Three weeks
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Three weeks
I am so happy and grateful to be able say that I've got three weeks! To those just starting out, it gets easier. The physical withdrawal gets better, sobriety gets better, life gets better ... with every 24 hours added, it just gets better. So keep fighting the good fight ... it's definitely worth it.
I need to take it one day at a time, I need support from SR and AA, I need to have a well-equipped tool box to deal with all the "stuff" that comes with early sobriety, and I need a plan. I got really frustrated with people asking me if I have a plan. I didn't have a damn plan! I just wanted to stay sober! But, as I always have done, I was over-thinking it. The plan is simple but I was envisioning having this well-laid out "plan" like blueprints or something. Over-thinking. One part of my plan is to STOP over-thinking everything!!! Keep it simple ... let things go ... don't be a control-freak. That is a huge part of my plan actually and my life is whole lot simpler when I can follow that part of my plan. And I don't obsess about drinking when I follow that simple rule. I also say the Serenity Prayer ... I say it A LOT!
Three weeks ... wow! I'll take another 24 please. Onward ...
I need to take it one day at a time, I need support from SR and AA, I need to have a well-equipped tool box to deal with all the "stuff" that comes with early sobriety, and I need a plan. I got really frustrated with people asking me if I have a plan. I didn't have a damn plan! I just wanted to stay sober! But, as I always have done, I was over-thinking it. The plan is simple but I was envisioning having this well-laid out "plan" like blueprints or something. Over-thinking. One part of my plan is to STOP over-thinking everything!!! Keep it simple ... let things go ... don't be a control-freak. That is a huge part of my plan actually and my life is whole lot simpler when I can follow that part of my plan. And I don't obsess about drinking when I follow that simple rule. I also say the Serenity Prayer ... I say it A LOT!
Three weeks ... wow! I'll take another 24 please. Onward ...
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I had such a great day .... until I went to a meeting tonight. 
That is my safe place and my serene place, so the fact that I got so bent out of shape because of one person there really upset me. Thank God my sponsor was there and we talked about it afterwards ... I've relaxed about it a bit, but it's obviously still bothering me or I wouldn't be posting about it. I keep telling myself "principles before personalities" over and over. I'm sure after I sleep on it, it will not seem such a big deal tomorrow, but it is tonight. My obsessive alcoholic mind seems to be on overdrive tonight, so I shall have a cup of sleepytime tea and hit the sack. I certainly do NOT have to drink over it.
I feel better already.
That is my safe place and my serene place, so the fact that I got so bent out of shape because of one person there really upset me. Thank God my sponsor was there and we talked about it afterwards ... I've relaxed about it a bit, but it's obviously still bothering me or I wouldn't be posting about it. I keep telling myself "principles before personalities" over and over. I'm sure after I sleep on it, it will not seem such a big deal tomorrow, but it is tonight. My obsessive alcoholic mind seems to be on overdrive tonight, so I shall have a cup of sleepytime tea and hit the sack. I certainly do NOT have to drink over it.I feel better already.
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