Young people and all who wish to, please friend me :)
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Oregon
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Young people and all who wish to, please friend me :)
Hey everybody, I just joined up and am here to make some new friends in recovery. I've been trying to get and stay sober since I was 21. I am 25 now. One of the main reasons I kept going out was because I've felt very alone in recovery. I still go to AA, and I have 50 days today 
. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be many young people in recovery in my area. Relapse has showed me how important sobriety is. I'm still trying to get over the loneliness and feelings of being "different." I have some really great and supportive friends, but they are all normys and they drink socially and for fun on the weekends. They're a great bunch, but none of them can ever really understand what it is like to be an alcoholic. I also just got out of an unhealthy relationship where I was dating a normy woman. I brought lots of hurt along with my drinking, and she paid me back with plenty of hurt as well. It's been a tough decade to say the least. I don't want to whine anymore, but I do want this sober deal!!!! I want it so much! I'm doing a good job at it this time, at least it feels that way. Just having a hard time without a circle of sober friends. I also wish to find a healthy relationship. A person who brings out the best in me. Maybe she's a recovering alcoholic out there! I know this is not a dating site. I don't mean to ask it to be either. I'm here for support, and I would love to help other alcoholics. I feel like I already have started doing that by talking to new people in the chatroom. I'm so grateful to be here! Today is a gift! :day6
. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be many young people in recovery in my area. Relapse has showed me how important sobriety is. I'm still trying to get over the loneliness and feelings of being "different." I have some really great and supportive friends, but they are all normys and they drink socially and for fun on the weekends. They're a great bunch, but none of them can ever really understand what it is like to be an alcoholic. I also just got out of an unhealthy relationship where I was dating a normy woman. I brought lots of hurt along with my drinking, and she paid me back with plenty of hurt as well. It's been a tough decade to say the least. I don't want to whine anymore, but I do want this sober deal!!!! I want it so much! I'm doing a good job at it this time, at least it feels that way. Just having a hard time without a circle of sober friends. I also wish to find a healthy relationship. A person who brings out the best in me. Maybe she's a recovering alcoholic out there! I know this is not a dating site. I don't mean to ask it to be either. I'm here for support, and I would love to help other alcoholics. I feel like I already have started doing that by talking to new people in the chatroom. I'm so grateful to be here! Today is a gift! :day6
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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Well...welcome HonestD.
I guess I should point out right now I'm not only old, but male....
There's a lot of support here - it's a great recovery community.
Congratulations on your 50 days.
D
I guess I should point out right now I'm not only old, but male....
There's a lot of support here - it's a great recovery community.
Congratulations on your 50 days.
D
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Brit in the Netherlands
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Hi HonestD, Congratulations on the 50 days. Stay focused and be patient. I am new here too. Great place to be.
Keep it up and you will find your lady in good time.
I btw am 38 and have hairy legs.
Keep it up and you will find your lady in good time.
I btw am 38 and have hairy legs.
Groovy Dancer
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: The States
Posts: 4,751
Welcome to SR HonestD! Hey...at 35 guess I'll stick to the senior threads.
Thought you might appreciate the following thread for people under 30:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-recovery.html
It was fairly active. Congrats on the 50 days! You will find a lot of support.
Thought you might appreciate the following thread for people under 30:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-recovery.html
It was fairly active. Congrats on the 50 days! You will find a lot of support.
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Germany
Posts: 2,058
Honest you will surely find plenty of great folks here. The SR community is amazing and has seen me through quite a bit. I look forward to coming here....even if it is just reading....I am very fortunate to have found it.
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Join Date: May 2010
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Congrats, I'm 33..wish I would have stopped at 25 but was just getting started really. I can totally see how it would be much harder.
It kind of annoys me how everyone over 30 now thinks they are young, as if getting older is a bad thing but that is another story.
It kind of annoys me how everyone over 30 now thinks they are young, as if getting older is a bad thing but that is another story.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
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Welcome HonestD - Well, I could be your mama, but I'm behind you all the way. I think it's really hard to stick to a sober lifestyle being as young as you are. There are so many temptations. Glad you have supportive friends, but I agree - no one really gets it but us. You have a great attitude. Congratulations on your new life. Keep talking to us.
i've done my almost
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1,934
I'm 34 and trust me, being 34 and a year sober certainly has it's challenges.
Of course being (fill in the blank) old and being (fill in the blank) years sober certainly has it's challenges too
Try to focus on the similarities as much as possible. Even though I'm 9 years older than you, I have no idea how to do anything social without alcohol involved, but I'm just starting to learn.
I know this isn't your first post on SR, but I wanted to say "welcome" and congrats on your sober time thus far.
Kjell
Of course being (fill in the blank) old and being (fill in the blank) years sober certainly has it's challenges too
Try to focus on the similarities as much as possible. Even though I'm 9 years older than you, I have no idea how to do anything social without alcohol involved, but I'm just starting to learn.
I know this isn't your first post on SR, but I wanted to say "welcome" and congrats on your sober time thus far.
Kjell
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Originally Posted by Ghostly 
Welcome to SR HonestD! Hey...at 35 guess I'll stick to the senior threads.
Thought you might appreciate the following thread for people under 30:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-recovery.html
It was fairly active. Congrats on the 50 days! You will find a lot of support.
Thought you might appreciate the following thread for people under 30:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-recovery.html
It was fairly active. Congrats on the 50 days! You will find a lot of support.
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