Class of September 2017 Support Thread Part 1
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Morning everyone.
soberand healthy -you're not on your own here.
Rebecc-congrats on 13 days
Squiz-I'm with you on being able to type and function ok in the early hours without feeling rough
Deniedfish-we're on the same day
Thanks to everyone from other classes for their messages of support on here for us all.
Hope everyone is doing ok and welcome to new members. I woke up feeling much brighter today which just shows that no matter how bad a day it seems the next one probably won't be as bad. So glad I didn't drink. Day 5 now. off work but keeping busy.
What are everyone's plans for the weekend? I know weekends can be the hardest time for many of us.
soberand healthy -you're not on your own here.
Rebecc-congrats on 13 days
Squiz-I'm with you on being able to type and function ok in the early hours without feeling rough
Deniedfish-we're on the same day
Thanks to everyone from other classes for their messages of support on here for us all.
Hope everyone is doing ok and welcome to new members. I woke up feeling much brighter today which just shows that no matter how bad a day it seems the next one probably won't be as bad. So glad I didn't drink. Day 5 now. off work but keeping busy.
What are everyone's plans for the weekend? I know weekends can be the hardest time for many of us.
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Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: East Coast
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Hello folks - I'm Juno11 and have a problem with alcohol. I've been a member of a few other monthly groups here and need to give this another go. I've been trying on my own for a while and have a few sobriety dates and they have not sticked. So, I'm changing things up and joining here again. I'm also going back to my Face to Face support group here (SMART Recovery) as I have a whole support system that I haven't been utilizing.
I drank on August 29th, so my new sobriety date is August 30th. There was a happy hour at work and they had some big bottles of wine and veggies and hummus, etc. It really planted the idea that I wanted to drink. I couldn't go to the happy hour because I have kids and a dog (and a divorced single Mom) so I left and said I'm going to have my own happy hour and picked up a bottle of Chardonnay. It wasn't worth it - it tasted pretty bad, I had a crappy evening and got in a little texting fight with my ex (for which I have since apologized and told him that I'm under a lot of stress right now and overreacted - he accepted my apology so that issue is resolved.) I felt like crap most of my Day 1. My Day 1's are similar. I suffer through the night and morning and start to feel better around noon or 2pm - then I head to McDonalds and get myself some hangover food and start to recover. I don't want to do this anymore, and I want my Day 1 to stick. Looking forward to connecting with folks here again!
Day 3 today.
I drank on August 29th, so my new sobriety date is August 30th. There was a happy hour at work and they had some big bottles of wine and veggies and hummus, etc. It really planted the idea that I wanted to drink. I couldn't go to the happy hour because I have kids and a dog (and a divorced single Mom) so I left and said I'm going to have my own happy hour and picked up a bottle of Chardonnay. It wasn't worth it - it tasted pretty bad, I had a crappy evening and got in a little texting fight with my ex (for which I have since apologized and told him that I'm under a lot of stress right now and overreacted - he accepted my apology so that issue is resolved.) I felt like crap most of my Day 1. My Day 1's are similar. I suffer through the night and morning and start to feel better around noon or 2pm - then I head to McDonalds and get myself some hangover food and start to recover. I don't want to do this anymore, and I want my Day 1 to stick. Looking forward to connecting with folks here again!
Day 3 today.
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 34
HI All,
It's Sept 1st and I'm doing this. Summer is over, it's the start of new school year and month. I just need to get these first few days under my belt and get in a new groove. I've done it before and felt amazing, happy, energized.
Will be checking in here daily and would love to find some accoutability partners. Thanks!
It's Sept 1st and I'm doing this. Summer is over, it's the start of new school year and month. I just need to get these first few days under my belt and get in a new groove. I've done it before and felt amazing, happy, energized.
Will be checking in here daily and would love to find some accoutability partners. Thanks!
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 258
Day 2 for me. This time, after many failed attempts, I finally put my pride in my pocket and asked for help as I was spiraling out of control and drinking all day just to maintain what I thought was my sanity. There is no sanity in that. Never drunk all day and night, just "medicated" enough to function. Now I'm working with my M.D. and a specialist and working on choosing a counselor.
7 years ago I had weight loss surgery and this is one of the consequences: transfer addiction. I am an RN in a huge administrative role with a lot of stress. Never thought transfer addiction could happen to me. Delusional.
Currently trying to recover from a spinal compression fracture from a fall while drinking. I sure know how to have fun!
Have a great day everyone!
7 years ago I had weight loss surgery and this is one of the consequences: transfer addiction. I am an RN in a huge administrative role with a lot of stress. Never thought transfer addiction could happen to me. Delusional.
Currently trying to recover from a spinal compression fracture from a fall while drinking. I sure know how to have fun!
Have a great day everyone!
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: USA
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Hi everyone,
I would like to join please. Today is day 1. I was in the August class too and today would have been 3 weeks but I drank yesterday. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone
Rebecc78, cleaning is on my list of to do's this weekend I have an appointment for someone to come out to my house and have been rescheduling it because no one can see my house the way it looks now. I'm hoping it looks better at the end of the weekend.
I would like to join please. Today is day 1. I was in the August class too and today would have been 3 weeks but I drank yesterday. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone
Rebecc78, cleaning is on my list of to do's this weekend
I have an appointment for someone to come out to my house and have been rescheduling it because no one can see my house the way it looks now. I'm hoping it looks better at the end of the weekend.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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I'm going to jump back in here, I'm on day 2. Not my first month I've joined (I've joined several), but haven't been able to make the leap to permanent sobriety. Drinking has always been my fallback when things just got to stressful. Gotta change that.
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In! Going to do my venting in here instead of making a new thread every time life happens and I hope that's OK with everyone. 
Newcomers..Hang in there and know it does get better,but daily crap still happens. The world still spins and you have to learn/work at living in it without a shield of booze/drug.
Newcomers..Hang in there and know it does get better,but daily crap still happens. The world still spins and you have to learn/work at living in it without a shield of booze/drug.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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Stay strong everyone it will soon be happy sober Saturday 😀 although every day sober feels good waking sober on Saturdays feels especially goodd.
Can you go to bed maybe Rebecca? B emote you know it will be morning.
Hi emme I remember you from August. Welcome to all new members too.
I'm doing chores this weekend too tho at our caravan at the beach for one night. Have little Internet. Drinking water and reading. Soon be asleep.
Can you go to bed maybe Rebecca? B emote you know it will be morning.
Hi emme I remember you from August. Welcome to all new members too.
I'm doing chores this weekend too tho at our caravan at the beach for one night. Have little Internet. Drinking water and reading. Soon be asleep.
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Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: USA
Posts: 40
I think a big thought on all our minds including mine is how hard weekends can be. During the week, it helps that I have to get to work and have a lot of my day already taken up with responsibilities. My plan for (long weekend in the states) is to go to an AA meeting in a bit and just talk with everyone and try to find some sober people who might be planning get togethers or just want to hang out. That's my hope. Otherwise, like others have said, I need to get my house clean and have other chores to keep me busy. I also like to get in the car and go on odd excursions. I look up sites within an hour or so of my house and go on little day trips, listen to the radio and that's always enjoyable and gets my mind off things. I also recently joined a gym so trying to get that going as well!
On another track, one thing that I think I and many others realize upon first getting sober is how much we have put off (responsibility wise) and for me I felt like I had so many worries about all that. I made a list and each day I try to eliminate at least one thing that was worrying me and cross it off the list. Realize a lot of worries that seemed really big when I was drinking actually weren't that big at all!
I can't say that I didn't have a very strong desire to drink this afternoon on the way home from work (strongest in my 5 days) but writing on this forum and getting ready for AA meeting REALLY helps!
On another track, one thing that I think I and many others realize upon first getting sober is how much we have put off (responsibility wise) and for me I felt like I had so many worries about all that. I made a list and each day I try to eliminate at least one thing that was worrying me and cross it off the list. Realize a lot of worries that seemed really big when I was drinking actually weren't that big at all!
I can't say that I didn't have a very strong desire to drink this afternoon on the way home from work (strongest in my 5 days) but writing on this forum and getting ready for AA meeting REALLY helps!
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Portland, OR
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Day 4 is surprisingly the hardest for me. I feel like crap! Definitely the worst day - it's like I'm getting through the flu. Staying strong and going to get through this. Looking forward to tomorrow and the first 5 days being behind me.
Stay strong everyone! Myself included
Stay strong everyone! Myself included
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Join Date: Dec 2015
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Winding down day 2. I can relate to neglecting responsibilities while drinking. The stuff I need to do feel overwhelming, but I'm going to take the weekend to focus on staying sober. On Tuesday I'll turn my focus to accomplishing a to-do list.
For the first time ever I can really say I have no desire to drink tonight. It's a feeling of being genuinely sick of putting that poison in my body. This is new for me. I hope it sticks, but it'd be naive of me to think cravings at some point won't come back.
Have a good night everyone
For the first time ever I can really say I have no desire to drink tonight. It's a feeling of being genuinely sick of putting that poison in my body. This is new for me. I hope it sticks, but it'd be naive of me to think cravings at some point won't come back.
Have a good night everyone
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