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Awake it is good to hear you did not pick-up. I'm glad that I'm not the only one to hear the voice I thouhgt I was going crazy. That is unless all of you are crazy too. Maybe that's why we relate to each other so well.
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Originally Posted by tkdan 
That is unless all of you are crazy too.
It's possible!
Originally Posted by tkdan
Maybe that's why we relate to each other so well.
Thanks
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Congratulations on a job well done.
In my case I'm not actually sure if "the voice" gets weaker or if the cravings, with time and knowledge affect us in a different way.
That is why I consider to work a program extremely important cause in that way we gain strategies, skills and relapse preventions to deal with the horrible cravings in a appropriate way. Keep it up and do not forget to play the tape till the end to "shut up" the voice. Swamijapa
In my case I'm not actually sure if "the voice" gets weaker or if the cravings, with time and knowledge affect us in a different way.
That is why I consider to work a program extremely important cause in that way we gain strategies, skills and relapse preventions to deal with the horrible cravings in a appropriate way. Keep it up and do not forget to play the tape till the end to "shut up" the voice. Swamijapa
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Originally Posted by awake121207
I have to post this. I want to share my opinion, but I mostly have to post this as a line drawn in the sand between alcohol and my recovery.
I have tried to quit and failed many times. However, using the support of this board I feel this is the only time I have actually been in recovery. Although I am not in AA, I am building a system of support and tools, and I am dedicated to being sober because I want it more than alcohol. I truly feel the voice that argues for it is an enemy within.
I believe I can do it without relapse. If I don't, it will be a choice not to use the tools at my disposal--it's not an inevitability.
I have tried to quit and failed many times. However, using the support of this board I feel this is the only time I have actually been in recovery. Although I am not in AA, I am building a system of support and tools, and I am dedicated to being sober because I want it more than alcohol. I truly feel the voice that argues for it is an enemy within.
I believe I can do it without relapse. If I don't, it will be a choice not to use the tools at my disposal--it's not an inevitability.
The difference between being in recovery and just not drinking is profound, and I am living this day (#19) in recovery thanks to what I have learned from all here in SR.
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I guess I’m making this thread my own little corner of this forum from which to share.
This 21st day of sobriety is a good one. Not like the past two days. From Sunday afternoon to early evening yesterday I went through a horrible period of depression followed by agitation—probably PAWS. Thankfully, I was able to ride it out with the tools I have gathered.
I have found a great deal of support and learned much in this Newcomers section of the forum, and I am very grateful for it.
As I was slipping into the depression on Sunday, I decided to venture out into the Alcoholism section of the forum. It was sad. I only read two threads—it was all I could handle. Perhaps it was bad luck which threads I read; however, unlike what I have experienced here, there was more bickering and positioning for power than support. It seems that just as in the world as a whole, people would rather be “right” than compassionate, and the weak have little shelter.
I find the evangelization for ways to be sober and the infighting within them to be strange.
Again, I am glad there is very little of that in this section of the forum—I hope that continues to be the case because negativity certainly can’t help anyone’s recovery.
I am still grateful to all who post here and support each other.
Peace to each of you in this new year
This 21st day of sobriety is a good one. Not like the past two days. From Sunday afternoon to early evening yesterday I went through a horrible period of depression followed by agitation—probably PAWS. Thankfully, I was able to ride it out with the tools I have gathered.
I have found a great deal of support and learned much in this Newcomers section of the forum, and I am very grateful for it.
As I was slipping into the depression on Sunday, I decided to venture out into the Alcoholism section of the forum. It was sad. I only read two threads—it was all I could handle. Perhaps it was bad luck which threads I read; however, unlike what I have experienced here, there was more bickering and positioning for power than support. It seems that just as in the world as a whole, people would rather be “right” than compassionate, and the weak have little shelter.
I find the evangelization for ways to be sober and the infighting within them to be strange.
Again, I am glad there is very little of that in this section of the forum—I hope that continues to be the case because negativity certainly can’t help anyone’s recovery.
I am still grateful to all who post here and support each other.
Peace to each of you in this new year
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Hi Awake....
I am truly sorry your short experience in our Alcoholism Forum
was not a help to you.
SR has a diverse membership who share from their
perception and various stages of addiction and recovery.
If I look for the negetive ...I can definately find it.
If I look for the positive ....it's everywhere.
Blessings
I am truly sorry your short experience in our Alcoholism Forum
was not a help to you.
SR has a diverse membership who share from their
perception and various stages of addiction and recovery.
If I look for the negetive ...I can definately find it.
If I look for the positive ....it's everywhere.
Blessings
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I kinda like the doctor who, when a patient comes in and says 'it hurts when I do this'....he says 'well then *don't* do that'...
You don't like it ? Don't go there.
There's no law that says 'everybody has to think like me' - and that cuts both ways, Awake.
Don't let your mood rob you of a great place to be.
D
You don't like it ? Don't go there.
There's no law that says 'everybody has to think like me' - and that cuts both ways, Awake.
Don't let your mood rob you of a great place to be.
D
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