The 24 Hour Club Sign Up Sheet, Part 33, All Are Welcome!
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Join Date: Sep 2012
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24 Hour Club Sign up Sheet Part 33, All Are Welcome!
Hi There Everybody! Hope everyone is having a blessed day! I am so glad
you stopped into the 24 Club!
If you are just lurking and I know some of you are. Why not take that leap
of faith and just sign in with your time and do your very best to stay away
from that drink and or drug for the next 24 hours.
It's 24 hours. You can do this!!
Just post your local time. WE have to start somewhere, why not here,
why not now! Please post only once daily on this thread. ty
Welcome to Our Newest Members-safe2breathe -peacefulfreedom - shadesofgray -
Stomper -theboysmama - newhope01 -Zoe12- Pacci- Swaps
Congratulations!!
Chrissy2014 1 week!
copperfield 1 week!
ronjohn 1 week!
Avra 1 week!
Swap 1 week!
Mvngon 2 weeks!
Odelle 2 weeks!
LillianGish 2 weeks!
tam2014 2 weeks!
FishNHippy 2 weeks!
huntingtontx 6 months!
If I missed your special day, my apologies. Please send me a pm with your
clean/sober date.
All these courageous folks signed in within the last 24 hours since 10 pm
EST USA 1/6. Way to go! This List is now closed!
Thank You Miss Tempebrenn for Today's Roster!
1newcreation
AG2013
Alysheba
Avra
Babs1234
Beanie25
Bird800
Blueyesgrn
BuddinK
calico
Cara39
Carlotta
Cascabel
ChrisBen
ChrissieB
Chrissy2014
Coldfusion
DaneK
deeker
dizzychainsaw
Elseware
Emkay
erfra7
FishnHippy
ForMeForThem
free2Bsober13
gatorgirl67
George3334
Gilmer
Goat
Goose1
GypsyHeart
HDrosebud
huntingtontx
jat14
jazzfish
joshlyman
joyousone
kadidee
Kat60
kellbell123
Kizzer49
Laly
Levitz
liberated
LillianGish
lommey
Lostmyoffswitch
Marcher13
MariahGayle
MeSoSober
MetalMatt
micmac
Mountainmanbob
Muhv
MythicPhoenix
Odelle
Pacci
Peacehappyness
poolsideGal
Rickh54
Serenitatem
sharon801
Skye2
SnowDawg
Swaps
Takoda
tam2014
TempeBrenn
tgirl
tootsl1
trudgingagain
veryready
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zeppodog
Everyone may begin signing in again starting NOW. Roster will be posted 24 hours
from now at 10 pm EST USA 1/8.
Denial
I didn't want to look at all the stuff I did while I drank and drugged. I didn't think I was
as bad as some people. I still had a husband , a family, a job, a truck and a house .
My kid was smart, my house was clean and well maintained.
I did it up good on Holidays and Birthdays with decorations and lots of presents.
I was fine, to the outside world I looked like the All American Mom .
But inside I lived in total fear. I prayed every morning that I didn't do something stupid
like call someone on the phone the night before, hurt someone or their feelings make a total
a** out of myself.
I walked on egg shells the next day after a blackout which happened a lot waiting to see how
my hubby and son were gonna react to me cuz I couldn't remember what I did or said.
If they didn't say anything, I was good to go. It was a good day for my addiction. And
my denial could live another day.
If they did say something I would spend the whole day trying to absolve my guilt.
Cleaning the house, making dinner, giving my son 20 bucks or take him to the movie.
Anything to get rid of that awful feeling inside and to avoid my own reality.
It didn't really work so then I would use that as an excuse the next night And say "Hey Look
at everything I did for you both yesterday, you don't appreciate me" And I would drink.
This cycle of denial kept me stuck for almost 23 years after I relapsed back in 1992 after almost
3 years clean and sober.
And at that time when I went out and relapsed I started with the "I'll just drink non alcoholic
beer" that lasted about 1 week and I was off and running for 23 yrs making all my "YETS" come true.
You know The "YETS"
(Well this didn't happen yet and that didn't happen yet I must not be an alcoholic)
Well guess what? All the "YETS" happened!
3 DUI's Total, Jail 7 times, 14 institutions, suicide attempts, loss of home, loss of truck, loss
of family.
I sure hope you don't go out there as long as I did. They say the ends are always the same Jails,
Institutions and Death.
Who ever "They" are that say that, "They" were not kidding.
If you don't think it could happen to you , you are wrong. The longer we stay out there drinking
and using all those things that we didn't think would happen all eventually happen. We just don't
know when.
And that one final night of drinking or drugging that you want to get your last "Hoorah" out of could
last 20 years.
Drinking and drugging is like playing Russian Roulette. You may have it together one night or maybe
even for a couple weeks but eventually that bad night happens, the bad thing happens, the undoable
consequence happens. And now you are so depressed because of it you are drinking or drugging to drown
those feelings. Now we have to continue cuz of more pain that we created that we don't know how to deal
with.
We just don't know when and what number of drinks is gonna put us over into black out mode until
it's to late.
For some there will be no return. I am no longer in denial. I know what's waiting for me out there.
I just don't know which drink or drug is going to do it. So I stay away from the first one.
It's like a Volcano, you just never know when it is going to Blow!
*Song For The Day -Fooling Yourself by Styx
If unable to find this 24 hour Thread in the future, Click on Search near top of page and
type in Newcomer Daily Support Threads and click GO! This is Part 33.God Bless!
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: South Bay, So Cal
Posts: 6,128
My first day as "The Chip Chick" at my Tuesday Noon meeting. I filled up the chip box Last week so I was ready! I'm checking in for my daily sign in for another 24 hours of Recovery. BTW Deek, I did sign in yesterday (Monday), just to let ya know.
Bobbi.
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 1,122
Signing in for another 24 hours here in Cali at 8:21PM. Enjoyed another beautiful sunny day however I find myself contemplating living a life free of alcohol more and more. I dont know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I've never given so much attention to alcohol before.
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 523
Thank you Deeker and Tempebrenn for tonight's roster, message and celebrations. Congratulations to all reaching those hard-won milestones.
It's 10:31 pm in Texas. Please put me down for another day of sobriety. I'm really liking it, and I love getting a sound night's sleep.
Love to all,
calico
It's 10:31 pm in Texas. Please put me down for another day of sobriety. I'm really liking it, and I love getting a sound night's sleep.
Love to all,
calico
Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Indiana
Posts: 1,472
Here signing in for another 24 hours. I was just looking in the mirror tonight thinking how much younger I look now that I quit drinking. I had a wave of thankfulness wash over me. My teeth look whiter, too. I guess that's what happens when you actually brush your teeth twice a day!
Denial really is an ugly beast. I'm amazed that I let myself go like I did, looked myself in the mirror and told myself everything was fine. I'm so thankful to have finally snapped out of that and am able to look back on it and recognize it as the denial it was.
Thanks for another great post deeker! 12:08 AM in Indiana
Denial really is an ugly beast. I'm amazed that I let myself go like I did, looked myself in the mirror and told myself everything was fine. I'm so thankful to have finally snapped out of that and am able to look back on it and recognize it as the denial it was.
Thanks for another great post deeker! 12:08 AM in Indiana
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