Day one
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Day one
Hello all,
I'm back at day one. I thought I had my drinking "under control"...I should have known better. I'm an alcoholic so I will never be able to have it under control!
Feeling pretty pathetic after a 2 day bender. But I have reached to a family friend who has 20+ years of sobriety and is active in AA. And I have called my health care provider to get an appointment in their Chemical Dependency department. Baby steps.....
Anyway, I have been reading this board all day so I figured I may as well introduce myself. I'm going to need all the support I can get!
I'm back at day one. I thought I had my drinking "under control"...I should have known better. I'm an alcoholic so I will never be able to have it under control!
Feeling pretty pathetic after a 2 day bender. But I have reached to a family friend who has 20+ years of sobriety and is active in AA. And I have called my health care provider to get an appointment in their Chemical Dependency department. Baby steps.....
Anyway, I have been reading this board all day so I figured I may as well introduce myself. I'm going to need all the support I can get!
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Seattle, WA
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welcome, sobercm. control is a funny thing. we talk about it a lot. we have control over our actions. we don't have control over alcohol itself once it's in us. when it's in our body, it does what it does. we only have control over it before it enters us. glad you contacted someone for help. you are making a great move for yourself! keep making those baby steps forward. any step in the right direction is a good one.
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Welcome sobercm. I am on day 2 and taking the same kind of steps as you. One step at a time. Everybody with long term sobriety had to start with day 1. And for most of them, they had lots of day 1s before sobriety stuck.
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Originally Posted by sobercm 
Hello all,
I'm back at day one. I thought I had my drinking "under control"...I should have known better. I'm an alcoholic so I will never be able to have it under control!
Feeling pretty pathetic after a 2 day bender. But I have reached to a family friend who has 20+ years of sobriety and is active in AA. And I have called my health care provider to get an appointment in their Chemical Dependency department. Baby steps.....
Anyway, I have been reading this board all day so I figured I may as well introduce myself. I'm going to need all the support I can get!
I'm back at day one. I thought I had my drinking "under control"...I should have known better. I'm an alcoholic so I will never be able to have it under control!
Feeling pretty pathetic after a 2 day bender. But I have reached to a family friend who has 20+ years of sobriety and is active in AA. And I have called my health care provider to get an appointment in their Chemical Dependency department. Baby steps.....
Anyway, I have been reading this board all day so I figured I may as well introduce myself. I'm going to need all the support I can get!
Originally Posted by Amigo
Welcome sobercm. I am on day 2 and taking the same kind of steps as you. One step at a time. Everybody with long term sobriety had to start with day 1. And for most of them, they had lots of day 1s before sobriety stuck.
I've got to say, if you're both doing those kind of things I think you're being a little harsh on yourselves - they're bigger than baby steps!
sobercm - I agree with what the others have said, you're lucky to be going through this journey with somebody who clearly has been there and done it. It's the same as on SR - the good thing is that we have so many people on here who have got the t-shirt and have worn it out!
All the best.
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