Two Weeks sober today. I still want to drink.
I used the phone and started a network of AA friends. That took up some time. Cleaning is a never ending thing, so I keep doing it so I can't complain about any mess today (yeah, it's gone!). Reading literature, writing journals. Slowly, I've found painting and sewing and some crafts that I like to do. It will all fall into place. For me, sobriety is action, even little bits at a time.
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Just think about it: At the absolute WORST of your drinking career, did you EVER think you'd be able to amass 13 consecutive days of sobriety?
I know at my absolute worst, the only way I could achieve 13 hours of sobriety, was to sleep for 13 hours after a four day drug and alcohol bender!
Sometimes, I literally have to take a step back and ask myself, "Have I really been sober for x amount of days?"
And then I think it through, and when I realize I *have* in fact been sober that long, it's all the more gratifying.
Anyhow, I'm off to see my mom at the nursing home. Hope you make it through the remainder of this 24 hours, and wake up tomorrow feeling refreshed!
You're a beautiful woman, who deserves more than the darkness and depravity that is alcohol and drug addiction.
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I hear ya!! Im 3 weeks sober today I feel like I am due some fun. I feel like I have been a complete angel for the past 3 weeks and now my rebel side of me wants to come out and play. Been trying to get through it with playing pranks on my husband. That cheers me up and feels like I am having fun. Today I put a pair of my underwear in his work trousers, he found them while he was in a work meeting. Hahaha. Tomorrow I am going to have a big bunch of flowers delivered to his work. He will LOVE that keeps me happy. Well done on your 2 weeks!! Keep it going!
You're doing good, Dom, keep it up! I had many things I liked to do, but I wasn't really enjoying them anymore, alcohol was sapping my energy. Now I have renewed interest in my job and hobbies. It will happen for you, I'm sure of it.
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You'll make it, Dom! Just hang in there until your brain chemicals get a chance to reset to normal, maybe it will happen soon. Yes, it's incredibly hard at first but you don't hardly have any real choice the way I see it. It's either death at this point or else it's having a hard time at first and then life getting much better as time goes on. Seems like the second choice is the better one.
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And for those that go to AA for a few hours of relief and expect the meetings to bring recovery from alcoholism, I've seen hundreds every year come and go.
So, I'll ask the only question that matters in AA. What Step are you on?
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