Trying Again
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Trying Again
Hey Everyone,
So in a nutshell, end of January I decided to try to get sober. I achieved 60 days of sobriety from marijuana and 98 from alcohol before relapsing again.
I took a good look at what I was doing right and wrong and realized I wasn't actively working a plan to stay sober to enable it to become lifestyle.
I had a few more tries in between now and then, and this time I really took a deep breath and realized I want this. Today is my 13th day sober. Some things I changed and that have changed
- It's clear to me that I'm an addict and things will only get worse
-Every time in the past 2 1/2 years that there has been chaos, drama, basic insanity, alcohol is a factor
-I can't date for a while- that's a mistake I made, jumping into dating and it derailed my sobriety in an instant
-I got a sponsor and am regularly attending AA meetings
I want to be accountable to myself. I want to trust myself. I want to love myself, forgive myself, and accept myself.
I'm so tired of the insanity and drama that active addiction brings with it.
Just thought I'd share.
So in a nutshell, end of January I decided to try to get sober. I achieved 60 days of sobriety from marijuana and 98 from alcohol before relapsing again.
I took a good look at what I was doing right and wrong and realized I wasn't actively working a plan to stay sober to enable it to become lifestyle.
I had a few more tries in between now and then, and this time I really took a deep breath and realized I want this. Today is my 13th day sober. Some things I changed and that have changed
- It's clear to me that I'm an addict and things will only get worse
-Every time in the past 2 1/2 years that there has been chaos, drama, basic insanity, alcohol is a factor
-I can't date for a while- that's a mistake I made, jumping into dating and it derailed my sobriety in an instant
-I got a sponsor and am regularly attending AA meetings
I want to be accountable to myself. I want to trust myself. I want to love myself, forgive myself, and accept myself.
I'm so tired of the insanity and drama that active addiction brings with it.
Just thought I'd share.
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Welcome back, Katie1985! Sounds like a good plan so far. Hope you'll make active participation here on SR a part of your recovery plan as well. Cool thing about this place is it's open 24/7. There are some truly amazing folks here who can offer you some great support and wisdom.
Congrats on day 13! Wishing you the best on this journey of recovery...
Congrats on day 13! Wishing you the best on this journey of recovery...
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Originally Posted by Katie1985 
I want to be accountable to myself. I want to trust myself. I want to love myself, forgive myself, and accept myself.
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Originally Posted by Katie1985
-I can't date for a while- that's a mistake I made, jumping into dating and it derailed my sobriety in an instant
Sounds like you have a solid plan there
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Congratulations Katie -- it sounds like you took a lot of good lessons from your previous attempts. And sounds like a really good plan this time! Between AA and SR, I get a huge amount of support, and that makes the difference for me.
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HI Katie, I had to give up dating too in order to stay sober. There are about 10 women out there who had their worst Internet dates ever thanks to me. If I didn't get drunk and scare the off on the first date, then for sure by the 3rd date they were blocking my number haha. Apparently, women don't find drunk dudes all that charming....
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Heres a link on building a plan http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...at-we-did.html
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