What is the most important advice most often rejected by newcomers?
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Dee & Anna --
This is one of the wisest threads I've seen in a long time on SR. And SR is a place full of wise threads!
There are hundreds of threads each week in the Newcomers section. Would you consider moving this to the "Best of" forum on SR so that it doesn't fade away? I think our fellow journeyers have offered some insight here that really could benefit newcomers. Displaying it prominently will prove helpful to many.
Thanks for considering this request.
Venecia
This is one of the wisest threads I've seen in a long time on SR. And SR is a place full of wise threads!
There are hundreds of threads each week in the Newcomers section. Would you consider moving this to the "Best of" forum on SR so that it doesn't fade away? I think our fellow journeyers have offered some insight here that really could benefit newcomers. Displaying it prominently will prove helpful to many.
Thanks for considering this request.
Venecia
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Originally Posted by LBrain 
TeeBee hit on something, one thing we do not put enough emphasis on and I believe it is very important. It kind of goes along with not doing this alone. Tell someone. And I don't mean sneak off to an aa meeting or come here and tell us. Tell someone significant in your life. Even if it is only one person who is close to you. Being able to get that out and share it with someone in your life is an incredible relief. And that person can and will - should - support you. If you have a "significant other" who still is drinking and will not stop to support you, then let someone else know about it.
Too often we shelter ourselves, whether it be from guilt or shame, when chances are it is not as big a secret as we think.
Tell somebody.
Too often we shelter ourselves, whether it be from guilt or shame, when chances are it is not as big a secret as we think.
Tell somebody.
I started with my husband and my children. I soon branched out to a few trusted friends. That's all I needed. The rest of the people in my life I tell them with my actions.
This is paramount in my recovery. It is not a shameful secret. It's simply a small part of who I am. Every time I bring it out if the shadows it takes away it's power over me. I have yet to come across one person who thinks it's a bad decision. Not one. That in and of itself speaks volumes to the fact that this is the best decision for me and consequently everyone else in my life.
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