15 days in. now what?
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Join Date: Feb 2020
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15 days in. now what?
Im 15 days out of detox. Still sober. But depressed ass all hell. Lonely.
quick rundown. drank for 10 years 26er a day. lost house, wife, kid. everything. sold the house made a profit. moved into an apartment and ex and daughter moved to another city. losing them broke me. i came up with a plan to party like 30 grand away and kill myself. well i partied that 30 grand away in 4 months. then detoxed. im now broke. lost my job. only have enough money to last 3 more months. now im sober i see that was a bad idea lol. but im scared. this is the lowest ive ever gone and noone will talk to me. like...noone. i hurt them all. sooo now what?
quick rundown. drank for 10 years 26er a day. lost house, wife, kid. everything. sold the house made a profit. moved into an apartment and ex and daughter moved to another city. losing them broke me. i came up with a plan to party like 30 grand away and kill myself. well i partied that 30 grand away in 4 months. then detoxed. im now broke. lost my job. only have enough money to last 3 more months. now im sober i see that was a bad idea lol. but im scared. this is the lowest ive ever gone and noone will talk to me. like...noone. i hurt them all. sooo now what?
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Atlanta
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Great job on starting this sober journey.
My immediate thought is are you having and going to continue counseling of some kind? Meds? I needed those quite intensely at first, and still do tho at a "maintenance" level. My recovery life and foundation of AA was and is critical and freeing as well.
My immediate thought is are you having and going to continue counseling of some kind? Meds? I needed those quite intensely at first, and still do tho at a "maintenance" level. My recovery life and foundation of AA was and is critical and freeing as well.
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Welcome to SR, I hope you find this useful on your recovery journey. How about posting in the Newcomers & Alcoholism forums? We're glad you've found us!
You'll get more replies on the Newcomer's section. SoberRecovery is great! Here's a couple good threads to join:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...rt-3-a-14.html (Class of January 2020 PART 3)
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ml#post7374040 (24 Hour Recovery Connections Part 473)
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...rt-3-a-14.html (Class of January 2020 PART 3)
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ml#post7374040 (24 Hour Recovery Connections Part 473)
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