Emkay

Needabetterlife, there are more places to start than AA. Lots of people start at home and realize they would like to talk to people in real life and go to AA later. Talking to a doctor is always a good move. They always have such a good way of putting things in perspective. I started by reading articles about recovery and reading posts from others who have quit before me. It seems so scary at first, but if you can drink, you can quit!

trikyriky

The idea would be to post on the newcomers forum , start your own thread .

Title it " Help , I'm about to drink " then don't take the drink

Member's will respond supporting you through

Hopefully the craving will pass

Do this , it works if you want it to

Good luck

Tr

trikyriky

TnRobert SR helps me a lot , Congrats on day 8

Thanks to all who have supported me , Day 17 is in the books

Tr

Dee74

I didn't use AA need - I just used SR, but I really had a burning desire to quit.

if you think you need more face to face support tho, AA is not the only game in town.

There's many different approaches and methods of recovery around - here's some links to some of the main players:

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...formation.html

I recommend you visit the Secular Connections forum if you think you may benefit from a non 12 step approach.

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Dee74

way to go on those 17 days Riky

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TAQ

Gave AA a try this evening. Not bad. A group of assorted individuals, all friendly. Glad I went.

dragon12

Just been to the pub for lunch and I drank..........WATER! So proud of myself!! Not much in the way of restaurants where I live and pub food is about the best food around here. Nevertheless, I've decided that I won't be returning for a while, still too early in my sobriety.

Pamel

Starting Day 3 here; having a hard time sleeping so I decided to get up and try some SR therapy. I have no desire to drink, thank goodness-it is so much better sober.

Good for you Dragon, on water. Places can be very difficult.

Some family issues here-a lot of pressure from the bf to get some work done, and he is right-I have been procrastinating, but of course he does not know about the drinking (or that it has been only two days of sobriety.

IT HAS TO COME FIRST. I know that now. Just wish I could sleep...

Needaetterlife, you can do this. Have faith and hang in here with us. You will only get help; no judgement here.

workoholic

The weekend was "awful" hot and sunny. But I made it. Day 10.

ando68

Hey class,
Another weekend in the bag & it wasn't that tough really,, moving house at the moment so the big clear out began yesterday. That's keeping me quite busy at the moment, it's also nice to rummage through all the stuff I haven't seen in years, some of which I thought was lost & gone forever. I have an appointment with an addiction specialist today, made the appointment 5 weeks ago when I was in a bad way. I haven't drank or drugged since I made the appointment so I'm interested to see what he has to say. Being here & attending lifering meetings has helped me gain this piece of ground, thanks to u all.
Pamel, well done on day 3,, keep racking them up & don't look back.
Mighty job on the 17 days riky,
Dragon,,, nice move on the water!
Workaholic,, nice job on the 10!
Best to all
Ando

butterfly46

I have popped into the 24hour club and committed myself to staying sober for a whole day.

FreddyBear

Day 2 checking in. Had a bad bender on friday and saturday night, almost recovered physically but not emotionally. Got shot by an automatic camera on saturday night driving 194 km/h on a 80 km/h highway, no DUI but license will be highly likely suspended + a big fine. What an idiot...

TnRobert

Good for you.

I personally feel part of recovery is learning to abstain when around alcohol. We still have to live our lives & not completely isolate ourselves. We can run but we can't hide, that poison is everywhere.

For us folks early in sobriety it is probably a good idea to avoid situations where alcohol is served, but at some point we have to face the devil himself & prove we are not powerless around it.

takingbackmylif

Hi All,

I am glad to see old and new faces. I hope everyone is doing well most importantly!

I am returning at day 2 after a few rough weeks. I was doing well a few weeks ago, but it all went down hill fast.

July 12th weekend....We were heading to the beach in Maryland and got caught in flash floods and barely made it to the shore. Heavy flooding was washing out roads everywhere and I had my wife and 5 years old in the car. Well, that was one of the scariest moments of my life. Nevertheless, when we finally arrived....a drink was much needed.

Then it actually got worse...imagine that. The next day, my son and I were at the beach hanging in only a few feet of water because the surf was pretty rough. Then suddenly I get hit and see black. Some dude about 6'4", 240 lbs...slams into the side of my leg while body surfing. I had to get carried out of the water.

Long story short, my knee hasn't heeled and I have to go for an MRI because of a likely MCL tear. I have been in funk since. But I slowly pulled myself out of and I am know back at day 2. Now, there is no excuse, but I just couldn't deal with all of the stress.

So, glad to be back and stay strong Julians.....Best regards, TBML

CaseyW

Day ten complete. It was a boring day and I'm ok with that. Went to a not-so-great meeting but realize they don't all have to speak directly to me, hung around the family, read a lot. No desire to drink, but then again I didn't really have any opportunity. I must remember to remain vigilant, my alcoholic mind is a conniving sneak.

Day eleven starts now. I start training at my new job in an hour and fifteen minutes. My plan was to wake up early enough to make a seven am meeting this morning. That didn't happen but I'm not going to beat myself up for it. Reminder to myself--my only daily goal for now is to stay sober. Everything else is secondary.

Congrats to everyone who made it another day sober!

Kys

Like yourself I'm fighting the good fight. God we know it's worth it. Be well

Great work Trikyriky!

And all the best everyone else! Thanks for your posts, all of you. I plan on joining the August class with a few days under my belt, I hope I'm not alone!? I remember a time when I'd give myself permission to drink and say I'd stop when it was a Monday, or it was the start of the month, or I'd just finish that last bit of work blah.

Even knowing I've put that way of thinking behind me makes me feel like I'm in a much better place. There will always be an excuse. Always.

I really want to focus on not buying into my urges this month and next. I want to accept they might pop up but just let them pass. That work for anyone else?

CaseyW

Good for you sticking with water. And I agree it's probably a good idea to just steer clear of the pub for a while. What's the old saying? "If you hang around a barber shop long enough, you're going to get a haircut."

sicknote

Hello to everyone trying to stay sober. Lets hope we crack it.

Day 5 for me!! I've been trying (for real) for about 6/7 weeks, so I've been on and off. You might think this is strange but yesterday... I did a tandem skydive!! It was flipping amazing!! I never want to drink again. Please god, never let me drink again. People have been telling me 'easy does it', but that's not in my nature, I find it difficult to just be. Anyway I'm telling you this because I did this on a weekend, and usually I'd be either A) pissed, B) pissed, C) totally flipping hammered, or D) hungover unable to get out of bed. So I'm already getting benefits of staying sober.

I'm not doing AA anymore, I'm just going to try to stay sober. The meetings round here make me sad.

Anyone just starting - first few weeks I felt rubbish too, like a sack of bricks had landed on me. Keep busy if you can. I had too much time to think which drove me a bit mental.

Take care & good luck to each and everyone one of you.

sicknote :0)

amandaw

Starting day 5! Seems like every afternoon/evening I say I'm going to drink the next day, then I wake up to a new day and I have no interest in it. Hopefully The evening cravings will subside. Good luck to everyone who's starting their day 1! I remember being extremely jealous of people who had 4/5 days sober, and now I'm one of them. I also used to be almost mad at those with months of sobriety. I don't have that anger anymore. I still can't see myself being at that point. In fact, we have a wedding to attend in October in Las Vegas which also coincides with my birthday. My husband wants to go and it will be like combining the two occasions for me. In other words, whereas we couldn't afford to go there just for my birthday, or just for the wedding, we could certainly say we're going to celebrate both occasions. I'm already nervous and it's 2 months away. I guess I should get a week under my belt before worrying about 2 months away.....well at least until the rsvps are due.

Pamel

Day 3 starting here. I am planning on making it. Thank goodness no drink urges.