Newbie on the premisis
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida
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Newbie on the premisis
Hi everyone. I am super excited I found this site. My sobriety date is 12-05-2011. This is a good place, I have been reading and there seems to be great support here. THIS IS VERY EXCITING
It's been a rough ride, no doubt...I need help
It's been a rough ride, no doubt...I need help
You'll find a lot of support and understanding here.
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Florida
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I talk to my sponsor everyday. I have an addiction's counselor. I go to meetings and when I need support I call someone. I call three women per day besides my sponsor. I did relapse, I had 22 months before this time around. I was really hating myself for that but my counselor and sponsor said those feelings of guilt and shame would take me right back out, again. I try my best to stay in today and not live in the past or dwell on fears about the future. Things have come up over the passed few weeks and I have not relapsed over any of it. I am confident but I don't want to be complacent. My sponsor taught me that complacency is one of the enemies of recovery.
Former Iowa Partyman
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Day Three Almost Over!
I am almost ready for day four to begin--sober. I have been drinking "socially," as I called it for close to twenty years, and have been lucky enough not to get a DUI, to have a great career, and have a successful family. But during the last two years, I have taken drinking to a "whole new level." I drink vodka, and do it daily.
Over the course of the last few months, I am hungover at least five days a week, and am making excuses for no longer being an early riser. My children see me drunk on the weekends, in particular, and I am sure I have embarrassed them to some degree hundreds of times.
People think of me as a "party guy," which used to be OK...now I think I embarrass myself, and know my business peers think I need to grow up. The trouble is, I can't stop drinking. If I take one drink...I'm "all in" till I am plowed. I have gained thirty pounds, my face is "puffy," my pants are tight. And I find myself wearing sweaters, wind shirts, etc., to compensate for my newfound figure.
I'm tired ALL of the time. I write everything down as my memory isn't what it used to be. I know my health is suffering...my family is suffering...and my wife, bless her heart has to be thinking this wasn't what she signed up for.
Bottom line...most people grow out of college partying. I picked up the pace...and want to QUIT NOW. What can I expect for day four and beyond? I really hope I've taken my last drink.
Over the course of the last few months, I am hungover at least five days a week, and am making excuses for no longer being an early riser. My children see me drunk on the weekends, in particular, and I am sure I have embarrassed them to some degree hundreds of times.
People think of me as a "party guy," which used to be OK...now I think I embarrass myself, and know my business peers think I need to grow up. The trouble is, I can't stop drinking. If I take one drink...I'm "all in" till I am plowed. I have gained thirty pounds, my face is "puffy," my pants are tight. And I find myself wearing sweaters, wind shirts, etc., to compensate for my newfound figure.
I'm tired ALL of the time. I write everything down as my memory isn't what it used to be. I know my health is suffering...my family is suffering...and my wife, bless her heart has to be thinking this wasn't what she signed up for.
Bottom line...most people grow out of college partying. I picked up the pace...and want to QUIT NOW. What can I expect for day four and beyond? I really hope I've taken my last drink.
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