Hi, I'm Brittany
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 140
I have a question.
I haven't actually started my sobriety yet.
I am still drinking but know that I need to stop.
Should I not be posting on this website?
Also, I don't feel like my addiction is as big as other
people's.
I haven't actually started my sobriety yet.
I am still drinking but know that I need to stop.
Should I not be posting on this website?
Also, I don't feel like my addiction is as big as other
people's.
believer
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,411
This place is about support. From what i've seen you will always be welcomed.
Let me tell you i'm proud of your will to change. For me, if i had not arrived to this site, i would probably have not realized the dimension that addiction can have in life. It made me respect anybody with a will to make a life change. Because for me that's what sobriety is. I am recovering from depression now, and at the same time growing as a person. Many people here have very distinct paths. What unifies us is we all know there are very dark places, and we all don't want to go into those places again. It isn't easy, but it's about the freedom of spirit feeling at the end of the day.
By the way. Now is always the best time to start Brittany...
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Let me tell you i'm proud of your will to change. For me, if i had not arrived to this site, i would probably have not realized the dimension that addiction can have in life. It made me respect anybody with a will to make a life change. Because for me that's what sobriety is. I am recovering from depression now, and at the same time growing as a person. Many people here have very distinct paths. What unifies us is we all know there are very dark places, and we all don't want to go into those places again. It isn't easy, but it's about the freedom of spirit feeling at the end of the day.
By the way. Now is always the best time to start Brittany...
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Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Thank you.
I really appreciate your words and support.
I know that the sooner I stop the easier it will be.
But as everyone here knows, it's not easy at all.
I don't know how I will get through my days without it.
Every time I quit drinking, I feel like a part of me has been
taken away..
I really appreciate your words and support.
I know that the sooner I stop the easier it will be.
But as everyone here knows, it's not easy at all.
I don't know how I will get through my days without it.
Every time I quit drinking, I feel like a part of me has been
taken away..
Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 23
Hey Brittany, good luck on your qwest to your sobriety. I am just a few days clean so I know how you feel about not fitting in. Right now I'm detoxing myself so that I can enroll into a program such as AA. I'm going to try and do it myself, but I will seek further help if necessary. I have the same feelings you do about being young in a group of older people as I'm only 24. Maybe we can start our own support group for younger people on here!
everything is already ok
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia
Posts: 19,793
Originally Posted by Brittany Marie 
I have a question.
I haven't actually started my sobriety yet.
I am still drinking but know that I need to stop.
Should I not be posting on this website?
Also, I don't feel like my addiction is as big as other
people's.
I haven't actually started my sobriety yet.
I am still drinking but know that I need to stop.
Should I not be posting on this website?
Also, I don't feel like my addiction is as big as other
people's.
So stay here and be with us and see how it goes.
Love Kevin
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 140
Thanks Kevin!
I'm really grateful to you guys for being so accepting.
bud349-
hi! i'm glad you understand some about not fitting in and being
relatively younger than most people here.
A younger support group would be great!
But I have no idea how to go about that.
Britt x
I'm really grateful to you guys for being so accepting.
bud349-
hi! i'm glad you understand some about not fitting in and being
relatively younger than most people here.
A younger support group would be great!
But I have no idea how to go about that.
Britt x
Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 23
Originally Posted by Brittany Marie
Thanks Kevin!
I'm really grateful to you guys for being so accepting.
bud349-
hi! i'm glad you understand some about not fitting in and being
relatively younger than most people here.
A younger support group would be great!
But I have no idea how to go about that.
Britt x
I'm really grateful to you guys for being so accepting.
bud349-
hi! i'm glad you understand some about not fitting in and being
relatively younger than most people here.
A younger support group would be great!
But I have no idea how to go about that.
Britt x
Ending the Old Me.
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Under a Rock
Posts: 377
Britt - I was on lurking on this site weeks before I quit drinking - no worries! I'm quite sure your not the only one, you just had the guts to admit it.
You and Bud are starting in the right section, there a ton of good threads in the newcomers section. I would not have made it this far (day 22) without them.
I wouldn't worry about the age thing. I was worried that I would be one of the younger people at my first AA meeting - I got greeted at the door by a 20 yr old.
I have a Friday night AA meeting that I love, it's a young group, I'm one of the old guys at 38. I would guess the average age is less than 28.
There are people in the meeting, 5-10 yrs sober, that I still have 10 yrs on.
The single best piece of advice that I've been given at an AA meeting, was told to me by a 24 year old. With alcoholism age just doesn't matter.
You and Bud are starting in the right section, there a ton of good threads in the newcomers section. I would not have made it this far (day 22) without them.
I wouldn't worry about the age thing. I was worried that I would be one of the younger people at my first AA meeting - I got greeted at the door by a 20 yr old.
I have a Friday night AA meeting that I love, it's a young group, I'm one of the old guys at 38. I would guess the average age is less than 28.
There are people in the meeting, 5-10 yrs sober, that I still have 10 yrs on.
The single best piece of advice that I've been given at an AA meeting, was told to me by a 24 year old. With alcoholism age just doesn't matter.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: ireland
Posts: 169
welcome brittany and bud,
im so glad youve joined us, youll find a wealth of information and support on here day or night.
in my AA group (im still new to this too) the age ranges are from teens to seventies. some of the younger ones too have more sobriety on the oldies
i enjoy the mixture of ages as you get so much from both, makes the meetings very interesting:ghug3
im so glad youve joined us, youll find a wealth of information and support on here day or night.
in my AA group (im still new to this too) the age ranges are from teens to seventies. some of the younger ones too have more sobriety on the oldies
i enjoy the mixture of ages as you get so much from both, makes the meetings very interesting:ghug3
believer
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Europe
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Hey Brittany just want to add i'm 23... Soon you'll find out there are many young folks over here going through similar things..
Somebody once told me this when i came to the site: "If you get sober now that you're young then it's a huge, huge blessing.." I think everybody who has been through many years of addiction agrees with me on that one....
Sobriety will probably be the hardest battle of a lifetime, but it's worth it...
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Somebody once told me this when i came to the site: "If you get sober now that you're young then it's a huge, huge blessing.." I think everybody who has been through many years of addiction agrees with me on that one....
Sobriety will probably be the hardest battle of a lifetime, but it's worth it...
hug
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 309
Hi Brittany, welcome to SR!
All I can say (being that I stumbled in here just 3 weeks ago), is that if you are here, and you want to stop drinking, then you belong here.
It doesn't matter whether you drink one drink a day, or none but heaps at the weekend, or fifty an hour (woah!) - if you aren't happy with how much you drink, or how it's affecting your life, then you need to choose whether you want to continue drinking or not.
If you can't stop on your own, then you need help, like what this forum provides (and some of the programs/skills people here endorse). It took me a long time to ask for help, and I only wish I'd done it sooner.
Have a look around, and read some things, and drink as long as you feel comfortable drinking - I don't think anyone here will judge you, because most of us are here because we don't want to drink any more at all. Personally, alcohol and drugs have ruined pretty much everything good in my life, and I don't want that to happen to anyone else if I can help it, because it sux.
Anyhoo, good luck and don't be afraid to ask whatever questions you need answering - there is no right or wrong here, just a bunch of people trying to help each other out.
ndz
All I can say (being that I stumbled in here just 3 weeks ago), is that if you are here, and you want to stop drinking, then you belong here.
It doesn't matter whether you drink one drink a day, or none but heaps at the weekend, or fifty an hour (woah!) - if you aren't happy with how much you drink, or how it's affecting your life, then you need to choose whether you want to continue drinking or not.
If you can't stop on your own, then you need help, like what this forum provides (and some of the programs/skills people here endorse). It took me a long time to ask for help, and I only wish I'd done it sooner.
Have a look around, and read some things, and drink as long as you feel comfortable drinking - I don't think anyone here will judge you, because most of us are here because we don't want to drink any more at all. Personally, alcohol and drugs have ruined pretty much everything good in my life, and I don't want that to happen to anyone else if I can help it, because it sux.
Anyhoo, good luck and don't be afraid to ask whatever questions you need answering - there is no right or wrong here, just a bunch of people trying to help each other out.
ndz
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Thank you all for your kind messages of support/help and wisdom.
It really does mean alot as you guys are the only people in my life who understand what I'm going through.
Much appreciated,
Britt x
It really does mean alot as you guys are the only people in my life who understand what I'm going through.
Much appreciated,
Britt x
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