I'm ready to quit!!
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Oklahoma
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Britta - welcome to SR. You will find lots of encouragement and support here.
Sounds like you've been dealt quite a hand to deal with. I can't imagine what your childhood must have been like.
BUT - you are definitely not too old to start a new future! You and your son both deserve it.
Keep checking in/ reading/posting at SR. Day or night somebody is always here.
4K - stay the course. You can do it. Together, we can all do it!
Sounds like you've been dealt quite a hand to deal with. I can't imagine what your childhood must have been like.
BUT - you are definitely not too old to start a new future! You and your son both deserve it.
Keep checking in/ reading/posting at SR. Day or night somebody is always here.
4K - stay the course. You can do it. Together, we can all do it!
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Toronto, ON
Posts: 518
Originally Posted by Britta 
I hope I didn't say too much!! If I did, sorry....
keep talking and keep posting ----- it is the best therapy and resolve.
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 67
Originally Posted by bettterlife4me
Britta - welcome to SR. You will find lots of encouragement and support here.
Sounds like you've been dealt quite a hand to deal with. I can't imagine what your childhood must have been like.
BUT - you are definitely not too old to start a new future! You and your son both deserve it.
Keep checking in/ reading/posting at SR. Day or night somebody is always here.
4K - stay the course. You can do it. Together, we can all do it!
Sounds like you've been dealt quite a hand to deal with. I can't imagine what your childhood must have been like.
BUT - you are definitely not too old to start a new future! You and your son both deserve it.
Keep checking in/ reading/posting at SR. Day or night somebody is always here.
4K - stay the course. You can do it. Together, we can all do it!
Thanx for your kindness!! All of these posts really help me a lot!!
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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Originally Posted by JoeCree
Britta: This is one website/group/friendship where too much information is only a good thing keep talking and keep posting ----- it is the best therapy and resolve.
keep talking and keep posting ----- it is the best therapy and resolve.Thanx!! I'm not used to being able to tell my story.... I try to get out info in spurts as I can. I have been told that "people don't want to hear scary **** like that" I think it is the root of my addiction and I need to get it out. I don't know.... I could be wrong.
thanksYou all are too kind!! I get the warm fuzzies!! 
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Join Date: Nov 2010
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Joe..I have the movie Shawshank and had forgotten that scene. It means so much more to me than it would have the first time I watched it. Thanks for sharing that..this is ..true freedom!!
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Location: Toronto, ON
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Originally Posted by MsCooterBrown
Joe..I have the movie Shawshank and had forgotten that scene. It means so much more to me than it would have the first time I watched it. Thanks for sharing that..this is ..true freedom!!
For him to simply give up drinking, shows a solace and peace he has found - even though he was wrongfully convicted - he KNEW that drinking was part of the cause.. He found his peace, and it no longer involved alcohol.
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Welcome, welcome! I am so glad you have decided to quit.
I also decided to quit because of my daughter, hence my SR name "thisisforellie." But after being sober for a bit I realized that quitting for my daughter also allowed me to quit for myself too. I never had enough self-compassion to quit for myself before, and my daughter gave me the chance. It is a double blessing then. The best way to be a great parent to her is to be the best person I can be. And guess what -- that is good for me too!
I also decided to quit because of my daughter, hence my SR name "thisisforellie." But after being sober for a bit I realized that quitting for my daughter also allowed me to quit for myself too. I never had enough self-compassion to quit for myself before, and my daughter gave me the chance. It is a double blessing then. The best way to be a great parent to her is to be the best person I can be. And guess what -- that is good for me too!
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