Holly7

I made the step of recently telling my mum about my problem and every time I call her I tell her what day it is in the big brother house. lol. I'm doing good. Yesterday I recieved a delivery of a wine basket from a friend that stayed with us about a month ago for a few days.(He has no idea about my problem) It has 3 bottles of wine in it. I have no temptation to drink the wine at all-(It's red wine, I only used to drink white) I did however eat the cheese and crackers and chocolate. Lol. This journey so far as not been an easy one, somedays I feel great, other days I have to force myself out of bed. But the one thing that remains is that I do not have any desire to drink, so thats good. My therapist has brought up the idea of getting an evalution, but every place that she has recommended does not take insurace and it's expensive. I know if I'm really serious about recovery then I should be looking into options to stay sober, but for right now I feel comfortable with my own desire not to drink. I think that fact that I know I will have to reach out for outside support at some point is great is key here. Now I just have to find the courage to actually make some phone calls to make this happe. Hope you are all well.

Anna

Congratulations on 22 days sober!

And, good for you for handling the ups and downs of early recovery. It's not a straight line, but then life never is. It sounds like you're doing well, and don't forget that there's lots of support here.

LDT

Hey Holly....you can always "re-gift" the wine. We did that at Christmas (ha). I didn't make a big deal out of my sobriety so people didn't really know ( now they do, though ). It's good you can talk to your mom, but I would definitely seek some additional support if I were you. I'm not in AA, but I read the Big Book ( several times ) and saw an addiction specialist for a good while....could not have stayed sober this long without her. Good luck on your journey. Stay strong, and post or PM if you need to.

Dee74

congratulations on your progress Holly - and yeah re-gift that wine, throw it out, whatever.

You don't need it there

D

Amy2011

Early recovery can be tough. Just keep taking it one day at time. Find a program of recovery that works for you whatever it might be. Commit to that program, use it, and follow through. I found that AA worked for me and the support of my husband and kids. I needed face to face support. I needed to be able to talk to someone and follow the example of others who had been where I was and made it through. I needed to be able to count on my husband when things got tough. I kept reminding myself that things would get better with time. It took years of abusing alcohol before I dragged myself to AA begging for another way to live my life; therefore, I knew it would take awhile to learn to live a happy, sober life. Good luck.

eJoshua

Hey Holly -

I'm glad things are going so well for you. I will caution you against not being proactive about looking for support. I have found in my own life that when I really need support I don't ask for it or even want to ask for it. One of the ways I've been successful at staying sober is to seek out support for my sobriety even when I feel ok. Just something to consider.