Class of December 2014
 

Welcome everyone!



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Hi Dee

Thank you for opening this thread. It's a new day, a new month, a time to move ahead. Day 4 for me.

Welcome AWOL :)

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This isn't my class, but I just wanted to welcome all the december people!
Best wishes on your recovery and happy holidays :)

Just wanted to wish you all the very best of luck. I quit in early December 2 years ago and am still sober. I thought of waiting till New year but really just had to do it now. I remember thinking if I could get through the party season sober I could pretty much get through anything. I did it and you can too. It is true. You really can do this and make such a better life for yourself.

Checking in to SR day and night and joining the December class was the most important thing I've ever done and helped me more than I can say. Wishing you all the very best of luck and sending you strength and positive thoughts for taking this positive step which will change your life for the better :You_Rock_

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Please don't be shy guys - this is your thread for support - anyone who wants to quit this month is very welcome :)

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Day 1
 

I am not going to drink today. I've got to do it this time. I came clean to my bf last night. He's not stupid so he knew just didn't want to admit it. He knows me well. I'm not sure if he's angry with me or if he'll forgive me for being dishonest. He knows of my struggle with alcohol and has been supportive in my past attempts of quitting. I feel horrible about lying and hiding it from him. That's not my personality. Anyway today begins my sober life.

Welcome Sinderos :)

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Day 5 for me. Started on Thanksgiving and thought it was a symbolic way to start a life of sobriety. I will need this thread to wade through the holidays.

Thank you Dee for reminding me that it's ok to join yet another class. I want a sober December and beyond and the only way to do that is to keep at it, one day at a time. No excuses.

Welcome ArtFriend and FABL :)

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Day 1 again for me.

I'm joining this one too! I need all the help I can get! ;-)

I'm gonna do my best to make this day 1.

Day 3 (this is about my 50th day 3) but this time it's gonna work.

Day 1 again for me. I'll join you too.

I gotta say, after 11 months I'm finding myself at a loss. My motivation is low. I'm not going to drink or anything. But it is clear that I just took a year off from reality. Still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. My one year anniversary is coming at the end of the month. It will also be a year I was dismissed from my job. It took a life changing event for me to see that drinking was no good for me. I applaud those of you who are able to recognize this before it ruins your life. I could say my life was ruined. But in reality, my life has just begun.
Take this opportunity to make a fresh start on life. It's never too late.

I'm joining this thread too since I still feel that I am a newbie. Got through the holidays and weekend sober. Getting through the holidays sober was a first for me for over 10 years.

Hello all today is day 3 for me. I have to succeed this time. On Friday we had a get together at my home, I didn't drink until it was almost over, ( I always hide to drink no one in my family other than I drink. ) and then I had a horrible argument with a family member . Things went really wrong. Now my husband is angry and not speaking to me. Saturday was a really bad day for me. I am better today. I have never had anyone to talk to about the drinking. I am happy for the support.

This is probably my 4th or 5th class I've joined, lasting a few months ago 15 days (a personal best in over 10 year of alcoholic drinking). But, I fell off the wagon - maybe stress, maybe boredom, maybe just not ready to quit. Since that time three months ago, I've begun to steadily spiral out of control, putting my career and professional reputation on the line more than once. There have been inappropriate emails that I've had to try and make excuses for, conversations I don't remember ... This is the first time that I feel like I hit rock bottom and I'm literally one drink away from even that bottom falling out. I'm terrified. No other way to say it.

Drinking two bottles of wine a night, sometimes up to a case over a weekend has also left me with strange liver pains and uncontrollable shaking and sweating during the day when I'm not drinkng. Doctors appt is on the slate for next week to see what damage I've caused.

In the meantime, I've flown to my parents house for the week where alcohol isn't a temptation and I can sober up a little in a loving environment. Today will be 4 days sober.

I'm putting one foot in front of the other - looking into counseling and just trying to plot a life that doesn't include constant anxiety and misery.