Welcome EasyRider :) Have a great day everyone :) D |
Beautiful 4th, along with some very inspirational readings. Enjoy the day all. |
Hi everyone, I'm starting my recovery today. It is day 1. I spent most of the past weekend drinking and hungover. My past efforts at quitting alcohol have been weak and ineffective. I haven't really put my heart, soul, and commitment needed into quitting alcohol. My plan is simple....each morning when I wake up, log into SR and make a promise to everybody that I will not drink alcohol today. I'm going to keep my word and my goal is that it will build some accountability. I've bee indecisive on quitting for over 5 years now and I'm tired of it. Alcohol is really holding me back in life. I don't drink everyday but when I do drink I drink heavily, blackout, and my hangovers last for days. I never really feel like myself again until about a week later after drinking. Thank you to everyone being here and I look forward to our journey together. I am here to support you in your sober journey too. Life is difficult but we do have each other to build friendships with. Let's do this! |
I'm in . Have had many first days and so glad to be sober once again! July is a tough month for me because of my birthday and vacation! Good luck to everyone !!:grouphug: |
Originally Posted by Delilah1
(Post 6524028)
You don't sound shallow at all, just grateful for some of the blessings in your life. You worked hard to get where you are, and should be proud of it! I am also a thrift store lover! |
Happy Birthday 4th everyone! Beautiful day here. Getting ready to hit my sales. Let's make it a sober day! :) Have a great one friends. |
Originally Posted by kona5k
(Post 6524327)
Hi everyone, I'm starting my recovery today. It is day 1. I spent most of the past weekend drinking and hungover. My past efforts at quitting alcohol have been weak and ineffective. I haven't really put my heart, soul, and commitment needed into quitting alcohol. My plan is simple....each morning when I wake up, log into SR and make a promise to everybody that I will not drink alcohol today. I'm going to keep my word and my goal is that it will build some accountability. I've bee indecisive on quitting for over 5 years now and I'm tired of it. Alcohol is really holding me back in life. I don't drink everyday but when I do drink I drink heavily, blackout, and my hangovers last for days. I never really feel like myself again until about a week later after drinking. Thank you to everyone being here and I look forward to our journey together. I am here to support you in your sober journey too. Life is difficult but we do have each other to build friendships with. Let's do this! Like you I have been quitting and going back for years. I didn't drink every night but was a black-out drinker and got into plenty of unpleasant situations with my "black-out mouth". I hate the person I turn into when I drink like that, the beast comes out, but after a period of sobriety I would think I could introduce just a little and tried many ways to control my consumption over the years, always failing. "The idea that somehow, someday he will control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing. Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death." ~ from Chapter 3 of the AA big book I choose life today. Good work everyone on another day sober! :You_Rock_ |
Originally Posted by Sober81
(Post 6524153)
I just found out ethanol is a class 1 carnagenic, the same as asbestos. I'm disgusted its taken me to the age of 35 to find that out. Thanks for sharing. |
Hey everyone I got sober on the 1 July. I'm joining this thread to talk to other sober people. Congratulations to everyone who has posted so far. |
Well done, and best wishes to you, sweetichick :grouphug: |
In! Again. *cringe |
Originally Posted by sweetichick
(Post 6524792)
Hey everyone I got sober on the 1 July. I'm joining this thread to talk to other sober people. Congratulations to everyone who has posted so far. |
Welcome Kona, Skipper, Sweetichick. & starstarstar :) No need to feel self conscious - we're all in this together :) D |
Originally Posted by skipper123
(Post 6524350)
I'm in . Have had many first days and so glad to be sober once again! July is a tough month for me because of my birthday and vacation! Good luck to everyone !!:grouphug: |
Originally Posted by kona5k
(Post 6524327)
Hi everyone, I'm starting my recovery today. It is day 1. I spent most of the past weekend drinking and hungover. My past efforts at quitting alcohol have been weak and ineffective. I haven't really put my heart, soul, and commitment needed into quitting alcohol. My plan is simple....each morning when I wake up, log into SR and make a promise to everybody that I will not drink alcohol today. I'm going to keep my word and my goal is that it will build some accountability. I've bee indecisive on quitting for over 5 years now and I'm tired of it. Alcohol is really holding me back in life. I don't drink everyday but when I do drink I drink heavily, blackout, and my hangovers last for days. I never really feel like myself again until about a week later after drinking. Thank you to everyone being here and I look forward to our journey together. I am here to support you in your sober journey too. Life is difficult but we do have each other to build friendships with. Let's do this! |
Originally Posted by sweetichick
(Post 6524792)
Hey everyone I got sober on the 1 July. I'm joining this thread to talk to other sober people. Congratulations to everyone who has posted so far. |
Originally Posted by starstarstar
(Post 6524859)
In! Again. *cringe |
Well I made it through this long holiday weekend and I am so glad I did. I just wish I wasn't so darn tired. I'm lucky if I make it to 8:30 before I'm in bed. I feel bad because I know my almost 11 year old is probably trying to figure out why Mama is so boring now. We use to spend a lot of summer nights by the fire and Fourth of July we usually put on a small firework display and have some family over. I just didn't have it in me this year and to be honest, sitting in front of the fire without drinks just seems so boring now. Oh well, I'm sure it will pass and in the meantime I am getting tons of stuff done. I need to start planning some summer activities with my youngest. My oldest is 18 and has plans of his own... :-) Anyways Congrats to everybody for making it another day sober, and if you didn't, just keep trying. Oh and welcome to all the newcomers! |
Oh by the way, I imagine that there may be some others like me that are really looking forward to the health benefits of quitting.. maybe losing a few extra pounds, incorporating a new exercise program, changing their diet? Well diet, nutrition and health are one of my favorite things to talk about and starting tomorrow I am going to be trying to lose the extra liquor weight and more importantly get my health back to what it once was. If anyone else is in the same boat please let me know, I'd love to chat and be able to encourage one another... :-) |
happy belated bday mandosca. I read your post about health and fitness. I am very much looking forward to getting into the best shape I can. I will be turning 50 next summer and want to look my best. All these years of heavy drinking have done a number on me. I am heavier now than I was when I was pregnant !! I have been doing a low carb diet the last week and half and for some reason my wine cravings have not been as bad? not sure if that's just in my head or its really helping with the cravings! |
Originally Posted by skipper123
(Post 6525110)
happy belated bday mandosca. I read your post about health and fitness. I am very much looking forward to getting into the best shape I can. I will be turning 50 next summer and want to look my best. All these years of heavy drinking have done a number on me. I am heavier now than I was when I was pregnant !! I have been doing a low carb diet the last week and half and for some reason my wine cravings have not been as bad? not sure if that's just in my head or its really helping with the cravings! |
Originally Posted by skipper123
(Post 6525110)
happy belated bday mandosca. I read your post about health and fitness. I am very much looking forward to getting into the best shape I can. I will be turning 50 next summer and want to look my best. All these years of heavy drinking have done a number on me. I am heavier now than I was when I was pregnant !! I have been doing a low carb diet the last week and half and for some reason my wine cravings have not been as bad? not sure if that's just in my head or its really helping with the cravings! |
Originally Posted by Delilah1
(Post 6525201)
I had gained a little over 40 pounds over my years drinking, it got harder to lose as I got older. I've lost 45 pounds since stopping, and have kept it off. I definitely attribute it to the wine calories, as well as the junk I ate when I was drunk. |
Hi Everyone. I'm ashamed to say I drank yesterday. But I can't give up this time. It's only a matter of time before I have a heart attack or stroke if I keep this up. I hate living like this. But it's not really living at all. I'm also looking forward to losing weight. I was sober for 3 days last week and lost 7 pounds! But then put it all back on at the weekend. I'm going straight home today, get a shower, put on my pajamas, make some food and check in here tonight. |
Have you considered making a recovery plan ER? http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...very-plan.html D |
Hi all. I'd like to join this class. Was very briefly in the March class but didn't stick around once I'd relapsed. The intervening four months have not been pretty, but hey, I I'm back and ready to rumble. Day 1 btw Good luck everyone! |
I'm in. Never was a heavy drinker but the past 4 years I've drank too frequently and too much. Go 1 or 2 days, then drink and feel guilty and horrible about myself. Father died from drinking and that has always scared me. Done shameful things while drunk and I just don't want to be that person. My health means a lot to me. |
Hi everybody. I'm trying again. I'm in for July. Today is day 1 for me. I have failed more times than I can count. My mind and body are screaming at me to stop. I feel so much better after a week or two and then think I can have just one. That 1 drink is the end for me. I cannot stop after that. I know I cannot drink anymore. I need to get myself healthy. I will post on here before I drink. Let's do this. |
Good morning July 17ers! Welcome to all the newcomers and to those of you returning for a fresh start. Fall 99 times, get up 100. Never stop trying! |
Yesterday's sober look at my life turned to full blown clinical depression when I woke this morning. People think it's sadness. The real stuff, the worst case, is simply feeling nothing. No emotion. That's why cutters do what they do. Anyway, I'm simply hiding and I got in on Tuesday with my therapist. I don't tend to drink when I'm not well like this. For one thing I drink when I'm amped up, not when I'm down. Another thing, I will become suicidal with this level of depression and booze. After the first few it's all I can think about. So I won't be drinking. V |
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