Backslid, starting over
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Backslid, starting over
Hi all. This is my first post. I'm starting over at day 1 today. I had 14 months of continuous sobriety which ended in November '11. The last 4 months has been a battle with booze again. I go three or four days and drink again. Losing all that sober time has been a blow to my recovery, but I am determined to not cave after a few days this time. I don't have a lot of time to attend AA meetings right now as my job demands a lot of my time.
I'm hoping to meet some new sober friends here, so feel free to reply or shoot me a private message. Have a great day all!
I'm hoping to meet some new sober friends here, so feel free to reply or shoot me a private message. Have a great day all!
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Welcome, Blowfish. Glad you're here. I know that feeling of getting some sober time and then drinking it all away. You're in good company! There is a lot of support here. I hope you find what you need. 
to SR, Blowfish! Glad you're here, best of luck to you!
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Thanks for all the fast replies all! After reading some other posts it made me really glad to be back here. I'm not an expert on many things, but I am totally an expert on my own experience and I'm really glad I didn't let it get completely out of control again. I'm not having any withdrawal and consider myself damn lucky for that!
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Welcome back home.
As a person who has relapsed I hate the start date , I truly believe its not day 1 again because you learned far to much in those 14 months. Just numbers.
Good love, Inda
As a person who has relapsed I hate the start date , I truly believe its not day 1 again because you learned far to much in those 14 months. Just numbers.
Good love, Inda
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Well done on day 1, keep it going.
It's a drag to have to sober up every few months/years. Sometimes it took many months to make my decision to stop again stick for very long before drinking again. Hope after 4 months you now can keep this going.
Really was confusing to me why having stopped before I had soooo much trouble stopping again, and wouldn't stay stopped, again. People who didn't understand thought I had a problem I couldn't control ultimately. But they only had their observations of what I actually did do to go on, and couldn't grasp the meaning or importance of my intentions, which were flawless.
It's a drag to have to sober up every few months/years. Sometimes it took many months to make my decision to stop again stick for very long before drinking again. Hope after 4 months you now can keep this going.
Really was confusing to me why having stopped before I had soooo much trouble stopping again, and wouldn't stay stopped, again. People who didn't understand thought I had a problem I couldn't control ultimately. But they only had their observations of what I actually did do to go on, and couldn't grasp the meaning or importance of my intentions, which were flawless.
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Originally Posted by stillsleeping 
Hey Blowfish, nice to meetcha! Is that from 21 Jump Street btw? Good name!
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Hey nice to meet you too! It's actually a reference to Breaking Bad, one of Jesse Pinkman's aliases.
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Thanks for all the support! Day 2 now and staying busy. It sucks because I'm trying to find a new apartment quickly (lease ends in May) while working full time. I've been living in this 3 BR house for a few months now ( I tookover on the lease for someone that left) and one roommate is a complete A-hole. The other roommate is a real nice guy, but he's unemployed and uses. So between the two of them this is a terriible situation.
But yeah, I'm confident I'll find a place and move on. I really need a 1 BR and they are very expensive where I live. I'll keep you guys posted on the situation. Have a great day!
But yeah, I'm confident I'll find a place and move on. I really need a 1 BR and they are very expensive where I live. I'll keep you guys posted on the situation. Have a great day!
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Originally Posted by Blowfish
Hey nice to meet you too! It's actually a reference to Breaking Bad, one of Jesse Pinkman's aliases.
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Most shocking + realistic heroin death on tv ever.
Even nicer to meetcha!
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