Looking for all sorts of advice
Dirtyhippiegirl
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Lakeland, FL
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Looking for all sorts of advice
Just looking for some good advice from those who have been walking the path a bit longer than I have...Been sober for about a month now......Can some of you share what has worked for you thus far?
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: pa
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well, I'm about 70 days alcohol free now and the main things that help me are to constantly remind myself and embrace the benefits of not drinking - saving money, never hungover, less mood swings, no chance of being arrested or worse, etc...
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NE Wisconsin USA
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Welcome...acceptance of the disease, willingness to work through the steps, and giving of yourself by helping other members, and caring the message to those still suffering. I don't care if you have a day or a thousand....one drunk helping another is a guarantee to stay sober.
Hang in there...you are doing well...
Hang in there...you are doing well...
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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Our Class of February is a good place to start DHG 
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...art-3-a-3.html
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http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...art-3-a-3.html
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Florida
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Welcome DHG,
The main things that helped me were,
Joining this site and becoming an active poster on the May thread. I guess you would be joining the February thread.
Distraction helped me get through tough times; exercise, call someone, eat a pizza, watch a movie.
I did some research on the different programs and added tools that made sense. You may want to check out AA, SMART, AVRT and others. I found AVRT worked for me but I know many that found other programs more helpful.
I wish you well.
The main things that helped me were,
Joining this site and becoming an active poster on the May thread. I guess you would be joining the February thread.
Distraction helped me get through tough times; exercise, call someone, eat a pizza, watch a movie.
I did some research on the different programs and added tools that made sense. You may want to check out AA, SMART, AVRT and others. I found AVRT worked for me but I know many that found other programs more helpful.
I wish you well.
Grateful to be free
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Arizona
Posts: 3,680
staying in daily contact with other people in recovery via SR has been a HUGE help.
making time daily to work on recovery, read literature, journal, etc etc. something every day to keep me in the game and growing as a person.
Enjoying and taking advantage of the opportunities sobriety brings me.
applying what others share with me to my own life, as well as what I discover about myself in this process
honesty, open mindedness and willingness. Whether a person does 12 step or not, those 3 things really help in recovery.
making time daily to work on recovery, read literature, journal, etc etc. something every day to keep me in the game and growing as a person.
Enjoying and taking advantage of the opportunities sobriety brings me.
applying what others share with me to my own life, as well as what I discover about myself in this process
honesty, open mindedness and willingness. Whether a person does 12 step or not, those 3 things really help in recovery.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: US
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This is a great place to ask the question, DHG. Lots of friendly, genuinely helpful people will encourage you here at SR. I'm just getting started with sobriety (~2 months) and it simply gets better everyday. For me, when an urge to drink comes on it's important to think through how "just one drink" will inevitably end....drunk/hungover/defeated. "Ugh, no thanks" is always the reaction. This is a tactic I learned on SR and then saw it mentioned again in FinallyFinished's thread:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-sober-me.html
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-sober-me.html
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