My feelings after 12 years sober but I don't need to drink over them
 

Hi all,
I just wanted to express that I am having an extremely hard time right now. I have been on a dry drunk. That is how I found this website in the first place.
I am sharing this for the new person and those not so new to sobriety. I am not going to pick up a drink, though. I don't need to do that. Over the past year, I have turned less and less to my AA program and sought fulfillment in some unhealthy ways. It brought me to my knees but I repeat, I don't need to drink over it.
I am facing my actions and the emotions they create (and they are hell) but I don't need to pick up. I am at the raw, open place of pure desperation and I am not going to drink. I am at the place full of the possibility of growth and recommitment to my recovery and I am choosing that over a drink.
Thank you for being here. I am heading to a 12 step retreat today and I don't need to pick up over the pain that I am feeling.
I need you and thank you so much for being available to me.:tyou

Good for you dini. It sounds like you know what you need to do.

Hi Dini,

You can find lots of support here.

It helps me to remember that my feelings are just feelings. They don't control me. I can acknowledge them and let them go.

Thanks Dini (and Anna) for reminding me that my feelings are just feelings and that I don't have to let them lead me to drink. We all have rough days, and it's good to remember that a rough day doesn't have to end with getting drunk.

This.