising that the majority of our co-inhabitors on this planet don't drink the way I did.
All the best -
vee
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Posts: 7,583
Carol!Congrats on the first day of the rest of your life. It's like moving across country. At first you feel like it is just too strange, and you miss the old familiar. Then given enough time to be familiar with the new place, you'd never move back. I'm rooting for ya!
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