Made it 65 days...now day 1 again.
Made it 65 days...now day 1 again. 
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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I'm sorry to hear that gr8ful.
Think about what happened, and why, and think about what you can add to you've been doing - then move on...
You're not alone - most of us find this addiction hard to beat
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Think about what happened, and why, and think about what you can add to you've been doing - then move on...
You're not alone - most of us find this addiction hard to beat
D
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 7,910
You still have the positive experience of those 65 days - so it's not like you're starting at the same place you were before you had that sober time.
You're certainly not the only one and you won't be the last. So give yourself some TLC and take it one day at a time. You can do it!:ghug3
You're certainly not the only one and you won't be the last. So give yourself some TLC and take it one day at a time. You can do it!:ghug3
I hope this can be your last day one.
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sth Australia
Posts: 3,802
You can do it gr8
Having a bad night myself but I know that tomorrow Ill get up, think about what I have to do and get on with it.
I thought about what gets me to that first drink ya know, and sometimes its the pain of what others bring to me. If I can just tell myself, that I am better than that and my life is good - Ill be ok. I guess its really comes down to it that I should just be grateful for what I have and be grateful for the people in my life.
Strangely though, I have got to know many SR people (only throught writing) (not meeting them) and it has helped me tremendously. Its the support and kick u-p the bum occassionally that i needed.
We all get lonely and drive down the wrong road, so keep coming back in here and you will find out that life really can be different.
Having a bad night myself but I know that tomorrow Ill get up, think about what I have to do and get on with it.
I thought about what gets me to that first drink ya know, and sometimes its the pain of what others bring to me. If I can just tell myself, that I am better than that and my life is good - Ill be ok. I guess its really comes down to it that I should just be grateful for what I have and be grateful for the people in my life.
Strangely though, I have got to know many SR people (only throught writing) (not meeting them) and it has helped me tremendously. Its the support and kick u-p the bum occassionally that i needed.
We all get lonely and drive down the wrong road, so keep coming back in here and you will find out that life really can be different.
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 43
Originally Posted by Ollie909 
The picture of that car scares me. Just start again. You had 65 days experience. I fell of the beer wagon friday night. Think I know how your feeling. Today's a new day.
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Ahhh. The get sober, stay sober, go back to drinking experience. Yes, I can relate to this.
This has been my experience with trying to get and stay sober as well.
Someone pointed out to me that alcoholics that repeat this pattern may have never fully conceded to their innermost self that they are an alcoholic.
This is an Alcoholics Anonymous program based response. The sentence I am referring to is in the Chapter called More About Alcoholism.
"We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery."
From the chapter "There is a solution"
"If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking - What do I have to do?"
"It is the purpose of this book to answer such questions specifically. We shall tell you what we have done."
I don't know if you have ever read the book Alcoholics Anonymous, often referred to as "The Big Book".
It may be helpful.
Two questions posed to me were:
What makes you an alcoholic? (Not what happens as a result of being alcoholic)
and
What does it mean to be powerless?
These questions, along with understanding what it means to concede, lay an important foundation before going forward with the 12 steps in Chapter 5 of the book.
Read the book with the chapters in order from the beginning, including the Doctor's Opinion, which explains what makes us alcoholics if you are open to this suggestion.
Finding someone to help you is important. Making sure that the person helping you understands, and is an alcoholic of "our kind", and has recovered is important. You may not be an alcoholic of "our kind" as it describes in the book, and if you are, it will be important to be sure that the person helping you is.
Good Luck to you. Hope if you are "one of us", we will see you get back on "the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you -until then." A Vision For You
AA Big Book First Edition quotes
This has been my experience with trying to get and stay sober as well.
Someone pointed out to me that alcoholics that repeat this pattern may have never fully conceded to their innermost self that they are an alcoholic.
This is an Alcoholics Anonymous program based response. The sentence I am referring to is in the Chapter called More About Alcoholism.
"We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost selves that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery."
From the chapter "There is a solution"
"If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking - What do I have to do?"
"It is the purpose of this book to answer such questions specifically. We shall tell you what we have done."
I don't know if you have ever read the book Alcoholics Anonymous, often referred to as "The Big Book".
It may be helpful.
Two questions posed to me were:
What makes you an alcoholic? (Not what happens as a result of being alcoholic)
and
What does it mean to be powerless?
These questions, along with understanding what it means to concede, lay an important foundation before going forward with the 12 steps in Chapter 5 of the book.
Read the book with the chapters in order from the beginning, including the Doctor's Opinion, which explains what makes us alcoholics if you are open to this suggestion.
Finding someone to help you is important. Making sure that the person helping you understands, and is an alcoholic of "our kind", and has recovered is important. You may not be an alcoholic of "our kind" as it describes in the book, and if you are, it will be important to be sure that the person helping you is.
Good Luck to you. Hope if you are "one of us", we will see you get back on "the Road of Happy Destiny. May God bless you and keep you -until then." A Vision For You
AA Big Book First Edition quotes
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