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Join Date: May 2013
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keep your head up. when you get the cravings, take some deep breaths and calm down. then get busy doing something. the hardest time are idiol time, get your mind working on something other than thinking about drinking.
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Keep going! Three months is amazing...are you in AA? Works for me in that all I need to focus on is not picking up TODAY. Are there people you can talk to in real life? Also I try to visualise what is likely to happen if I drink. I cannot drink in safety so it's likely I'll hurt myself, hurt other people and pass out who knows where. I just don't want that insanity anymore. It is so tough I know, but life is tough sometimes and I can decide whether or not to deal with it in a responsible way. Or I can say '**** it' and drink a bottle of wine...and then have to deal with problems anyway, only this time I have a hangover and feel awful. Keep going...it will be worth it. You are having a wobble which we all do...but it will pass. Promise 
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I'm glad you found us and joined the family! We have a forum here for stories of people who have been sober a year or more. Take a look.Stories of Recovery - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information
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Originally Posted by IslaLuna 
Keep going! Three months is amazing...are you in AA? Works for me in that all I need to focus on is not picking up TODAY. Are there people you can talk to in real life? Also I try to visualise what is likely to happen if I drink. I cannot drink in safety so it's likely I'll hurt myself, hurt other people and pass out who knows where. I just don't want that insanity anymore. It is so tough I know, but life is tough sometimes and I can decide whether or not to deal with it in a responsible way. Or I can say '**** it' and drink a bottle of wine...and then have to deal with problems anyway, only this time I have a hangover and feel awful. Keep going...it will be worth it. You are having a wobble which we all do...but it will pass. Promise xx
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Atlanta, Ga
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Besides the cravings for alcohol, how are you feeling physically? I am sure your body is feeling and looking better. I am also sure your liver and kidneys love the 3 months of sobriety. It's that evil voice in your brain that you have to deal with now.
In my case withdrawl is the hardest part because I can and will control that little voice who wants me to go back to the horrors of an alcoholic lifestyle. For me it was drinking alone to drown out sorry - but it only made me more depressed. Waking up with tremors and no energy to do normal things. Spending my last dime on a cheap bottle of wine. Nothing positive.
You can do this! Get support and stay on SR!
In my case withdrawl is the hardest part because I can and will control that little voice who wants me to go back to the horrors of an alcoholic lifestyle. For me it was drinking alone to drown out sorry - but it only made me more depressed. Waking up with tremors and no energy to do normal things. Spending my last dime on a cheap bottle of wine. Nothing positive.
You can do this! Get support and stay on SR!
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: casablanca
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since you seem to be open to AA meetings, I strongly suggests you ask someone to drive you there. You will be srprised how your family will be more than willing to eve wait for you to drive you back. I know that absession with alcohol all day long and how you feel as if you can't live with drinking and you can't live without either. I think meeting people who been there done that at face to face meetings will help, getting a sponsor and working the steps will give you a new outlook on alcohol and sobriety in general, you will get the tools to use for daily sobriety. this thing is tricky(cravings), they are in our head and mostly it is the way we still think of alcohol as a solution for our problem, when you have that obsession, it means yor brain is playing tricks on you and tells you that alcohol equals relief, fun, serenity...ect when it is, in our situation, withrawals, black outs, mess, depression, lies, resentments, remorse...ect. change they way feel about alcohol, and see it for what it really is or in our case what it turned out to be and will always remain hell on earth by our own making.
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: CAPE COD, MA
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Hi. In the beginning of my sobriety it was strongly suggested for me to 1, Pray to a higher power, I'm not religious but I did, 2, instead of thinking about drinking, think about not drinking like going to a favorite vacation spot or being with a close friend or at an AA meeting etc, 3, remembering that it's the first drink that gets us drunk, 4, If in AA get phone #s and use them along with a sponsor. 6, KEEP COMING! BE WELL
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Center of Mass
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Three months! Wow, that's great! I have roughly a month to go before I have that much time behind me. Sometimes I look into the future and I think how hard it's going to be to remain sober. Then I think how hard, not to mention disastrous the future will be if I'm not. I guess life is hard but we've got to keep moving.
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: NY
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speaking for myself, i had a serious eye opening experience. i was sitting at my desk when i thought i was having a heart attack and it scared me half to death. i knew right at that moment, it was the alcohol and drugs which made me feel that way. i never want to feel that way ever again. so i stopped drinking that day, i continued with my mental health therapy as well. then i signed up for outpatient alcohol counseling, these are things i needed to get myself better. right now i have 52 days clean, my longest stretch in 7 years. i have been exercising and changing my diet too. there are so many things you can experience that will help you on your journey. i hope you find them so you can live a more full and happy life.
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I think they have some meetings here in the chat room. Online support and meetings were instrumental in maintaining my sobriety early in my recovery when I suffered from depression which caused me to isolate. I am certain I would not have been able to do it on my own.
I continue to visit these sites to give others hope and encourage them to accept the support offered here and to let you know you are not alone.
I'm glad you found us...keep coming.
My name is Mary and I am an alcoholic.....sobriety date 8-21-07
I continue to visit these sites to give others hope and encourage them to accept the support offered here and to let you know you are not alone.
I'm glad you found us...keep coming.
My name is Mary and I am an alcoholic.....sobriety date 8-21-07
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