Im new!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Pensacola, FL
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Im new!
Hi everyone. Brand new here. I just started reading and already... im feeling a little less terrified about walking in the door t'nite and NOT having a drink.
Im 32, married mom to 3 daughters. Work for a very busy law firm and we do bankruptcies. With the financial state most people are in right now, well, work is insane.
Ive used this excuse (along with my kids, lol) to "relax" after work for the past 5 years now.
I have to change. Im sick of my excuses, im sick of waking up feeling like crap, im sick of failing at my attempts to "cut back" im just sick of it all. Alcohol has just become nothing more than a crutch, ritual and a daily habit.
I will be here alot.
Tracy
Im 32, married mom to 3 daughters. Work for a very busy law firm and we do bankruptcies. With the financial state most people are in right now, well, work is insane.
Ive used this excuse (along with my kids, lol) to "relax" after work for the past 5 years now.
I have to change. Im sick of my excuses, im sick of waking up feeling like crap, im sick of failing at my attempts to "cut back" im just sick of it all. Alcohol has just become nothing more than a crutch, ritual and a daily habit.
I will be here alot.
Tracy
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Join Date: May 2008
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Welcome tracey. You have come to the right place for support. As I've said before, with 41,000 member here that would be, let's see, this times that, carry the naught, add the, well let's just say a whole bunch of excuses to drink. 
Glad you are here and let us know how you are doing. Let's us know if we can help in any way also..
Glad you are here and let us know how you are doing. Let's us know if we can help in any way also..
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Welcome to SR Tracey glad that you found us! There is a lot of support here and so happy that you are "less terrified! We are here for each other and in time you see that-
Keep posting and check out our other forums! The Alcoholism forum could
be a big support to you as well as this one-there are stickies at the top of each
forum with a wealth of information!
Happy you are here!
Keep posting and check out our other forums! The Alcoholism forum could
be a big support to you as well as this one-there are stickies at the top of each
forum with a wealth of information!
Happy you are here!
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: md
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Welcome, Tracey. Thanks for sharing, keep coming back! Do you have any plans for your recovery program yet? Is AA, or NA going to be part of your solution? I can highly recommend it, I get my 60-day tag tomorrow in NA! I'm glad you're with us!
KJ
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Pensacola, FL
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Thank so much for the warm welcome. As of right now, no plans in mind. Just taking it one day at a time. I have no earthly idea how I will make it through my first weekend without drinking. Guess I will cross that bridge when I get there!
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Hi Tracey, I joined this site today and its day 1 for me....FEEL LIKE CRAP!
Could not help but see that you joined back in Sep 2004...
I read your first post on that date...hope you stick with it this time around!
Could not help but see that you joined back in Sep 2004...
I read your first post on that date...hope you stick with it this time around!
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Scottsdale, AZ, one big happy dysfunctional family!
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Hi Tracy, welcome back to SR, I hope you stick around and follow a plan for your recovery.
I'm a single father to two pre-teens. A sober life in AA has blessed me with the ability to be the parent my children deserve to have. We have an amazing life together, I talk about it often on SR.
A few years ago I also reached the point where alcohol stopped working for me and I had to find something better to stay sober. Working and practicing the a 12-Step program was the only thing that worked for me. I hope you'll discover what you need.
I'm a single father to two pre-teens. A sober life in AA has blessed me with the ability to be the parent my children deserve to have. We have an amazing life together, I talk about it often on SR.
A few years ago I also reached the point where alcohol stopped working for me and I had to find something better to stay sober. Working and practicing the a 12-Step program was the only thing that worked for me. I hope you'll discover what you need.
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Cedar Rapids Iowa
Posts: 39
I just wanted to say that I related very much to your post. I too have three children and a very demanding job and I have 'earned' or 'deserved' my beers to relax/unwind for quite awhile now. I began to realize that my kids deserve better - even I deserve better. The scary thing is when I tried to control it or cut back - seems like the more I tried to cut back, the more I drank! I felt the control slipping through my fingers and it scares me.
Anyway, good luck! BTW: I too first joined in Sep 2004! I've been in and out of sobrity since that time. This time I'm hoping to make it work - forever! But as they say - one day at a time.
Anyway, good luck! BTW: I too first joined in Sep 2004! I've been in and out of sobrity since that time. This time I'm hoping to make it work - forever! But as they say - one day at a time.
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