trikyriky

Hi fellow " undies "

Here's to our continued success in our journey

It's a struggle but I'm doing it
Fighting off cravings as I type

To those struggling , push through it

To those that have fallen

Get up, stay with , it It's worth it

Your worth it

Tr

messyliver

It's virtually impossible for me to get out of the night. I have friends visiting that i haven't seen for over 2 years so i can't really say that i'm staying in whilst they all go out together. I have some soft drinks for pre lash and i am going to try my damned hardest to avoid any alcohol in the club. xx

HappyDestiny3

Well done Happyfeet, we do not eat our wounded...Congrats on your coin

messyliver ~ I wish you the best of luck, but hate to give you some tough love. But if being sober is the most important thing to you, I would avoid the "clubs" for awhile till you build a solid sober foundation.. They will still be there when you do.

I have truly found the best way to stay sober is to get out of my own way, and help another alcoholic....


When I am down, when everything seems to be going wrong, thats when I probably notice that for some time my attention has been to focused on myself. I may be concentrating on what I want and how I am not getting it. I might be thinking of all the ways I have been slighted or ignored or rejected, and keeping score of it all.

It's trite to say that I can get out of this painful, self-absorption only by helping someone else, but it is so very true. Helping others is a way to help myself. It is a spiritual principle, and my program is based on this principle of love for one another...

"True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out ~ you must stay out, and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand." ~ Henry James.

I wish everyone a wonderful saturday.. And remember to smile cause sobriety looks good on YOU !!!!!!!!!

Good love, Happy..

tootsl1

HD3, we overlapped posts back a bit, and I missed yours until Tanja mentioned it. I remember about 10 years ago having a personal epiphany about 12 years ago looking up at the stars in the night sky and felt the very same as you.

And I also find helping and supporting others with their journey towards sobriety definitely helps me.

Happy feet well done on your last 60 day chip. From now on, those figures will just get higher.

ML, your recovery is in such early days, I feel you really would be better avoiding such temptation. In your posts you say you will ' try' to avoid alcohol. You ought to be feeling ' I will not drink tonight whatever happens' . If your recovery is everything to you it really must come first. Could you not plead another headache? I know it is not what you want to do, but if you could catch up with your friends early on then plead off ill and leave them to the clubbing you would save yourself a lot of temptation. Think about it.

tootsl1

To everyone else, have a great rest of the weekend! Be kind to yourselves, you deserve it!

Dee74

You've had some great advice here ML - there will be other nights, and to be blunt after the first round, you probably won't be missed, old son.

The way I had to look at it was - its not impossible to get out of a club night - but it might be impossible to get back if I fall off the wagon again.

It needs to be that level of commitment I think.

D

Petecrab

Steve who do you work for? WBA?


Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend! Was back at work today after week off. Good to get back into the swing of things but miss having the time off!

Petecrab

I agree ML Bout the club night. Try to avoid as will be a lot of temptation so early on in recovery. However I think you may be out already as its 23.45!

stevie88

Day 234 here for me...Very busy 14 hour shift at work lined up so I'll check back later. Take care all...Steve.

Dee74

keep on truckin Steve

D

stevie88

Haha dee that reminds me of the movie Convoy.....love that movie.

hayley86

Today marks 295 days sober for me. I hope everyone is safe, well and sober

tootsl1

Hayley!! Wow! That is fantastic! And OMG what are you going to do in 5 days time to celebrate?? Well done sweetie, I will always be chasing your tail!

Stevie, coming from the Black Country, you must remember the brummie version of the title song??? An absolute classic!!

messyliver

I failed. I failed so badly it's incredible.
Went for tapas. A drink + a plate of tapas was 1.50.
i ordered a diet coke but that wasn't included in the offer! only beer and wine.
i thought 'well, one wine won't harm.'
I got carried back to my house at 6am.
pfft.
I suck.
Day 1.

hayley86

Start again Messy. I could not have gone out in early sobriety i would have been asking far too much of myself. You really have to avoid places with alcohol and triggers if you want to get well. Give yourself a chance to get sober by avoiding any places and people that will test you.
I hope you feel better soon.

DrakeCKC

It's ok ML... pick up and go forward with your head held high.

Dee74

ML you've done nothing I haven't done.

It takes an acceptance of our problem, and a willingness to do things differently and make changes in our lives I think.

That's the way we get ahead and start making progress.

Dust yourself off and have another go

F

tanja

ML - Bless you for posting! You don't suck - you suffer from a disease. Please don't put yourself down. As Drake said hold your head high. It's obvious you do have a strong desire to stop drinking or you wouldn't have posted. For today - be gentle with yourself, take care of yourself and feel better.

IWLSAST

Hi ML...so been there, and done that! Kudos to you for posting your desire to start over so quickly. Be proud of the progress that you made recently on this sober journey!

trikyriky

Hi " undies " friends
You are all truely a good bunch
We need to stick together , as we are , supporting those fallen and cheering the successes
I need you guys
It's day 17 and I'm going to push through
You all can too.

Tr