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I wish!
Originally Posted by Dee74 
Hi and welcoem Contrite.
I'm sorry you're not sleeping but thats pretty common - I hope things will get progressively better for you sleepwise.
Is this your first time quitting?
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I'm sorry you're not sleeping but thats pretty common - I hope things will get progressively better for you sleepwise.
Is this your first time quitting?
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Then it escalates until I drinking like a lunatic. This time I ended up collapsed unconscious on floor. Found by distraught daughter. This time I am not giving up or think it's OK. Been 40 years of waste... At 55 I hope it's not too late. It runs in the family.
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Originally Posted by Dee74
Hi and welcoem Contrite.
I'm sorry you're not sleeping but thats pretty common - I hope things will get progressively better for you sleepwise.
Is this your first time quitting?
D
I'm sorry you're not sleeping but thats pretty common - I hope things will get progressively better for you sleepwise.
Is this your first time quitting?
D
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Originally Posted by Contrite
I have tried so many times.... I went to aa.... I hope it is different this time. I will just have to tough it out. My wife is considering divorce if I screw up again.
When you went to AA, did you work the steps - they seem to help so many people (have no personal experience in that regard but so many here speak of it).
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Originally Posted by Contrite
No I didn't..
But as a teacher I don't have time. This is why I joined Sr.... It's the sharing that helps me.
But as a teacher I don't have time. This is why I joined Sr.... It's the sharing that helps me.
Have you considered joining a SR Class? I will post a link to the thread for the Class of January, 2018.
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Thanks
Originally Posted by JK130
It is definitely not too late! You have a lot of life left to live, and you deserve the dignity and peace that sobriety offers! I hope you share your journey, and we'll cheer you on!
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I Sorry. But as a teacher myself, who knows other equally busy people in the fellowship, yes. There is time. If we had time to drink, we have time for our recovery work. Simples. Drinking takes up far more time, both from the action, the immediate effects and the less immediate ones.
Overall I have found that with my recovery I don't necessarily need to put as many hours into working my plan as I used to lose through my drinking, but getting a plan and taking the action, and spending a little time on it every day really does pay dividends. When we get well-er then other things just seem to go more smoothly, we sleep better, we spend less time on procrastination or wasting energy with fear or anger. That time is well invested. Finding the willingness to do this is like finding a key.
An old man walking through a forest chanced upon a woodcutter. The woodsman had a huge pile of logs on his left and a small basket of logs that he had chopped on his right. He chopped and chopped, puffing, panting and sweating.
The wise man greeted him and said "Your axe is blunt. This is making life hard for you. Just over the river is a man who would help you to sharpen your axe. Come with me and I'll show you."
The wood-cutter rolled his eyes, incredulous.
"Old man." He said. "Does it look to you like I have time to sharpen my axe??"
No one will sharpen our axe for us, and it won't get sharp by itself.
When they say the promises in meetings, and it says "those who have throughly followed our path", they mean having worked the program of recovery. Not just going to some meetings. The AA symbol says it all really. Three sides to the triangle, like three legs on a stool. Just balancing on one leg of a stool is never going to get comfortable, and it's not a position that is sustainable indefinitely. Maybe check out the other 2 legs of the stool when you feel like getting comfortable in your recovery.
Wishing you all the best for your recovery. BB
Originally Posted by Contrite
No I didn't..
But as a teacher I don't have time. This is why I joined Sr.... It's the sharing that helps me.
But as a teacher I don't have time. This is why I joined Sr.... It's the sharing that helps me.
Overall I have found that with my recovery I don't necessarily need to put as many hours into working my plan as I used to lose through my drinking, but getting a plan and taking the action, and spending a little time on it every day really does pay dividends. When we get well-er then other things just seem to go more smoothly, we sleep better, we spend less time on procrastination or wasting energy with fear or anger. That time is well invested. Finding the willingness to do this is like finding a key.
An old man walking through a forest chanced upon a woodcutter. The woodsman had a huge pile of logs on his left and a small basket of logs that he had chopped on his right. He chopped and chopped, puffing, panting and sweating.
The wise man greeted him and said "Your axe is blunt. This is making life hard for you. Just over the river is a man who would help you to sharpen your axe. Come with me and I'll show you."
The wood-cutter rolled his eyes, incredulous.
"Old man." He said. "Does it look to you like I have time to sharpen my axe??"
No one will sharpen our axe for us, and it won't get sharp by itself.
When they say the promises in meetings, and it says "those who have throughly followed our path", they mean having worked the program of recovery. Not just going to some meetings. The AA symbol says it all really. Three sides to the triangle, like three legs on a stool. Just balancing on one leg of a stool is never going to get comfortable, and it's not a position that is sustainable indefinitely. Maybe check out the other 2 legs of the stool when you feel like getting comfortable in your recovery.
Wishing you all the best for your recovery. BB
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Good morning Contrite,
This is a fabulous place. The support I have received has been overwhelming. I am 40 this year and I am hoping that it really will be a new life beginning.
I have been a binge drinker for many years, with the last 12 months or so really being a downward spiral. This is my second attempt at sobriety, and I am on day 2 today.
It is never too late and you are amongst friends here.
This is a fabulous place. The support I have received has been overwhelming. I am 40 this year and I am hoping that it really will be a new life beginning.
I have been a binge drinker for many years, with the last 12 months or so really being a downward spiral. This is my second attempt at sobriety, and I am on day 2 today.
It is never too late and you are amongst friends here.
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