Silvermaster

I start my mornings first thing with a lemon squeezed into sparkling water on an empty stomach..It has great effects ..a good start to any day ☺

Andagain

I go for a walk every day. It clears my head and really stops me from getting stuck in a rut as I work from home.

Silvermaster

Yes same here it does help alot keeps the mind uncluttered and helps with sleeping too ☺

aasharon90

I continue to log in to SR every single
day to share my ESH experiences,
strengths and hopes with others
continuing to learn healthier, helpful
ways to remain sober, happy, successful
in their own sobriety/recovery.

SR has been a continued recovery life
source to help maintain and reinforce
the strength of my already solid recovery
foundation I began 27 yrs ago and continue
to live my life upon, then passing it on.

decchemist

When did SR start?
What did you do before SR?

aasharon90

Gotta run to the store and will
reply when I return.

You can look at my profile to see
my join date too.

LadyBlue0527

Exactly what aasharon does and consistent mindfulness.

I had almost 18 months sober last time. Right after I hit the 9 month mark I reveled in the fact I was happy, sober, and loving life. I really felt I had it licked. I didn't want anything to do with alcohol. I reduced the meetings I was attending, stopped frequenting SR, and eventually, began to respond to requests from old friends to hang out. Just days shy of 18 months, at the end of October 2014, I went on a work outing in a fully stocked limo and gave in to temptation. Life slowly became the same until May of last year when the next extreme rock bottom happened.

I am now a little over 15 months sober. What I've done different is to stay consistent with meetings and service work. This time, instead of being friends with people at meetings I've become friends with them and do things outside of meetings. I meditate and turn my will over daily. I will never allow myself to ever forget again where just one drink will lead me and fully understand and accept that will always be the truth.

My signature line will never change because it will be true forever.

aasharon90

decchemist.....

I'm not quite sure when SR began. For me
I got connected back in back 2005 after
searching for AA recovery online.

Let's see, what did I do before SR. Well,
I entered recovery in August 1990 via
a family intervention. Family stepped in
an placed me into the hands of those capable
of teaching me about my addiction and
learn ways to live my life alcohol free a
day at a time.

I spent 28 day in rehab with a 6 week
after care program attached once I was
released from the facility in which I also
completed before embarking on my
recovery journey by myself.

I was taught the AA program of recovery
while in rehab and wasn't aware of any
other programs available out there in the
world at that time of my life and dug my
claws into it as my life depended on it.

I used AA up until I moved to Houston
in 1996-97 and found myself lost without
my AA support and lifeline I depended on
in my home town of Baton Rouge. However,
I was taught that if I wanted to remain sober
then I needed to do whatever it takes, to
go that extra mile and whatever I do, don't
drink, don't think and go to meetings.

I did all that to the best of my human
ability to remain sober along with the
new age of technology and computers.

Yay...!!!!!

Come 2005, i found SR and began incorporating
this new way to work my AA recovery online
in between going to meetings and working and
relocating back to BR with changes in life, divorce,
and remarrying.

What a heck of a journey my life has been.

Today, just celebrating 27 yrs of many one
days sober at a time, i continue to use SR
as my online recovery resource passing on
all that knowledge and tools of my addiction
and recovery to others still struggling with
their own addiction that was passed on and
taught to me back when.

Today there are other recovery resources
available to suit folks needing help with
addiction and recovery. I believe they can
help only if folks are committed to incoperating
them into their everyday lives.

The reason why i use AA is because it has
and still works for me because i work it
and incorporate it in all my affairs just like
many who have also found success in using
it themselves.

Find what works for you and hold on
tight for the ride of your life because
your life will never be the same once
you get and remain sober.

My life has purpose and meaning today
and so can you.

Silvermaster

Theres some great people here no doubt about it well done

Georgie123

Early days for me but a constant reminder of how bad I felt and how out of control I felt when drinking. Also, the beautiful, deep, clean sleeps I have each night. That feeling of 'being in control' keeps me from reaching for a drink.

Delizadee

SR-
has helped me be more grateful, more helpful, more kind, more determined to stay in recovery, to stay connected, to stay humble, and to challenge myself and my beliefs.

SR is a daily habit I don't intend on straying far from.

MLD51

I changed a lot of things, but the main thing was giving up the idea that I had all the answers and that I could do it myself. I had to realize and remember that "my way" didn't work and that I needed help to get and stay sober. That help came from treatment and AA and my higher power. I tell my ego to shut up when it starts to tell me I don't need help anymore. I surrendered fully to the fact that I'm an alcoholic and that my life was unmanageable. Once I stopped fighting, asked for help, and became willing to accept and embrace that help, my life changed and I no longer wanted to drink.

Learninganew

I keep a journal and I try to write a gratitude list with my wife before we go to bed. I have found that to be beneficial to my sobriety and to our relationship.

LesPaul1993

In 2005 my GP, who was also active in Presbyterian missions work, evidently suspected I drank more than the recommended amount and levelled with me "You should quit drinking entirely. Alcohol is a poison and it will eventually affect every organ in your body."

At the time I thanked him for his candour but felt a little put out and thought he was being an asshat. Whenever I think of drinking though, I invariably remember his words and know that they are true.

thomas11

I guess the one obvious thing that has changed is that I got back into my health and fitness pretty seriously. You can't be an alcoholic and train hard, so that helps. But overall it was not any one thing that has kept me sober, it has been a total mind and body overhaul. A entirely different attitude and approach to my life. One that doesn't involve drinking alcohol.

ScottFromWI

Accepting that my addiction/alcoholism/drinking problem/(insert your term here) is woven into the fabric of me and is unchangeable. Everything else starts with that for me.

MidnightRider

Eat and cook healthy...
I actually love to plan a weekend dinner..
Shop for the groceries, prepare the meal and present it to my wife and kids.
Usually Sunday nights.

(Ha.. I'm eating the leftovers now for lunch!)

August252015

I decided that I would never drink again.

After that, I became a dedicated AA-er. I did about 82 mtgs in 90 days (almost exactly following the common rec of 90/90). Now, at almost 18 mo, my "sweet spot" for meetings is 4-6 a week, and I usually spend time with a program friend (like the lunch I just had) around that, once a week if possible.

My morning routine is VERY sacred to me. I am lucky that my fiance (Also in recovery, with 14mo) and I make time to spend doing our separate and joint devotional and program work in the mornings while we have coffee and such for starting the day.

I have six things I do every single morning (I adjust my wake up time as needed to get it all in):
-I get a daily email devotional from Friar Richard Rohr of the CAC - his Fransiscan view reflects a LOT of AA/12 step viewpoints and really jives with my worldview and faith.
- We do a shared Bible app reading plan; right now it's a 14 day one by Rick Warren called "Toolbox for Life." There are so many different plans, from a three day kind to the longest we did (100 days) on pretty much every subject matter out there.
- I read pp 84-88 and 417-418 of the Big Book- these hammer home acceptance, getting out of myself and focusing on others, taking my daily inventory (step 10- and making amends as necessary), and not playing God, among their key points
- I check SR. I am in the class of Feb 2016 group, I check newcomers daily, and I browse other forums as the mood strikes
- I ask myself HALT (usually reflective about the day before, like with the inventory- how did I do yesterday, how do I feel upon waking)
- I read a daily devotional- last year it was the classic Hazelden pub Keep It Simple: a 12 step guide for beginnings and renewals; this year, I use Jesus Today (same author as the popular Jesus Calling).

I also only ONLY ONLY have people in my life who are positive, supportive and good for me and themselves. You don't get a seat at my table otherwise- I am ruthless about this.

I have a great pysch and a well-supervised med regimen. I run and do yoga. I eat well and still have a sweet tooth. Sleep is HUGE for me and anxiety is my number one emotional "flag" to tend to and address.

My plan of action brings me such serenity and happiness- true peace. I am very blessed I lived long enough to get sober and create the life I have now. I will do anything and everything to protect it.

This is a whole lot more than the one thing or new habit you asked about- I am sharing it all because IME, living the best sober life possible stems on my first very simple tenet- and is made possible continually by a broad and deep program of action.

decchemist

Thanks for your comprehensive answer Sharon.

George3334

I altered my daily schedule from being a night-owl to becoming a morning person by joining a local cycling club that met socially for a coffee prior to the early rides.