DryRoastJim

Hi, not sure where to post this, but I've had luck here so...

I'm on day 10 and loving it! But I know that to keep sober there are some serious changes that have to happen.

So I want to start a bit of a un-scientific survey if you will of what you had to do to keep sober. I want to know "The realities of Sobriety."

Please give your input if you want. Point format would be great and maybe a little bit of a descriptor indicating why you feel that you had to do something to keep sober.

I'll start with what I have discovered.

Accept that fact that I am an alcoholic. Without this, I feel no forward momentum can be gained.

Accept the fact that some friends will have to go. Some of my friends drink and I know that I will want to drink with them.

Thanks for your input!!

Lost3000

Hey! Great post.

I had to go to AA. That was it for me. I had tried to quit before, and it didn't work. All of my friends were drunks. I wanted friendship, desperately. So I had to go to AA. I felt that it was my last resort. Once I joined, I had to go to mtgs almost every day. I had to get a sponsor. I had to meet with her once a week. Even though some weeks I just didn't want to. Even though I wanted to do something else instead.

I don't meet with her every week any longer, but I still go to my mtgs most days of the week. These are no longer "have tos" but more just my life. And I love it. I wouldn't go back for anything.

doggonecarl

I had to realize that quitting drinking wasn't the goal, it was merely the first step in the journey of sobriety.