One Year and Under Club Part 65
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Good morning Toots! Thank you for the welcome. I've had more Day 1's than I'd like to admit to. I hope none of us ever have another Day 1 again. I'm gratefully starting Day 3. It sure feels good! Life is so much better without the hangovers, isn't it? 
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Originally Posted by Teetotaler56 
Thank you Wisc! I just want to say I've enjoyed several of your posts this morning. Have a great sober day.
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Tee, that is so true of Wisc, I feel that the more you put into SR, the more you get out. And for at least the first year of sobriety, it's vital to get help over the early rocky ground
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One Day At A Time seems such an over used phrase, but really, in the early days, weeks, months, it's the best way to focus your energy. It's ok to work towards sobriety, making plans, making changes. But what really matters, is that whatever is thrown at you today, today you stay sober. Tomorrow, looking back on today, you will feel the win. Over and above whatever you had to deal with, getting through a day of screaming AVs is a huge win. Keep those days rocking up and soon they become weeks, then months, then years and suddenly you are living a sober life, rarely hearing AV, and have the ready tools to deal anyway.
I say this as an Undie who struggled for a long time to cope on my own before I gave myself to the keeping of SR, and learned to listen to the wisdom of my friends here, and learned to lean on their strength and to lend my own when their struggles were greater. I remember the sense of euphoria at reaching my first Soberversary, ( after the worst attack of AV and a white knuckling ever!) and the 'huh, what now?' feeling after the euphoria dissipated. I found out that 'What now' was actually pretty good, and it's true to say, the worst days sober are still better than the best days drunk.
I come here to help, to encourage to support because for those here looking at the scary start of a life of sobriety, you need to know that there is a life, a great life if you chose to make it so. I love my sober life, I have so many more choices now I decided drinking was not going to be one of them. Once you choose to take booze off the table your horizons broaden, your life becomes your own again.
congrats on day 70 (71 now!) Karen!
ee1979 You can get there my friend!
Be Strong, Be Safe, Be Sober.
I say this as an Undie who struggled for a long time to cope on my own before I gave myself to the keeping of SR, and learned to listen to the wisdom of my friends here, and learned to lean on their strength and to lend my own when their struggles were greater. I remember the sense of euphoria at reaching my first Soberversary, ( after the worst attack of AV and a white knuckling ever!) and the 'huh, what now?' feeling after the euphoria dissipated. I found out that 'What now' was actually pretty good, and it's true to say, the worst days sober are still better than the best days drunk.
I come here to help, to encourage to support because for those here looking at the scary start of a life of sobriety, you need to know that there is a life, a great life if you chose to make it so. I love my sober life, I have so many more choices now I decided drinking was not going to be one of them. Once you choose to take booze off the table your horizons broaden, your life becomes your own again.
congrats on day 70 (71 now!) Karen!
ee1979 You can get there my friend!
Be Strong, Be Safe, Be Sober.
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Awesome post toots!!
100% correct!
I hated the notion of ODAAT when I 1st heard of it.
My 1st post here was titled " I want to quit drinking" and I truly did.
I wanted it NOW. Well it doesn't work like that but it does work like that. As long as I don't drink NOW then I am a non-drinker. How long I have been sober doesn't really matter to me anymore. Sure I acknowledge milestones but when I 1st came here I wanted to be 10 years sober or 20 years sober. What really matters is I am sober Today.
So as much as I hate the slow roll concept of ODAAT, I am living it subconciously and Loving it.
Thank you for coming here and helping us Undies! Your posts have been a blessing to us all!
I no longer say " I want to quit drinking"
I now say " I do not drink anymore "
100% correct!
I hated the notion of ODAAT when I 1st heard of it.
My 1st post here was titled " I want to quit drinking" and I truly did.
I wanted it NOW. Well it doesn't work like that but it does work like that. As long as I don't drink NOW then I am a non-drinker. How long I have been sober doesn't really matter to me anymore. Sure I acknowledge milestones but when I 1st came here I wanted to be 10 years sober or 20 years sober. What really matters is I am sober Today.
So as much as I hate the slow roll concept of ODAAT, I am living it subconciously and Loving it.
Thank you for coming here and helping us Undies! Your posts have been a blessing to us all!
I no longer say " I want to quit drinking"
I now say " I do not drink anymore "
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Great post Toots! I’m definitely not drinking right now. One day at a time is what works for me. I can’t look to the future too much without the AV ramping up, it’s better for me to not drink today.
So I will not drink today
So I will not drink today
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Thanks Toots, I wasn’t doing so well before, I fell off the wagon again, amidst family dramas and internet issues and not accessing SR.
But I’m back into my second week sober and feeling a lot better again
One day at a time works for me. I’m just trying to build up lots of days, weeks, months, years, by not drinking now. Today
But I’m back into my second week sober and feeling a lot better again
One day at a time works for me. I’m just trying to build up lots of days, weeks, months, years, by not drinking now. Today
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Originally Posted by Willow68
Thanks Toots, I wasn’t doing so well before, I fell off the wagon again, amidst family dramas and internet issues and not accessing SR.
But I’m back into my second week sober and feeling a lot better again
One day at a time works for me. I’m just trying to build up lots of days, weeks, months, years, by not drinking now. Today
But I’m back into my second week sober and feeling a lot better again
One day at a time works for me. I’m just trying to build up lots of days, weeks, months, years, by not drinking now. Today
Good for you. One Day at a Time
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