Class Of September 2012
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Class Of September 2012
Welcome 
This is the thread for everyone quitting drinking or drugs this month of September 2012
All you have to do to join is post
You'll find a lot of support here - please come and join us!
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This is the thread for everyone quitting drinking or drugs this month of September 2012
All you have to do to join is post
You'll find a lot of support here - please come and join us!
D
dude in recovery
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Gulf Coast, TX
Posts: 1,504
Come on in ye newcomers and those giving the sober life another try.
I am coming up on one year sober this month and just want to wish you all the best.
I think this was actually a great time of year for me to finally admit defeat against the alcohol, in all forms and amounts and begin my road to recovery.
SR is a great place and I seriously doubt I would have anywhere near 11 months sober without this site.
I am coming up on one year sober this month and just want to wish you all the best.
I think this was actually a great time of year for me to finally admit defeat against the alcohol, in all forms and amounts and begin my road to recovery.
SR is a great place and I seriously doubt I would have anywhere near 11 months sober without this site.
Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 17
It's 1 month for me today since I quit and I really can't believe it. I have no recollection in my life of ever having a month of sobriety, perhaps when I was 13 but I can't really remember. I hope many of you have decided that today is the day and you start your journey. I hope that anyone who joins the September class can make it to October and everybody else continues to be successful.
Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,462
I am on day four but since I drank most of the month of August, I'd rather have September be my new beginning! I have been drinking yet functioning (but feeling pretty awful) for 10 years. This past year I have had more strings of sobriety, the most being 21 days back April. Once I quit drinking for a few days, I begin to feel "myself" come back again, and I notice things (good and bad) that I overlook in my haze of alcohol and hangovers.
Anyway, this time around, I am going easy on myself. I'm eating (more than I should I'm sure, but at this point, my sobriety matters more---losing weight can come later), and I'm giving myself time to do what I want to do if it keeps me from drinking, without feeling guilty. Because with guilt, comes stress, comes drinking.
I know that life of not drinking is the only option at this point. It's scary to think of never drinking again, so I'm trying to take it day to day.
Happy to be part of the September group
Anyway, this time around, I am going easy on myself. I'm eating (more than I should I'm sure, but at this point, my sobriety matters more---losing weight can come later), and I'm giving myself time to do what I want to do if it keeps me from drinking, without feeling guilty. Because with guilt, comes stress, comes drinking.
I know that life of not drinking is the only option at this point. It's scary to think of never drinking again, so I'm trying to take it day to day.
Happy to be part of the September group
Canine Welfare Advocate
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Norfolk, VA
Posts: 10,962
Welcome, newcomers.
I joined this class in 2010. I had tried to quit drinking for years. Never worked. Then I found myself here and decided what I needed was to re-evaluate my relationship with alcohol. Admit I had a problem. The mindset that I couldn't control my drinking, that I never would control it, was key. Overcoming my fear of quitting was vital.
So was coming here. I had always tried to quit on my own. Alone. On SR I wasn't alone.
Blessed to be two years sober. You can be to. It starts here. It starts now.
I joined this class in 2010. I had tried to quit drinking for years. Never worked. Then I found myself here and decided what I needed was to re-evaluate my relationship with alcohol. Admit I had a problem. The mindset that I couldn't control my drinking, that I never would control it, was key. Overcoming my fear of quitting was vital.
So was coming here. I had always tried to quit on my own. Alone. On SR I wasn't alone.
Blessed to be two years sober. You can be to. It starts here. It starts now.
Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Woodstock, NY
Posts: 52
Originally Posted by doggonecarl 
Welcome, newcomers.
I joined this class in 2010. I had tried to quit drinking for years. Never worked. Then I found myself here and decided what I needed was to re-evaluate my relationship with alcohol. Admit I had a problem. The mindset that I couldn't control my drinking, that I never would control it, was key. Overcoming my fear of quitting was vital.
So was coming here. I had always tried to quit on my own. Alone. On SR I wasn't alone.
Blessed to be two years sober. You can be to. It starts here. It starts now.
I joined this class in 2010. I had tried to quit drinking for years. Never worked. Then I found myself here and decided what I needed was to re-evaluate my relationship with alcohol. Admit I had a problem. The mindset that I couldn't control my drinking, that I never would control it, was key. Overcoming my fear of quitting was vital.
So was coming here. I had always tried to quit on my own. Alone. On SR I wasn't alone.
Blessed to be two years sober. You can be to. It starts here. It starts now.
Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1,462
I'm on day 5 and now I realize why I dont' feel as good as I usually do at this point..I am fighting a cold and a sore throat. Feels yucky, but I have to say it totally takes away any taste for alcohol, which is a welcome feeling right now. I am really feeling committed, this is the only life for me. Why complicate things with alcohol, things in my life are complicated enough without trudging through it in a drunken fog or with a shame filled hangover or trying to hide my drunk behavior and the evidence.
I am so grateful to wake up to the day with a clear head, ready to face the day, sore throat and all
I am so grateful to wake up to the day with a clear head, ready to face the day, sore throat and all
Life Goes On
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Posts: 6,069
I joined a class in July, but have wasted an entire month plus in the interim with waffling and hand-wringing and boozing all the way. Like JimJim, I figure I could benefit from attending more than one class.
Helbel, great to hear how well you are doing and how amazed you are with yourself!
GoaStyle, NewHouse - glad to be in your company.
forabetterlife - glad that feeling like poo is working for you.
Helbel, great to hear how well you are doing and how amazed you are with yourself!
GoaStyle, NewHouse - glad to be in your company.
forabetterlife - glad that feeling like poo is working for you.
Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SE USA
Posts: 941
Dear Sept Class,
Like JimJim, I joined the Class of August on the 31st and am on my 3rd day of sobriety and am a firm believer in "too much of a good thing (SR) can be wonderful". I would love to join this class as well....the people on this site are unbelievably positive and supportive. It has helped me get through the first three days and even help me decide to stop - which was a monumental feat unto itself. Reading, posting, learning, connecting has been essential.
Panacea
Like JimJim, I joined the Class of August on the 31st and am on my 3rd day of sobriety and am a firm believer in "too much of a good thing (SR) can be wonderful". I would love to join this class as well....the people on this site are unbelievably positive and supportive. It has helped me get through the first three days and even help me decide to stop - which was a monumental feat unto itself. Reading, posting, learning, connecting has been essential.
Panacea
Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Midwest
Posts: 155
Today, September 2nd, is the start of my sober life. I have always tried to moderate my drinking but it never works. I think I can have just 2 beers but I end up with 7 or 8. I am then depressed for days.
I fear the thought of not ever having a drink again. But I also fear the though of having another blackout. The blackout is more terrifying.
It is great to be hear and I am looking forward to learning from you.
I fear the thought of not ever having a drink again. But I also fear the though of having another blackout. The blackout is more terrifying.
It is great to be hear and I am looking forward to learning from you.
Alcohol-my only & worst friend
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: england , uk
Posts: 8
Originally Posted by Mainza
Today, September 2nd, is the start of my sober life. I have always tried to moderate my drinking but it never works. I think I can have just 2 beers but I end up with 7 or 8. I am then depressed for days.
I fear the thought of not ever having a drink again. But I also fear the though of having another blackout. The blackout is more terrifying.
It is great to be hear and I am looking forward to learning from you.
I fear the thought of not ever having a drink again. But I also fear the though of having another blackout. The blackout is more terrifying.
It is great to be hear and I am looking forward to learning from you.
Good luck to us both
Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: CA
Posts: 2,977
Well here I am again in another class. Last night I sat down with my sis and really opened up to her for the first time about my drinking and shes 100% supportive. I explained that she cant be asking me to go out with her and her friends to bars ect bc its way to tempting for me. She helped me realize how the month here n there that Ive had sober I was so much happier than I am now drinking. So day 1 today, last night poured out the rest of my beers. Takin it easy trying to rest, not feeling to good..
Member
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Woodstock, NY
Posts: 52
Originally Posted by bigjim89
You are the same as me.. i tried to cut down and limit my drinking but it never worked i would plan to go out to a pub/bar and socialise without getting drunk but after 3/4 beers i would get the taste of it and then end up getting drunk and having blackouts and the circle would start again..
Good luck to us both
Good luck to us both
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