A plan
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A plan
Good morning (in Califonia)
I'm reading lots of posts this morning about life after alcohol and today many seem to reflect my own negative moods of late.
I also routinely see the question asking "do you have a plan?).
My plan these first three weeks (21 days today!) has simply been to not consume alcohol. It has been the most important part of the plan I would wager but now feels like the tip of the iceberg.
Aside from the enormous gift of you folks I am not in any sort of recovery group and I'm unfamiliar with most of the terminology.
Can any of you share your plans with me? I would like to implement a long term strategy for moving forward.
Thanks to all of you for being here!
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I'm reading lots of posts this morning about life after alcohol and today many seem to reflect my own negative moods of late.
I also routinely see the question asking "do you have a plan?).
My plan these first three weeks (21 days today!) has simply been to not consume alcohol. It has been the most important part of the plan I would wager but now feels like the tip of the iceberg.
Aside from the enormous gift of you folks I am not in any sort of recovery group and I'm unfamiliar with most of the terminology.
Can any of you share your plans with me? I would like to implement a long term strategy for moving forward.
Thanks to all of you for being here!
D
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This is a Stickie with lots of good information:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...at-we-did.html
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...at-we-did.html
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Hi DonTolan47, Big congratulations on 21 days! 
I was just focused on not drinking in the beginning, too. But, we grow a little bit and then we need more.
My Big Plan is still kind of sparse; I visit this site a lot (and post), I am in counselling, I started prior to stopping alcohol, but now I feel like I can actually work on the past crap that I was trying to bury with empty booze bottles. And I read books on recovery, memoirs and such.
I am trying to find some kind of face to face meetings. I haven't had success with that yet but I will persist.
Happy 21 Days Sober To You!!!!!!
I was just focused on not drinking in the beginning, too. But, we grow a little bit and then we need more.
My Big Plan is still kind of sparse; I visit this site a lot (and post), I am in counselling, I started prior to stopping alcohol, but now I feel like I can actually work on the past crap that I was trying to bury with empty booze bottles. And I read books on recovery, memoirs and such.
I am trying to find some kind of face to face meetings. I haven't had success with that yet but I will persist.
Happy 21 Days Sober To You!!!!!!
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Location: Ireland
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For me something simple as daily checking in on SR was the beginnings of my plan.
When the misery of alcohol faded in my mind, as I forgot why I had quit drinking, when my mind started to sell me why drinking would be a good idea again, on my own in isolation was not a great place to be, so I knew having a daily SR check in would keep me focused on the task at hand!!
We need support I learned in the bad times as well as the really good times, my plan built from there!!
When the misery of alcohol faded in my mind, as I forgot why I had quit drinking, when my mind started to sell me why drinking would be a good idea again, on my own in isolation was not a great place to be, so I knew having a daily SR check in would keep me focused on the task at hand!!
We need support I learned in the bad times as well as the really good times, my plan built from there!!
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