Where are you guys?
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 617
(((Soberred))) You're NOT alone - you have all of us on SR!! A fall doesn't mean that you're done. It just means that you've stumbled. Get back on your feet and take a deep breath.
All is NOT lost. You have a LOT of sober time and that is not erased just because you had a bad night.
You need to take it easy. Drink some water (or lots
) and take a minute to breathe.
Don't be so hard on yourself. You're still here....you still want to be sober....
You'll have time to think about everything once you're feeling pulled together.
Keep letting us know how you're doing!!!!!
All is NOT lost. You have a LOT of sober time and that is not erased just because you had a bad night.
You need to take it easy. Drink some water (or lots
) and take a minute to breathe. Don't be so hard on yourself. You're still here....you still want to be sober....
You'll have time to think about everything once you're feeling pulled together.
Keep letting us know how you're doing!!!!!
~sb
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: MD
Posts: 15,967
I'm not gloating. Today, I have a life. Wow! A year ago, I was sitting in my apartment getting high and drinking non-stop beers. In fact, it might have been the day I bought liquor, too. Nearly lost my mind. Watching mindless tv and living inside of my head. No real friends (less than a handful left). Just me and my buzzzzzz. I believe we had a lot of snow this week last year. I was working, but only 4 days a week then. EWWWW. What a headache! I would wake up with bruises, not knowing where they came from. No life. My cat even hid from me.
Toady, I have friends I found in the meetings of AA. For 25 years I fought the "AA thing" and today I truly know it saved my life. It was by getting to a meeting to hear a woman tell her story. I spoke with her after that meeting and my life changed 3 days later. She knew how to take someone through the steps as in Back to Basics. How the original people went through the steps. It was rather quickly, but fearlessly, for relief. I've been through those steps 2 more times (more thoroughly) in the past 8.75 months. For anyone saying to me, “don't rush it,” I must say that if I hadn't been guided through the steps at days 14 and 15 of sobriety, I would most likely be dead at this point in time. Or someone would have been. Seriously. For me, it was a matter of life or death. I had tried it MY way for a long time and all it got me was a messed up life. I am grateful. Very grateful!
Today, I volunteer some time at the AA office. It takes almost 2 hours for me to get there, so I was taking my time. I have a friend who had stopped by before I left today. Your question was, “Where is everybody?” My answer, today, I have a life!
I'm not telling you to get to AA. If it works, do it. Otherwise, find a program that works and do what it takes to make that program your new way of living. The phone is ringing......
Toady, I have friends I found in the meetings of AA. For 25 years I fought the "AA thing" and today I truly know it saved my life. It was by getting to a meeting to hear a woman tell her story. I spoke with her after that meeting and my life changed 3 days later. She knew how to take someone through the steps as in Back to Basics. How the original people went through the steps. It was rather quickly, but fearlessly, for relief. I've been through those steps 2 more times (more thoroughly) in the past 8.75 months. For anyone saying to me, “don't rush it,” I must say that if I hadn't been guided through the steps at days 14 and 15 of sobriety, I would most likely be dead at this point in time. Or someone would have been. Seriously. For me, it was a matter of life or death. I had tried it MY way for a long time and all it got me was a messed up life. I am grateful. Very grateful!
Today, I volunteer some time at the AA office. It takes almost 2 hours for me to get there, so I was taking my time. I have a friend who had stopped by before I left today. Your question was, “Where is everybody?” My answer, today, I have a life!
I'm not telling you to get to AA. If it works, do it. Otherwise, find a program that works and do what it takes to make that program your new way of living. The phone is ringing......
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,126
Slipping at six months is pretty common. That said, it just might be time to try something different.
But remember this critical point: You came back here and posted. That's courageous.
If I didn't have the support of others, I would not have made it to 16 months. I would have relapsed at three months for sure.
Do know that making six months is an astounding accomplishment. I go the AA route, and if it wasn't for having a sponsor and a group of friends in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, I wouldn't be alive.
So what happened? Many say there are triggers to relapse. My trigger is breathing air. So I had to surround myself with other breathers and rely on them to get me through the tough spots.
Like now.
But remember this critical point: You came back here and posted. That's courageous.
If I didn't have the support of others, I would not have made it to 16 months. I would have relapsed at three months for sure.
Do know that making six months is an astounding accomplishment. I go the AA route, and if it wasn't for having a sponsor and a group of friends in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, I wouldn't be alive.
So what happened? Many say there are triggers to relapse. My trigger is breathing air. So I had to surround myself with other breathers and rely on them to get me through the tough spots.
Like now.
Peace, Love, Sobriety
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Wilmington, DE
Posts: 1,549
Thats what this place is for, friends helping each other. Do not let one slip discourage you. If you fall down get back up and try again! Just like riding that bicycle for the first time. How many times did you fall and scrape your hands and knees before you could ride smoothly? A lot i bet. Keep on trying. 
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