Losing It All
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Posts: 25
Last year was pretty much a right off for me, but I'm back on the wagon again.
Today's day 14 and I've been attending meetings. I feel really confident this time, though it's not been easy.
I hope by this time next year I'll be in a position to offer others advice.
Today's day 14 and I've been attending meetings. I feel really confident this time, though it's not been easy.
I hope by this time next year I'll be in a position to offer others advice.
~sb
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: MD
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Welcome Gabc,
You can do it. If you want it enough.
I am sober coming up to 8 months with the support of this forum and AA.
I suggest you go to as many meetings as time allows, stay close to the forum, post your feelings, vent whatever it takes to stay sober.
Yes you are right it is time to stop.
All the best
CaiHong
You can do it. If you want it enough.
I am sober coming up to 8 months with the support of this forum and AA.
I suggest you go to as many meetings as time allows, stay close to the forum, post your feelings, vent whatever it takes to stay sober.
Yes you are right it is time to stop.
All the best
CaiHong
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 47
Welcome to SR GabC!
I might not be THE most integrated part of this little community, but I can tell you that you will absolutely find the right kind of people here if you look for them.
I'm 31 also and have been sober now 5 months and a few days-- I can tell you it gets harder, easier...it's a roller coaster that feels pretty uncomfortable at times, but each time it stops I find that I'm incredibly thankful for whatever uncomfortable feelings I've had to grapple with. I've found that these are growing pains, and I can tell you that (at least for me, so far) they are WELL worth the price of admission.
AA's been what's worked for me, as well as blogging and posting here, and watching movies (like the Days of Wine and Roses or My Name is Bill W.) and reading supportive literature. If you're sick of what you've got and are ready to make a tremendous change for the better, I wholeheartedly recommend jumping all the way into it.
God bless and good luck!
All the best,
Dave
I might not be THE most integrated part of this little community, but I can tell you that you will absolutely find the right kind of people here if you look for them.
I'm 31 also and have been sober now 5 months and a few days-- I can tell you it gets harder, easier...it's a roller coaster that feels pretty uncomfortable at times, but each time it stops I find that I'm incredibly thankful for whatever uncomfortable feelings I've had to grapple with. I've found that these are growing pains, and I can tell you that (at least for me, so far) they are WELL worth the price of admission.
AA's been what's worked for me, as well as blogging and posting here, and watching movies (like the Days of Wine and Roses or My Name is Bill W.) and reading supportive literature. If you're sick of what you've got and are ready to make a tremendous change for the better, I wholeheartedly recommend jumping all the way into it.
God bless and good luck!
All the best,
Dave
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GabC - I'm so glad you came back. It takes us awhile even when we know what must be done. At your age I was decades away from facing the truth and taking action, so you're doing great to admit what needs to happen here. We're behind you - you're never alone.
~sb
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Do you have plans to stop the excuses and stay stopped? Got a doctor appointment? Got a program chosen? If it were purely willpower, many of us would have stopped long ago. The more we drink, the more fear & anxiety is masked, then it eventually must be released...
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Sugarbear has some very good advice. Get a plan together right some quick. You must go into this with a self confidence that borders on pure nutso, and a commitment to yourself for a future with the fullness of life that you deserve. You don't deserve to drink anymore, and you no longer need to drink. With this determination and ability you have, nothing can make you ever take a drink again.
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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Thanks again for all of your replies! Today is my 36th day sober, and I'm feeling okay.
In all honesty Sugarbear, the answer is no. I have been attending meetings, and I am going to book an appointment with my doctor next week for a liver test (as my enzymes were raised last time I checked which was over a year ago).
The fear and anxiety has subsided and though I obviously feel tempted, as I did at a funeral last week, I have resisted it so far. I am fully aware that one drink will lead to a binge, and I'm even having nightmares in which I have a drink and return to my old ways.
Having gone five weeks I am now more confident and more resolute than I have ever been since I realised I was an alcoholic. But I am not complacent, and appreciate that this is an internal struggle I may well face for the rest of my life.
Thanks again everybody.
Originally Posted by sugarbear1 
Do you have plans to stop the excuses and stay stopped? Got a doctor appointment? Got a program chosen? If it were purely willpower, many of us would have stopped long ago. The more we drink, the more fear & anxiety is masked, then it eventually must be released...
The fear and anxiety has subsided and though I obviously feel tempted, as I did at a funeral last week, I have resisted it so far. I am fully aware that one drink will lead to a binge, and I'm even having nightmares in which I have a drink and return to my old ways.
Having gone five weeks I am now more confident and more resolute than I have ever been since I realised I was an alcoholic. But I am not complacent, and appreciate that this is an internal struggle I may well face for the rest of my life.
Thanks again everybody.
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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Eight weeks today! I didn't think I would go this long. I feel so much better and happier, and I'm planning on starting going to the gym from Wednesday onwards, too.
If I can do it, then so can others.
If I can do it, then so can others.
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