I feel like I keep venting...I'm sorry :(
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Hi, sweets79. Reading your post reminds me of the way my mind worked when I first got sober. Really, it gets better as long as you don't pick up a drink or a drug. Things will unsnarl a little at a time, a day at a time. In times of chaos, I would pray repetitively or read in the Big Book, especially pages 61 and 62, or pages 86 and 87, and try to focus on one thing, a constructive or positive action like cleaning the kitchen or folding my clothes.
I am not a perfect picture of sobriety but holy cow it is so much better than the way it was, thank you.
Venting is a great thing to do because it helps to raise our awareness.
That being said, what we think or feel is not necessarily reality and we don't have to act on it. We can step back and let the chaos go by if we want to.
Thank you for your post, hope you are having a good day.
I am not a perfect picture of sobriety but holy cow it is so much better than the way it was, thank you.
Venting is a great thing to do because it helps to raise our awareness.
That being said, what we think or feel is not necessarily reality and we don't have to act on it. We can step back and let the chaos go by if we want to.
Thank you for your post, hope you are having a good day.
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If you need to vent, you should vent, vent, vent!!!! Vent away!!!! 
With it being my B-day today, I totally feel ya. Would love to get blasted, but that's NOT going to happen. I am enjoying playing my World of Warcraft though. Entertaining and helps me take the focus off the "bad stuff".
Keep coming here.
With it being my B-day today, I totally feel ya. Would love to get blasted, but that's NOT going to happen. I am enjoying playing my World of Warcraft though. Entertaining and helps me take the focus off the "bad stuff".
Keep coming here.
To thine own self be true
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: New York
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Originally Posted by sighlead 
Hi, sweets79. Reading your post reminds me of the way my mind worked when I first got sober. Really, it gets better as long as you don't pick up a drink or a drug. Things will unsnarl a little at a time, a day at a time. In times of chaos, I would pray repetitively or read in the Big Book, especially pages 61 and 62, or pages 86 and 87, and try to focus on one thing, a constructive or positive action like cleaning the kitchen or folding my clothes.
I am not a perfect picture of sobriety but holy cow it is so much better than the way it was, thank you.
Venting is a great thing to do because it helps to raise our awareness.
That being said, what we think or feel is not necessarily reality and we don't have to act on it. We can step back and let the chaos go by if we want to.
Thank you for your post, hope you are having a good day.
I am not a perfect picture of sobriety but holy cow it is so much better than the way it was, thank you.
Venting is a great thing to do because it helps to raise our awareness.
That being said, what we think or feel is not necessarily reality and we don't have to act on it. We can step back and let the chaos go by if we want to.
Thank you for your post, hope you are having a good day.
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Originally Posted by Sweets79
Awwwwwwww thankya! It's a week sans alcohol for me today, and I'm actually having my first decent mood, feeling some hope...It feels kind of odd..I'm so used to having quite a few drinks in me by this time in the evening...I actually have music on and I am enjoying it......Usually I wouldn't even want to listen to music if I wasn't having a drink, that sounds so sad, but it's true...I have done a month before and went back, so I am not getting too excited about it...but I am taking it hour by hour and so far so good...I didn't think posting and reading a website could help so greatly, but it really has done wonders for me this past week.:ghug2
Things I used to think I wouldn't like doing without having "a drink":
Gardening
Baking
Cleaning House
Listening to Tunes
Playing guitar
Playing with my kids
That's just the start. Fact is, I enjoy doing those thing EVEN MORE! Plus, I remember doing them which is a nice bonus.
I know what you mean about this site. It is a GODSEND!
Keep posting!
Liberty~
PS- You're doing great! Keep it up! Focus on that hangoverfree Sunday morning that 's coming your way! A real blessing!
To thine own self be true
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: New York
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Originally Posted by LibertyorDeath
Things I used to think I wouldn't like doing without having "a drink":
Gardening
Baking
Cleaning House
Listening to Tunes
Playing guitar
Playing with my kids
That's just the start. Fact is, I enjoy doing those thing EVEN MORE! Plus, I remember doing them which is a nice bonus.
I know what you mean about this site. It is a GODSEND!
Keep posting!
Liberty~
PS- You're doing great! Keep it up! Focus on that hangoverfree Sunday morning that 's coming your way! A real blessing!
Gardening
Baking
Cleaning House
Listening to Tunes
Playing guitar
Playing with my kids
That's just the start. Fact is, I enjoy doing those thing EVEN MORE! Plus, I remember doing them which is a nice bonus.
I know what you mean about this site. It is a GODSEND!
Keep posting!
Liberty~
PS- You're doing great! Keep it up! Focus on that hangoverfree Sunday morning that 's coming your way! A real blessing!
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