New start?
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: England
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New start?
I have to stop drinking starting today. I have tried before , but this time it has to happen for good. I have never looked for help before, but I feel so isolated, sorry to be so dull
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Orchard Lake, Michigan
Posts: 974
icecream pete,
Welcome and congratulations on your decision! You CAN make it happen for good but
the cool thing is you only have to make it happen for today and if you do that for
one day, you just proved that you CAN do it for another day. Days become weeks,
weeks become months... but you only have to do it one day at a time.
I have had so many people help me in the past two years that I can no longer
name them all. I could not have done it by myself and I used to think that it
would be better somehow if I could have. Funny thing is that my life is so much
richer today because I let people into my life to help me that even if I could
have done it all by myself, it would have been worse not better. My recovery
has been full of little and big examples of me just not getting it at first. I wish
you all the best in your first steps towards finding yourself and finding happiness
that doesn't come in a bottle and doesn't leave when the bottle is empty. Jah Bless.
"In this life, in this life, in this life
In this oh sweet life
We're coming in from the cold
We're coming in, coming in, coming in
Coming in from the cold
It's you, it's you, it's you I'm talking to
Well you, it's you, it's you
It's you I'm talking to now
Why do you look so sad and foresaken
When one door is closed
Don't you know another is open"
-- Bob Marley
Welcome and congratulations on your decision! You CAN make it happen for good but
the cool thing is you only have to make it happen for today and if you do that for
one day, you just proved that you CAN do it for another day. Days become weeks,
weeks become months... but you only have to do it one day at a time.
I have had so many people help me in the past two years that I can no longer
name them all. I could not have done it by myself and I used to think that it
would be better somehow if I could have. Funny thing is that my life is so much
richer today because I let people into my life to help me that even if I could
have done it all by myself, it would have been worse not better. My recovery
has been full of little and big examples of me just not getting it at first. I wish
you all the best in your first steps towards finding yourself and finding happiness
that doesn't come in a bottle and doesn't leave when the bottle is empty. Jah Bless.
"In this life, in this life, in this life
In this oh sweet life
We're coming in from the cold
We're coming in, coming in, coming in
Coming in from the cold
It's you, it's you, it's you I'm talking to
Well you, it's you, it's you
It's you I'm talking to now
Why do you look so sad and foresaken
When one door is closed
Don't you know another is open"
-- Bob Marley
OH SH!T
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: RICHMOND,VIRGINIA-
Posts: 1,655
WELCOME PETE 
I'VE TRIED MANY TIMES TO QUIT,THE PROBLEM FOR ME IS STAYING STOPPED.
I CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
I CHOOSE A.A. FOR MYSELF,PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME WITH SUGESTIONS ON HOW TO LIVE A SOBER LIFE.
THIS SITE HAS BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO COME 24/7 FOR SUPPORT.
AWESOME FRIENDS I HAVE HERE,YOU CAN TOO.
STICK AROUND YOU'LL MEET THEM.
........GLAD YOUR HERE............ted
I'VE TRIED MANY TIMES TO QUIT,THE PROBLEM FOR ME IS STAYING STOPPED.
I CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
I CHOOSE A.A. FOR MYSELF,PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME WITH SUGESTIONS ON HOW TO LIVE A SOBER LIFE.
THIS SITE HAS BEEN A GREAT PLACE TO COME 24/7 FOR SUPPORT.
AWESOME FRIENDS I HAVE HERE,YOU CAN TOO.
STICK AROUND YOU'LL MEET THEM.
........GLAD YOUR HERE............ted
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: brandon man, canada
Posts: 258
welcome pete you sound jest like me i,ve had a few slips too.you notice each time that you fall off the wagon that you start again and thats a good thing.Try to find a A.A meeting place. that so far has seemed to help me and after a while if you dont know this already you can get a sponsor to help you out. when you are craving the booze.Im on day 19 and if i can you sure can my friend.So good luck and put your mind to it and you,ll be able to stay sober.
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: fumbling towards ecstasy
Posts: 2,551
Yes, yes, yes, you can. Please don't try to do it alone. I am on day 6 and the best thing I can do for myself is reach out. Call someone, get to a meeting. I am pulling for you, for me, for all of us.
--jojo
--jojo
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: UK
Posts: 375
Hi Pete. If you've not done it before, maybe try visualising better the New Life you're going to have sober. List all the advantages, focussing on the most positive aspects. That will help you see where you're headed.
When you failed before you will have slipped back down snakes you KNOW you left there deliberately! (just in case...)
This time, no snakes, no mistakes.
If I can help in any way... just shout.
Deg.
When you failed before you will have slipped back down snakes you KNOW you left there deliberately! (just in case...)
This time, no snakes, no mistakes.
If I can help in any way... just shout.
Deg.
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