The 24 Hour Club Sign Up Sheet, Part 49, All Are Welcome!
Closing the gates of Oblivion
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: OK, USA
Posts: 273
Thank you venuscat for all you've done here. This thread has been a big help for me.
And thanks to deeker for the support and cheerleading you provide to all of us. Your thoughtfulness has done wonders for me.
I am happy to be celebrating 4 weeks. I am working on pulling my britches up and not let life knock me down. Thanks all and congratulations on your sober time. Sign me up for another 24 hours please.
2214 in Oklahoma.
And thanks to deeker for the support and cheerleading you provide to all of us. Your thoughtfulness has done wonders for me.
I am happy to be celebrating 4 weeks. I am working on pulling my britches up and not let life knock me down. Thanks all and congratulations on your sober time. Sign me up for another 24 hours please.
2214 in Oklahoma.
Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Texas
Posts: 523
Venuscat, thank you for your dedication and your willingness to take on the responsibility for anniversaries. I know this will help deeker a lot. And congratulations on your new job!
24 more for me please, at 10:47 pm.
Love to all,
calico
24 more for me please, at 10:47 pm.
Love to all,
calico
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Gulf Coast, Florida USA
Posts: 5,731
24 Hour Club Sign up Sheet Part 49, All Are Welcome!
Hello Everyone! Hope you all survived the last 24 hours. If you are just passing through,
why don't you stop and think about joining us in a commitment to stay clean and sober
for the next 24 hours.
C'mon you can do it, just post your local time and commit!
Please post only once daily on this thread as this is mainly a sign up sheet. Thanks
Welcome to Our Newest Member - Teigan5 -Rar -Chasingthedream -nopartygirl - Taproot -livin14 -
navigatorrs -JohnnySober -Discovery14
Welcome Back to all those returning!!
Congratulations!
Goldcoastgirl 1 week!
MariahGayle 1 week!
NewWonder 2 weeks!
toddle118 4 weeks!
Looking4Help 1 month!
Raider 2 months!
Emkay 2 months!
rove27 3 months!
SoberLeigh 2 yrs 4 months!
Please pm me with any corrections or updates and if I missed anyone's special day! As you know
the club has grown by leaps and bounds. I am tracking over 150 people right now. If you are
an active member and check in at least once a week I will continue to post your anniversaries.
If you do not check in for over 2 weeks I will consider you inactive for the time being. Of course
if you leave you are always welcome to come back at anytime.
All Pics - Phi Phi Thailand
Tonight was Miss venuscat's last day on roster. Congratulations on your new job Miss venuscat
and thank you for your service to the 24 hour club! But we can't let you get away that easy.
Miss venuscat starting tomorrow will be working behind the scenes serving as the 24 Hour
Club Anniversary Congratulatory Committee of one. So keep hitting those milestones everyone,
we have to keep this cat busy!! ♥
Roster will be posted at 10 pm EST USA 4/4.
Triggers
Triggers are threats to anyone’s sobriety; they are whatever makes you think about and/or
crave alcohol/drugs. Triggers can lead to a relapse if you’re not careful and paying attention.
I am happy to say that mine are pretty identifiable and it has gotten a bit easier. In early recovery
my triggers were much more frequent and difficult to deal with, as almost anything posed a threat,
things like:
A beer commercial
A TV program or chair we sat in drinking
Glass tables (on which we did drugs)
An old song
A sunny day
A rainy day
Being overly thirsty
Being Hungry
Being angry
Being Lonely
Being Tired
Gettin off work
Fridays
Driving by the bar
Old hangouts
Feeling happy
Feeling sad
Watching football
Restaurants with bars
Using wine glasses
Feeling bored
Holidays
Stress
The beach
Cookouts
You name it.
The early days in recovery are of course the hardest because though we have given up the
booze and drugs, we haven’t had the time to replace it with healthy tools and habits. So we
don't know what to do with all the time we spent drinking/drugging.
We have to learn to approach life in new ways with a sober/clean mind and it takes a shift in
our perspective on just about everything, which takes a lot of time, energy and persistence.
Of course we can't avoid the weather or commercials on TV, but there certainly are obvious things
we should avoid early on like places that serve alcohol, hanging out with old friends who used
and anything that was strongly related to our using.
Just be aware in the early days that there will be triggers. Try to take note of them and avoid
them at all costs in the first few months of your recovery. It will make your life a whole lot easier.
And really let's try not to put ourselves in the middle of drinking situations in our first weeks to months.
There's a saying that if you keep going into the barbershop one day you will get a haircut.
Same thing with going to bars or old hangouts associated with drinking or using. We may not think
it is a problem but I believe subconsciously it is doing a number on our brain. And eventually we
will pick up.
The bars will still be there 6 months from now, let's give ourselves a chance to get a firm foundation
in recovery. I have a feeling by then you will wonder why it is you found those places so appealing in
the first place.
Now Who's In?
*Song For The Day -Britt Nicole - The Lost Get Found w/ Lyrics
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God Bless!
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