Class of September 2011
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Class of September 2011
Well it doesn't look like a class for this month has been started yet so I decided to start one.
I have been in a couple different month classes here on SR and here I am again giving it another shot on day 2 today.
I have been in a couple different month classes here on SR and here I am again giving it another shot on day 2 today.
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Welcome back Boozefree. I started with the class of June, but relapsed a couple of weeks ago. I quit again September 2. I thought it might be good to check in with a group who shares the same sobertime with me, as well as sharing support with the June group. Glad you're getting back to it again. Hopefully this class will fill up and we'll find lots of support here in September as well.
It's tempting to try to come up with some reason for relapsing. But I guess in the end I just wasn't really prepared to face some challanges I knew would be coming. I should have put more thought into the future and maybe discussed my concern more, rather than assuming the resolve I had all summer would remain as strong as it had been. It felt almost effortless then, but now it feels like more of a challenge. Really a one day at a time.
It's tempting to try to come up with some reason for relapsing. But I guess in the end I just wasn't really prepared to face some challanges I knew would be coming. I should have put more thought into the future and maybe discussed my concern more, rather than assuming the resolve I had all summer would remain as strong as it had been. It felt almost effortless then, but now it feels like more of a challenge. Really a one day at a time.
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Glad you found us too, Mac! Good luck at the meeting tonight. I've never been to one, but have heard great things about AA. It's helped many people here. Let us know how it goes!
Welcome Action, and Congrats on Day 5!
Looks like everyone's a couple days into it. That's a really good start
Welcome Action, and Congrats on Day 5!
Looks like everyone's a couple days into it. That's a really good start
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Welcome Bee, Mac, and Action!
Bee I also thought it would be cool to have some people in a thread with similar sober time. And the one day at a time is def something that I try to constantly remind myself of. Im constantly gettin ahead of my self and try to slow it down and just focus on the current day
Mac hope you enjoy the meeting!
Well today has been pretty mellow over here. The part I hate the most when stopping drinking is the couple days I always feel super hot/ esp when trying to sleep at night. I know from past experience it should go away in a few days though.
Bee I also thought it would be cool to have some people in a thread with similar sober time. And the one day at a time is def something that I try to constantly remind myself of. Im constantly gettin ahead of my self and try to slow it down and just focus on the current day
Mac hope you enjoy the meeting!
Well today has been pretty mellow over here. The part I hate the most when stopping drinking is the couple days I always feel super hot/ esp when trying to sleep at night. I know from past experience it should go away in a few days though.
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welcome herincyprus and welcome back Coco.
Personally I don't think it's about weakness - its about addiction - that's not the same thing to me.
SR is full of some of the strongest people I've ever met
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Personally I don't think it's about weakness - its about addiction - that's not the same thing to me.
SR is full of some of the strongest people I've ever met
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I'm back too after several attempts in the last 6 months. Day 1 for me.
I met a friend of mine for lunch yesterday and we talked about stress. He said he really doesn't feel much stress in his life. This amazed me and made me realise that all my obsessive thinking about drink is very very stressful!
The most important change I can make is to become a non-drinker.It has to be my number one priority. not just thinking it but actually doing it! I like Dee's point that its not weakness but addiction.
I hope Sept is good for us all.
I met a friend of mine for lunch yesterday and we talked about stress. He said he really doesn't feel much stress in his life. This amazed me and made me realise that all my obsessive thinking about drink is very very stressful!
The most important change I can make is to become a non-drinker.It has to be my number one priority. not just thinking it but actually doing it! I like Dee's point that its not weakness but addiction.
I hope Sept is good for us all.
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Day 5 for me today, I've had many attempts at sobriety over the last few years but looking back I don't know how serious many of them were. I think it was a case of I knew I should quit, but I never deep down wanted to, even though I thought I did, usually after a particular painful night/week/month etc. I feel different this time, it's like this serenity has descended upon me and I know I don't want to live my life as I have for the last 26 years and sobriety seems like an attractive option not something to fight, as I have in the past. I didn't even plan to quit the day I did, it just happened that way.
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