Greetings. I am indeed new here.
 

Over the last 20 years I have had moments of clarity, moments devoid of any control and everything in between. I made myself a promise yesterday morning that I would give up drinking for just that day. Here we are and almost two days down. I am hoping to post when I can, chat when I need to and continue this journey. Just wanted to say hello and perhaps find a few folks that I can look forward to interacting with.

Erik

Hello Erik:

23 years ago I surrendered to AA and haven't found the need to pick up a drink since.

Might just be the ticket for you as well.

All the best.

Bob R

Great decision Erik !

Hi Erik,

I am new here too. Day 1 for me. Hopefully we can make this stick!

Welcome Erik = stick around and have some fun with us!

Thanks all. I really want it this time, though I am not willing to attend meetings at this point. I have the Blue Book and some other reading material to keep me on track so fingers crossed.

Welcome Erik :)

You'll find a lot of support here - I recommend you join a support thread like the Class of July too

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...rt-2-a-12.html

it helps to be around folks at the same point in their recovery I think :)

D

Welcome Eric and good for you.

Most people need some sort of support beyond simply wishing it so and white-knuckling it...this site can for sure give you guidance and support.

Welcome, nice to see you here.

Welcome Erik - I am new here as well. Looking forward to walking this path with you.

Welcome Erik-you will find lots of support here, humor, acceptance, and all kinds of ways that have helped other people succeed in quitting. Things you read will come to you when you're battling cravings which will be very helpful!

welcome Erik. keep your eyes focused on the road right in front of you and keep thinking about what you can do for your sobriety today. that's how i had to get through my first couple of weeks. it was a lot about breaking through that deep physical dependence and breaking the ingrained habits i had. then work on making new ones. it's all about baby steps. welcome to SR. i hope you find fellowship and support here!

Welcome to SR!

Glad you are here!

Right on Eric glad you found us here. :)

Welcome! :)

Thanks again all! Day three has begun.... Since I smoke when I drink as well, I have the pleasure of nicotine detox at the same time..not fun. I have started to realize how much I linked drinking with almost everything in my life. Though I was not a daily heavy drinker, I was a binge drinker and each binge was due to some association that I created in my head. Playing gigs with my band I was always able to use the "stagefright" card to get away with it....cooking on the grill? Need beer to do that... Almost everything could be linked to a "Cold One" only I couldn't do just one which is why I am here now. Not to sound cliche' but "Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired" just about covers it. I am done with the low level exhaustion, worrying more about who is designated driver than what I am actually going out to do, poor judgement that leads to smoking, not performing well at work, etc... I can do this and am going to follow through this time. It sucks that my selfishness has cost me some friendships but I hope to approach that once I have enough sobriety under my belt. For now, I just want to get past the initial week and all of its "fun" so that I can move on to being the man that I know exists underneath the illness. I appreciate all of you.

Welcome to our recovery family! :ghug3