One Year On
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One Year On
Hi Everyone
I'm posting this in the newcomer's section as I wasn't sure where else to put it.
It's six months since I posted and I'm now 1 year sober. I'm posting this not looking for praise but to say to anyone who is struggling at day 0, day 1 or day whatever that there is hope and you can do it. If I can do it then you can do it.
I was absolutely a lost cause, I've had more false starts than an epileptic 100m runner but eventually, I got there.
The simple truth that I discovered was that as long as I got through each day it didn't matter how I did it. I can't tell you how many times early on I was in bed by 7/8pm, it was just easier to hide away. Things haven't been easy in the last year, I saw a business I was involved in fail and I've had no end of personal problems. But I just didn't give up on myself. I kept telling myself I deserved better. I wrote it on sticky notes and put them everywhere. I just repeated over and over as my mantra.
I look back now to how I was living and it's almost funny to think that I thought that was acceptable. Almost funny, actually tragic.
How did I get through 12 months?
AVRT - Especially at first was a game changer for me. AA never suited me but AVRT made all the difference.
Sleep, just getting as much as I could and sometimes using it as a defence mechanism.
Chocolate, I ate tons of the stuff but still have lost a huge amount of weight. You wouldn't believe the amount of empty calories in booze.
Giving myself a break. It's so easy to be brutally hard on yourself for past mistakes.
I know 12 months is nothing and I have a long road ahead of me but I just wanted to say to anyone struggling, don't give up.
You deserve better.
Love you all
Wibble x
I'm posting this in the newcomer's section as I wasn't sure where else to put it.
It's six months since I posted and I'm now 1 year sober. I'm posting this not looking for praise but to say to anyone who is struggling at day 0, day 1 or day whatever that there is hope and you can do it. If I can do it then you can do it.
I was absolutely a lost cause, I've had more false starts than an epileptic 100m runner but eventually, I got there.
The simple truth that I discovered was that as long as I got through each day it didn't matter how I did it. I can't tell you how many times early on I was in bed by 7/8pm, it was just easier to hide away. Things haven't been easy in the last year, I saw a business I was involved in fail and I've had no end of personal problems. But I just didn't give up on myself. I kept telling myself I deserved better. I wrote it on sticky notes and put them everywhere. I just repeated over and over as my mantra.
I look back now to how I was living and it's almost funny to think that I thought that was acceptable. Almost funny, actually tragic.
How did I get through 12 months?
AVRT - Especially at first was a game changer for me. AA never suited me but AVRT made all the difference.
Sleep, just getting as much as I could and sometimes using it as a defence mechanism.
Chocolate, I ate tons of the stuff but still have lost a huge amount of weight. You wouldn't believe the amount of empty calories in booze.
Giving myself a break. It's so easy to be brutally hard on yourself for past mistakes.
I know 12 months is nothing and I have a long road ahead of me but I just wanted to say to anyone struggling, don't give up.
You deserve better.
Love you all
Wibble x
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Join Date: May 2017
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Originally Posted by wibble 
Hi Everyone
I'm posting this in the newcomer's section as I wasn't sure where else to put it.
It's six months since I posted and I'm now 1 year sober. I'm posting this not looking for praise but to say to anyone who is struggling at day 0, day 1 or day whatever that there is hope and you can do it. If I can do it then you can do it.
I was absolutely a lost cause, I've had more false starts than an epileptic 100m runner but eventually, I got there.
The simple truth that I discovered was that as long as I got through each day it didn't matter how I did it. I can't tell you how many times early on I was in bed by 7/8pm, it was just easier to hide away. Things haven't been easy in the last year, I saw a business I was involved in fail and I've had no end of personal problems. But I just didn't give up on myself. I kept telling myself I deserved better. I wrote it on sticky notes and put them everywhere. I just repeated over and over as my mantra.
I look back now to how I was living and it's almost funny to think that I thought that was acceptable. Almost funny, actually tragic.
How did I get through 12 months?
AVRT - Especially at first was a game changer for me. AA never suited me but AVRT made all the difference.
Sleep, just getting as much as I could and sometimes using it as a defence mechanism.
Chocolate, I ate tons of the stuff but still have lost a huge amount of weight. You wouldn't believe the amount of empty calories in booze.
Giving myself a break. It's so easy to be brutally hard on yourself for past mistakes.
I know 12 months is nothing and I have a long road ahead of me but I just wanted to say to anyone struggling, don't give up.
You deserve better.
Love you all
Wibble x
I'm posting this in the newcomer's section as I wasn't sure where else to put it.
It's six months since I posted and I'm now 1 year sober. I'm posting this not looking for praise but to say to anyone who is struggling at day 0, day 1 or day whatever that there is hope and you can do it. If I can do it then you can do it.
I was absolutely a lost cause, I've had more false starts than an epileptic 100m runner but eventually, I got there.
The simple truth that I discovered was that as long as I got through each day it didn't matter how I did it. I can't tell you how many times early on I was in bed by 7/8pm, it was just easier to hide away. Things haven't been easy in the last year, I saw a business I was involved in fail and I've had no end of personal problems. But I just didn't give up on myself. I kept telling myself I deserved better. I wrote it on sticky notes and put them everywhere. I just repeated over and over as my mantra.
I look back now to how I was living and it's almost funny to think that I thought that was acceptable. Almost funny, actually tragic.
How did I get through 12 months?
AVRT - Especially at first was a game changer for me. AA never suited me but AVRT made all the difference.
Sleep, just getting as much as I could and sometimes using it as a defence mechanism.
Chocolate, I ate tons of the stuff but still have lost a huge amount of weight. You wouldn't believe the amount of empty calories in booze.
Giving myself a break. It's so easy to be brutally hard on yourself for past mistakes.
I know 12 months is nothing and I have a long road ahead of me but I just wanted to say to anyone struggling, don't give up.
You deserve better.
Love you all
Wibble x
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Posts: 39
AVRT = Awesome
Thanks to Wibble's post I have spent the weekend reading through thousands of posts about AVRT. It had been a game changer for me. I'm only two weeks sober but I believe AVRT is crucial to sobriety. I can never thank you all enough!
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