Glad I found you all!
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Glad I found you all!
I have been reading the forums for several months now. I quit drinking on April 24th and I feel so wonderful. I do have moments when I think "hmmm, wouldn't a nice cold ___ be good right now", but I am so proud of myself for not giving in... even tho it can be hard at times.
I have been a fairly heavy drinker for almost 15 years. Not even sure how it all started and how I let myself get to the point that I did. I had thought about quitting several times and tried a couple of times, but this last time just stuck for me. I really want to be a good influence for my husband as he has been told by doctors to not drink even "one drop" He has a hard time with it right now.
So... now, I love waking up in the mornings not feeling crummy and guilty.
I love being able to go somewhere at any time of the day. I love that I am not poisoning myself. I love that I've lost 12 pounds! I love being "there" 100% for my son and my husband.
Even though this is my very first post (shy), I have gotten a lot of support from all of you. So, I wanted to say thank you and maybe now that I feel confident in myself, I can post to others and maybe help them too!
I have been a fairly heavy drinker for almost 15 years. Not even sure how it all started and how I let myself get to the point that I did. I had thought about quitting several times and tried a couple of times, but this last time just stuck for me. I really want to be a good influence for my husband as he has been told by doctors to not drink even "one drop" He has a hard time with it right now.
So... now, I love waking up in the mornings not feeling crummy and guilty.
I love being able to go somewhere at any time of the day. I love that I am not poisoning myself. I love that I've lost 12 pounds! I love being "there" 100% for my son and my husband.
Even though this is my very first post (shy), I have gotten a lot of support from all of you. So, I wanted to say thank you and maybe now that I feel confident in myself, I can post to others and maybe help them too!
I find a lot of support and useful information here and it's helped me stay sober for the last 19 months.
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Originally Posted by SobearKat
So... now, I love waking up in the mornings not feeling crummy and guilty.
I love being able to go somewhere at any time of the day. I love that I am not poisoning myself. I love that I've lost 12 pounds! I love being "there" 100% for my son and my husband.
I love being able to go somewhere at any time of the day. I love that I am not poisoning myself. I love that I've lost 12 pounds! I love being "there" 100% for my son and my husband.
. Love the forum name BTW 
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There sure is a lot of love to receive from addiction recovery, as love to give wile being sober. Gotta love the love...it sure keeps me on track for an alcohol free lifestyle.
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Welcome - glad you finally signed up and posted. Every time I come on here, I note how many guests we have as apposed to registered users. I'm staggered by how many there are..all reading our stories. I think finally joining and posting is a HUGE step in taking your new life seriously. Congratulations!
We are pretty close in sobriety time..I was April 20th. Has it flown by for you as quickly as it has for me?!!
We are pretty close in sobriety time..I was April 20th. Has it flown by for you as quickly as it has for me?!!
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Thank you all for the greetings! I am glad to be here and am grateful to everyone here for sharing info. Even though you don't know me, you have all helped me and well, that is just a wonderful thing!
newwings... YES! Thankfully. I was thinking about it this morning and I will hit 3 months in a little over a week. I never thought I could do this. I was actually just going for try it again for a little and when that didn't hurt, I went longer and when that didn't hurt.... well, here I am. (Kinda sounds like Forrest Gump running) Now, I don't want to go back to where I was.
I get sad when I think that I could have done this a long time ago, but on the other side, I know that for some reason, at that time, I just wasn't ready.
Do you get cravings every once in while, too? What do you do to make that moment go away?
newwings... YES! Thankfully. I was thinking about it this morning and I will hit 3 months in a little over a week. I never thought I could do this. I was actually just going for try it again for a little and when that didn't hurt, I went longer and when that didn't hurt.... well, here I am. (Kinda sounds like Forrest Gump running) Now, I don't want to go back to where I was.
I get sad when I think that I could have done this a long time ago, but on the other side, I know that for some reason, at that time, I just wasn't ready.
Do you get cravings every once in while, too? What do you do to make that moment go away?
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