Hi, new to posting on here
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Hi, new to posting on here
Hi everyone,
This is my first time posting on this forum although i have been browsing for a couple months now. I have tried many times by myself to get sober and have only managed three weeks at most before relapsing again. I saw my gp on friday and have managed to remain sober and start again today. I am going to go to an aa meeting tonight and after recieving some good advice from somone who has been through this i really hope this will work for me in the long term. Anyway, i hope to post on here alot as reading other peoples posts has helped me over the last weeks.
Many thanks, best of luck everyone.
This is my first time posting on this forum although i have been browsing for a couple months now. I have tried many times by myself to get sober and have only managed three weeks at most before relapsing again. I saw my gp on friday and have managed to remain sober and start again today. I am going to go to an aa meeting tonight and after recieving some good advice from somone who has been through this i really hope this will work for me in the long term. Anyway, i hope to post on here alot as reading other peoples posts has helped me over the last weeks.
Many thanks, best of luck everyone.
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Hi Kath. I'm from the UK too and I remember 3 weeks would be the absolute maximum that I could go before getting wrecked again. I would be gagging to get wrecked as I would be feeling so terrible and saw it as my only restbite and chance to escape for a while and not have to think. Also I would convinve myself that it was unfair to deprive myself of something I loved so much.
I have 17+ months sober now thanks to AA, SR and much wisdom from elsewhere. I hope you get something from the meeting and remember that the people there really do mean well. I was beaten and I'd had enough and wanted sobriety more than I wanted to get mashed up.
All The best, Peace.
I have 17+ months sober now thanks to AA, SR and much wisdom from elsewhere. I hope you get something from the meeting and remember that the people there really do mean well. I was beaten and I'd had enough and wanted sobriety more than I wanted to get mashed up.
All The best, Peace.
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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welcome!
Best advice I can give is to read everything. I find that by spending hours on this site, I stumble across something that makes sense all the time. Best place for an alcoholic, is with other alcoholics. Provided they are working on sobriety haha
Best advice I can give is to read everything. I find that by spending hours on this site, I stumble across something that makes sense all the time. Best place for an alcoholic, is with other alcoholics. Provided they are working on sobriety haha
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Welcome to SR!
I also tried to quit on my own successfully many times. When I entered a program of recovery (AA) and worked the steps I stayed sober. Since you are going to a meeting tonight make sure to let them know you are a newcomer. In my locale they make sure you get hooked up with phone numbers of other sober people and literature. Getting a sponsor early on is a very good idea.
I also tried to quit on my own successfully many times. When I entered a program of recovery (AA) and worked the steps I stayed sober. Since you are going to a meeting tonight make sure to let them know you are a newcomer. In my locale they make sure you get hooked up with phone numbers of other sober people and literature. Getting a sponsor early on is a very good idea.
I hope you'll be able to stay sober this time.
Living sober really rocks!
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