NuggetsNoSauce

It's been a long time since I plugged into the SR Community (May 2011). Sadly, NOTHING improved since my departure.

I'm just thankful that I managed to fight off today's cravings, and now I can lay my sober head to sleep. Although I didn't have much physical pain on my ride home from work, my mouth watered and my mind raced as I thought of my usual carpool buddies: HighLife tallboys and whiskey. It's so sick that booze arrived in my mind before food and I hadn't even eaten all day.

I tried AA in the past but I consistently refrained from speaking. My plan is to communicate in this forum and receive "friendship" and assistance until I get the time (and courage) to go to physical meetings.

Congrats to all the others that made it through Day 1.

Dee74

welcome back Nuggets

I remember the times I'd choose drink and cigarettes over food - it's just a screwed up way to live. What got me out of that kind of life was action - and the support I found here

I hope you'll make time to do something, whether it's meetings or something else

D

TheTinMan

Welcome to SR Nuggets!

I'm glad you are here and I hope that you find what you need here to keep you sober.

If you decide to go back to meetings don't worry about speaking. I've been going for 13 months and there are still many nights I don't speak. Sometimes it's better to just listen.

Sarah77

I'm in the same boat I'm afraid. I haven't been back here in a while. I'm currently about 2 weeks sober ( I really don't want to count days) but last night the cravings were horrendous. I've been put on Campral by my doctor and have been taking six tabs a day the past five days but I'm stumped at the cravings I had this morning (about 2am).

I'm really glad you're here Nuggets as I get a bit down and find it hard to be happy for people who have been sober for more than three months. I don't know how they keep away from the stuff?
The last three months have been so bad that I had my psychiatrist take my licence away by writing a letter informing them that I had drunk and driven on a few occasions. So now I'm an outpatient at a detox unit here in my town and am on meds. I had a blood test for my liver and kidneys ect but although my liver stats were a bit high,the dr said that that's to be expected with the amount of wine I was putting away and that she actually thought it would be a lot higher. Then my little alcoholic brain went in to overdrive making me think that perhaps I CAN drink heaps and not get in to any 'real' physical danger. But what I forget (and this site may help in having me remember) that I could have gotten raped, murdered, had run someone down, or killed myself in a car accident. I AM SO LUCKY that I can hardly believe my fortune sometimes. The situations that I have put myself in when drinking would make your toes curl. Or maybe not seeing as many of you may have put your lives and those of others at risk too. So now I have to do only 1 thing: DONT DRINK!! Don't pick up the first one then there won't be a number 23456789. That's all I have to do today... and the dishes...

Zebra1275

Welcome back. As Dee said, staying sober requires action. Do you have a game plan for how you are going to stay sober through the Holidays?

24hrsAday

Congrats on your First Day!

NuggetsNoSauce

Sarah, you are 100% correct-- we are all SO lucky. After sweating throughout the night, I woke up and couldn't stop thinking about my father who basically died to alcoholism, my best friends dad who got killed by a drunk driver and my currently stage 4 alch brother.

Great question. I don't have plans for the holidays. I believe I can avoid my friends on NYE but not my family during or after Christmas. While hanging with my brother yesterday, I dropped a major hint that I attended one of "those meetings." He replied by offering me some of his handle of Jim Beam. Needless to say I'm worried.

Any suggestions?

soberjim

Welcome back Nuggets! Keep posting to let everyone know how you are doing!

Jim