Day 1 and counting. ..
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Day 1 and counting. ..
Hello all, this is the first day of my latest attempt at sobriety. I went through a hospital detox and a 28 day rehab program in 2006 and managed to stay sober for about 5 months but then slowly sank back into addiction.
The last few years have been really bad again and I desperately want to stop drinking once and for all. I've never used a support site like this so please forgive me if I do or say the wrong thing. I'm looking forward to spending time on this site and hope I find it as helpful as so many others with addictions have. Wish me luck.
The last few years have been really bad again and I desperately want to stop drinking once and for all. I've never used a support site like this so please forgive me if I do or say the wrong thing. I'm looking forward to spending time on this site and hope I find it as helpful as so many others with addictions have. Wish me luck.
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Hi and welcome paddycat 
you'll find a lot of support here - and a few ideas too
why not join our Class of December support thread?:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...er-2014-a.html
you'll find a lot of support here - and a few ideas too
why not join our Class of December support thread?:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...er-2014-a.html
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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Hi! And definitely best wishes for you. This is also my first time on a site like this and I'm sure I'm doing all kinds of things wrong. For one, I'm using other peoples threads as a diary it seems like ( sorry everyone) it just seems to help to ramble on and relate to others.
Sorry to hear about your relapse, but you had 5 months, so you know you can do it.
I have complete faith you can beat this addiction
Sorry to hear about your relapse, but you had 5 months, so you know you can do it.
I have complete faith you can beat this addiction
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Join Date: Jul 2013
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glad you are here PaddyCat, stay close to SR, read as much as you can, and thank you for posting what you have been through
everyone here is pretty much in the same boat, so get an oar in the water and row this thing with us!!
we can all do this together.
everyone here is pretty much in the same boat, so get an oar in the water and row this thing with us!!
we can all do this together.
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Originally Posted by Paddycat 
Hello all, this is the first day of my latest attempt at sobriety. I went through a hospital detox and a 28 day rehab program in 2006 and managed to stay sober for about 5 months but then slowly sank back into addiction.
The last few years have been really bad again and I desperately want to stop drinking once and for all. I've never used a support site like this so please forgive me if I do or say the wrong thing. I'm looking forward to spending time on this site and hope I find it as helpful as so many others with addictions have. Wish me luck.
The last few years have been really bad again and I desperately want to stop drinking once and for all. I've never used a support site like this so please forgive me if I do or say the wrong thing. I'm looking forward to spending time on this site and hope I find it as helpful as so many others with addictions have. Wish me luck.
Anyway, fortunately you said "latest".
Posting here really helps me, as well as reading and responding to other posts. I write a bit about myself every day. It helps me, and perhaps others as well. Writing it down for everyone to read really helps me.
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welcome Paddycat!
this was my first time too on any forum thingamabob on the world-wide-interwibble. now i know all the words and everything. more to the point i found a wealth of unparalleled support from like-minded people for a life without the need for substances. stick around
this was my first time too on any forum thingamabob on the world-wide-interwibble. now i know all the words and everything. more to the point i found a wealth of unparalleled support from like-minded people for a life without the need for substances. stick around
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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Thank you!
Wow what a lovely welcome! Thanks to everyone who posted back to me. It means a lot to me as I don't have a great deal of support in my "real" life. I think my family (who are all I have left) are sick of my problems and not sure this isn't just another doomed attempt at sorting myself out. Don't get me wrong my family are great but I feel I've let them down so many times in the past that their patience has worn quite thin by now.
Day 2 was ok, went to work and got through the day fine but still feeling fragile. Did some yoga when I got home which really helped. Could still murder a 6 pack though
I hope everyone else on SR managed a sober day too. Going to bed now and I hope I can sleep. That's always tough for me without the grog at first. But at least if I'm tired tomorrow I won't also be hungover and hoping not to throw up on the train into work!
Thanks again for the kind words, you all make me feel stronger.
Day 2 was ok, went to work and got through the day fine but still feeling fragile. Did some yoga when I got home which really helped. Could still murder a 6 pack though
I hope everyone else on SR managed a sober day too. Going to bed now and I hope I can sleep. That's always tough for me without the grog at first. But at least if I'm tired tomorrow I won't also be hungover and hoping not to throw up on the train into work!
Thanks again for the kind words, you all make me feel stronger.
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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Welcome Paddy - by the time you read this you'll be on day 3 
I hope you find this forum as helpful and supportive as I am - keep logging on and reading and posting - the whole site is inspiring and provides great inner strength!
Like you I had a much earlier attempt at sobriety in 2005 for 4 1/2 months trying a programme. I've found the help from SR so much more inspiring that I'm even beginning to enjoy the painful parts too
I hope you find this forum as helpful and supportive as I am - keep logging on and reading and posting - the whole site is inspiring and provides great inner strength!
Like you I had a much earlier attempt at sobriety in 2005 for 4 1/2 months trying a programme. I've found the help from SR so much more inspiring that I'm even beginning to enjoy the painful parts too
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