For Those with Less than 2 Weeks Sober Part 6
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 983
Today my plan is to exercise, take in some computer recycling, buy a Christmas gift at the Farmer's Market (love that place), get ready for a dinner at a family member's house where i'll have to tell them i'm the designated driver.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cocoa, FL
Posts: 27
Day 6, Today's plan:
Relax and reflect... (now)
Bathe dog
Get ready for work
Go to work, start Poseidon tattoo
Paint, read, draw, or do another tattoo if one shows up
GO HOME (this is the tough one for me)... or maybe I'll see a movie instead?! It's hard to find leisure activities at night that don't include drinking, and I'm not ready to be around lots of people yet. Luckily, hubby is good company
Relax and reflect... (now)
Bathe dog
Get ready for work
Go to work, start Poseidon tattoo
Paint, read, draw, or do another tattoo if one shows up
GO HOME (this is the tough one for me)... or maybe I'll see a movie instead?! It's hard to find leisure activities at night that don't include drinking, and I'm not ready to be around lots of people yet. Luckily, hubby is good company
Guest
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 4,151
In the middle of organising medical care and ambulances for my Father - and I am some way off from where he lives. Without AA I could not do this, so on here right now for some recovery to keep me on beam and centred until my next F2F meeting. Have been using all the tools I can so far today; prayers, readings and once the phone calls have stopped; other AA's/sponsor.
Last edited by espresso; 12-21-2008 at 07:25 AM.
Ending the Old Me.
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Under a Rock
Posts: 377
Hi, my name is Omega Man, I'm an Alcoholic and I have 15 days sober today!!!
100% certain that I won't be drinking today; can't say about tomorrow, but for today, no problem.
Plan for today - doing what normal families do; being together with both parents sober and functioning.
Taking the family to Bass Pro Shop since they have it all decorated for Christmas.
We'll get a nice dinner and then drive around our neighborhood to take in all the lights, some of the people really go over the top around here; coordinated music/light show type of thing.
Wife promised our son a movie night so I guess I'll be watching Elf or something like that.
Take care everyone, I'll be checking in regularly.
100% certain that I won't be drinking today; can't say about tomorrow, but for today, no problem.
Plan for today - doing what normal families do; being together with both parents sober and functioning.
Taking the family to Bass Pro Shop since they have it all decorated for Christmas.
We'll get a nice dinner and then drive around our neighborhood to take in all the lights, some of the people really go over the top around here; coordinated music/light show type of thing.
Wife promised our son a movie night so I guess I'll be watching Elf or something like that.
Take care everyone, I'll be checking in regularly.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
The meeting topic was Gratitude...
All 30 of us got to share and I found it interesting
that no one spoke of material things.
Some members have a lot of resources
some don't have much....but the sharing
was all about how recovery has benefited
us with changes in our perception and attitudes.
A meeting full of laughter and joy!
All 30 of us got to share and I found it interesting
that no one spoke of material things.
Some members have a lot of resources
some don't have much....but the sharing
was all about how recovery has benefited
us with changes in our perception and attitudes.
A meeting full of laughter and joy!
Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,055
Stopping by to show support =) Stay strong my Friends, you can do this! I look forward to seeing all of you once you "graduate" over on the 15 Days to Infinity and Beyond thread or the 30 Days and Under thread =)
God Bless~
God Bless~
Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 381
Day three has begun 3 hours and 57 minutes ago. We got five inches of snow and it's beautiful. I enjoyed myself at home today.
But now I have some heavy stuff on my mind and I'm anxious and irritated.
To help pass the time and make the most out of it, I decided to go job-hunting online. There is an employer here that I've wanted to work for forever but something always got in the way. Now it's my criminal record. I have some pretty heavy Gross misdemeanor charges from something pretty ugly I did involving...guess what? Alcohol!...ten years ago.
So that turned into doing alot of research in expunging my criminal record and it brought up alot of really painful emotions from that time and frustration on how I'm going to get it done, it's a really complicated process and I guess that's why God invented Lawyers but I can't afford a lawyer so I will have to do it myself. Some would say I'm not ready for this right now, but I've been putting this off for far too long and I deserve a good job already and the peace of mind from having a clean record.
Sorry to whine. Off to bed finally.
But now I have some heavy stuff on my mind and I'm anxious and irritated.
To help pass the time and make the most out of it, I decided to go job-hunting online. There is an employer here that I've wanted to work for forever but something always got in the way. Now it's my criminal record. I have some pretty heavy Gross misdemeanor charges from something pretty ugly I did involving...guess what? Alcohol!...ten years ago.
So that turned into doing alot of research in expunging my criminal record and it brought up alot of really painful emotions from that time and frustration on how I'm going to get it done, it's a really complicated process and I guess that's why God invented Lawyers but I can't afford a lawyer so I will have to do it myself. Some would say I'm not ready for this right now, but I've been putting this off for far too long and I deserve a good job already and the peace of mind from having a clean record.
Sorry to whine. Off to bed finally.
Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Brixton
Posts: 250
I'm really in trouble.
I didn't drink for 5 days. Then yesterday I made the mistake
of going to a party.
I didn't drink at the party, but afterwards I had a drink to "wind down" (it was stressful to be around all those people who were drinking).
It's an old trap which I've fallen into before, I really should know better by now.
Today I feel terrible and look awful.
It feels weak, feeble and anti-social to say it, but I really am going to
have to "wrap myself up in cotton wool" and stay away from
friends and situations that could trigger drinking.
I didn't really want to go to the party, I just "caved in" because others really wanted me to go.
I've got to stop trying to please other people all the time
if I'm going to have any chance of stopping my drinking.
I'm going to a meeting after work to try to stay safe today, I don't know what else I can do.
I've got so much evidence now that I really am alcoholic:
1) when I take a drink, I can't stop but keep drinking until I drop
2) I've been trying for 2 years to stop drinking but only last a few days at best
3) alcohol has damaged (and is damaging) my life
Oh, I wish this wasn't so difficult
I didn't drink for 5 days. Then yesterday I made the mistake
of going to a party.
I didn't drink at the party, but afterwards I had a drink to "wind down" (it was stressful to be around all those people who were drinking).
It's an old trap which I've fallen into before, I really should know better by now.
Today I feel terrible and look awful.
It feels weak, feeble and anti-social to say it, but I really am going to
have to "wrap myself up in cotton wool" and stay away from
friends and situations that could trigger drinking.
I didn't really want to go to the party, I just "caved in" because others really wanted me to go.
I've got to stop trying to please other people all the time
if I'm going to have any chance of stopping my drinking.
I'm going to a meeting after work to try to stay safe today, I don't know what else I can do.
I've got so much evidence now that I really am alcoholic:
1) when I take a drink, I can't stop but keep drinking until I drop
2) I've been trying for 2 years to stop drinking but only last a few days at best
3) alcohol has damaged (and is damaging) my life
Oh, I wish this wasn't so difficult
Drunkaholic
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Channelview, TX (Houston)
Posts: 514
Hey everyone ... I'm rolling into Day 3 feeling really good. Pretty much hid out in the house most of the weekend.
I had a meal out Saturday and then a movie Sunday.
This morning I am killing time until a 10AM Spinning Class. Then I will go to work around noon.
I chronicling my first 30 days in my initial thread: http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...y-1-again.html
I invite you all to swing by and visit.
Squid
I had a meal out Saturday and then a movie Sunday.
This morning I am killing time until a 10AM Spinning Class. Then I will go to work around noon.
I chronicling my first 30 days in my initial thread: http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...y-1-again.html
I invite you all to swing by and visit.
Squid
bona fido dog-lover
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,780
Never give up, PB! If I can stay sober, one day at a time, for nearly six months now, so can you. I've been trying to stay sober since one year ago, but it took me months to finally get some sober time under my belt. Learn from this, don't beat yourself up too badly, and start over!
Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Southern California
Posts: 75
10 days sans alcohol.
2 days sans cigarettes. (thank you, steamvessel, for the encouragement, it meant more than I can express.)
The transition from day 9 to day 10 was kind of tenuous, and I started feeling the H.A.L.T.'s hit the skids about mid-evening, when i got a phone call out of the blue from somebody I figured was writing me off, due to past bad-behavior on my part. He put himself out there to see what would happen if we spent time together this evening. We rented movies, talked for hours and, and it was like old times, but even better. Nobody got flippant, nobody nagged, nobody felt disrespected. We're both making so much progress, and he wants to be a part of my recovery, too. (Which ...I am floored by.)
According to him, the changes I've made are utterly evident, I look and act alive again, I laugh again, I'm not the needy, messy, horror-show I was. Even when I'm feeling irritable, I am putting it in perspective. This indicates to me that my Addictive Voice loses power by the day, by the hour, by the conscious choices I now make to shut her up.
Feelings are new again, but I'm learning. I feel appropriately in these circumstances, and I'm taking care to see that my actions and choices are also appropriate. It's ...easier in some ways, and a little harder in others, but will be dealt with.
I'm going to get some sleep now, I'll write about this more tomorrow.
2 days sans cigarettes. (thank you, steamvessel, for the encouragement, it meant more than I can express.)
The transition from day 9 to day 10 was kind of tenuous, and I started feeling the H.A.L.T.'s hit the skids about mid-evening, when i got a phone call out of the blue from somebody I figured was writing me off, due to past bad-behavior on my part. He put himself out there to see what would happen if we spent time together this evening. We rented movies, talked for hours and, and it was like old times, but even better. Nobody got flippant, nobody nagged, nobody felt disrespected. We're both making so much progress, and he wants to be a part of my recovery, too. (Which ...I am floored by.)
According to him, the changes I've made are utterly evident, I look and act alive again, I laugh again, I'm not the needy, messy, horror-show I was. Even when I'm feeling irritable, I am putting it in perspective. This indicates to me that my Addictive Voice loses power by the day, by the hour, by the conscious choices I now make to shut her up.
Feelings are new again, but I'm learning. I feel appropriately in these circumstances, and I'm taking care to see that my actions and choices are also appropriate. It's ...easier in some ways, and a little harder in others, but will be dealt with.
I'm going to get some sleep now, I'll write about this more tomorrow.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Cocoa, FL
Posts: 27
One week today! Yay! It hasn't actually been as hard I as I would have thought, and this site has certainly helped me through the toughest moments. The urge to have a drink after work is leaving my psyche now...I have replaced it with other activities that are actually more fun. In January hubby and I are going to start a community college class in the evenings (amazing how much TIME I have now, that I didn't before). I know a lot of others won't agree but I'm still planning on having a couple at Christmas and New Years.
Ending the Old Me.
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Under a Rock
Posts: 377
I like to view this thread as the SOBER WAGON and were all riding it togther.
So PaddingtonBear - dust yourself off and get back on the wagon with us. Here, I'm slowing it down, jump on. Ok - now that your back in, put your seatbelt on, I don't want you falling out again; or I might have to lock you in the boot.
Now, everyone on this thread, put your seatbelt on! The road can be bumpy, so if you feel like your falling out, grab the person next to you and hold on and ask for help.
What I'm saying is, use this thread, especially when your having doubts!
So PaddingtonBear - dust yourself off and get back on the wagon with us. Here, I'm slowing it down, jump on. Ok - now that your back in, put your seatbelt on, I don't want you falling out again; or I might have to lock you in the boot.
Now, everyone on this thread, put your seatbelt on! The road can be bumpy, so if you feel like your falling out, grab the person next to you and hold on and ask for help.
What I'm saying is, use this thread, especially when your having doubts!
I'm just a little unwell
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 2,219
PB... you are so right when you say you're going to have to stop worrying about pleasing everyone all the time. You CAN'T please everyone else all the time. You just can't. No one can. You CAN please YOURSELF, and you can start doing that by taking care of yourself.
Just for today, don't drink. Ok? We'll be right there with you. I'm not gonna drink today, either.
I like Omega's post, too.
Can't wait to hear how everyone else is doing today!
Just for today, don't drink. Ok? We'll be right there with you. I'm not gonna drink today, either.
I like Omega's post, too.
Can't wait to hear how everyone else is doing today!
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
scoob.....
I know 12 Step Recovery is not appealing to everyone...
I left my first meeting before it was finished...
why not go and listen?
Even if you have been before...you might find...as I did
the this last misery go round of active addiction
requires a new direction to overcome.
Well done on your sober time...
I know 12 Step Recovery is not appealing to everyone...
I left my first meeting before it was finished...
why not go and listen?
Even if you have been before...you might find...as I did
the this last misery go round of active addiction
requires a new direction to overcome.
Well done on your sober time...
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