Class of January 2022 Part 3
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Morning again. I'm going through a bit of difficulty right now. I posted here about it:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...g-support.html (Needing Support)
I didn't want to duplicate the post but I appreciate all the support I can get.
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...g-support.html (Needing Support)
I didn't want to duplicate the post but I appreciate all the support I can get.
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Good luck Scott, with I could be of more help but this is a situation I know I have coming in a few years but no idea how I’ll deal with it.
What I do know is that your sobriety will let you see things clearly and make the best decisions. Not the easiest, the best.
What I do know is that your sobriety will let you see things clearly and make the best decisions. Not the easiest, the best.
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Hi Guys - Things are much better. Crisis averted for now. My dad is healing and feeling better. My mom got some new meds that helped tremendously. She was like a completely different person today. I made progress with my dad and got him to think about assisted living for him and my mom in the not to distant future. That was a huge start. Enemdio, it really did strengthen my sobriety and I never really felt at risk but I was also very aware of the risk. It felt like a huge growth for me personally. Thank you for your support.
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It was a really important test (not sure thats the right word) for me. In 2018, my wife's mother passed away and I was left with cleaning up a really messy estate by myself. I responded by diving head first into the bottle. I hit my bottom in December 2018 when I was drinking 24/7, having auditory hallucinations, and was sick for a week when I detoxed myself. That was the beginning of my recovery that took until November 20, 2021 my last day 1. I feel really good to be where I am at today.
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So glad things are a bit more settled now and your dad is considering the assisted living and your mums new meds are working.
Even though you felt sure you wouldn't drink you recognised that the situation was a stressful one and something that's made you drink more in the past and reached out to people and stopped any thoughts of drinking before they even started. That's a valuable lesson that I'm certainly going to be using in future so thanks Scott for sharing.
Have a great day all. Day 131 here and feeling god stong but always vigilant.
Even though you felt sure you wouldn't drink you recognised that the situation was a stressful one and something that's made you drink more in the past and reached out to people and stopped any thoughts of drinking before they even started. That's a valuable lesson that I'm certainly going to be using in future so thanks Scott for sharing.
Have a great day all. Day 131 here and feeling god stong but always vigilant.
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It sure was Brit. What was most amazing was how clear it was to me that it was a trigger situation. I literally replayed the old me over and over. The new me was totally aware it and knew what to do. That has never happened before.
Congratulations on 131.
Congratulations on 131.
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That s awesome Scott! Sounds like you are super solid with sobriety, sounds like we all are, happy days ahead for us!
Congrats Brit! So cool to see your day count increase!
All good here, standard week apart from an injury I ve been dealing with for a few weeks, the perks of martial arts… these were always triggers in the past, I mean, not triggers per se, but just no reason not to drink at night.
It s very different now, drinking is far from an option, even if everyone around me is drinking. My fiancée surprisingly has been joining in on my sobriety and she s loving it, and she s not even an alcoholic like me (which is why I m surprised she joined).
As I’ve been saying a lot, happy days…
Congrats Brit! So cool to see your day count increase!
All good here, standard week apart from an injury I ve been dealing with for a few weeks, the perks of martial arts… these were always triggers in the past, I mean, not triggers per se, but just no reason not to drink at night.
It s very different now, drinking is far from an option, even if everyone around me is drinking. My fiancée surprisingly has been joining in on my sobriety and she s loving it, and she s not even an alcoholic like me (which is why I m surprised she joined).
As I’ve been saying a lot, happy days…
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Thank you, I'm trying not to focus on them numbers too much but its nice to look every now and then now and see them clocking up 😀.
Scott it is amazing and brilliant, I guess we maybe recognised triggers before but perhaps we choose to ignore them because we didn't really want to stop but now we're more mindful of these potential red flags and they set alarm bells ringing and we don't want anything threatening our soberiety so we take them steps to be doubly sure nothing does (belt and braces)
MrP im sorry you have an injury, I hope it starts to improve soon. That's brilliant your fiancee is supporting you so much!
Nothing much happening this week with me except a health check which came back with great cholesterol levels which I don't think I would have had back in December lol. Been making an effort to exercise more and today I saw somebody from a very drunken night out last year and quite frankly I wanted to jump into the nearest bush! I never want to have to feel that way again (I guess it wasn't anything to horrific that happened not life changing or anything) but was a good reminder of what I do not miss about drinking lol.
Scott it is amazing and brilliant, I guess we maybe recognised triggers before but perhaps we choose to ignore them because we didn't really want to stop but now we're more mindful of these potential red flags and they set alarm bells ringing and we don't want anything threatening our soberiety so we take them steps to be doubly sure nothing does (belt and braces)
MrP im sorry you have an injury, I hope it starts to improve soon. That's brilliant your fiancee is supporting you so much!
Nothing much happening this week with me except a health check which came back with great cholesterol levels which I don't think I would have had back in December lol. Been making an effort to exercise more and today I saw somebody from a very drunken night out last year and quite frankly I wanted to jump into the nearest bush! I never want to have to feel that way again (I guess it wasn't anything to horrific that happened not life changing or anything) but was a good reminder of what I do not miss about drinking lol.
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