"30 Days and Under"... Come & encourage them!
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Join Date: Sep 2011
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Hi I'm posting here, as well as on the August thread and the September one too! The more the better at this point for me.
I can't wait to be at 30 days! 29 days to go. I don't want anymore stinking day 1's!!!!
I'm off to order a whole bunch of take out so I can work myself into a food coma. I've not been eating much at all lately and look like hell. All hollow faced and thin. Yuck.
Thanks for starting this thread.
I can't wait to be at 30 days! 29 days to go. I don't want anymore stinking day 1's!!!!
I'm off to order a whole bunch of take out so I can work myself into a food coma. I've not been eating much at all lately and look like hell. All hollow faced and thin. Yuck.
Thanks for starting this thread.
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Hamilton, MT
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I am into my 3rd day of sobriety...and it feels great...I do know that the hard days are to come...but as one person said..sometimes you just take one hour at a time. My husband has been great support. God bless.
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: London
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Yes you sure can do it guys gals. I never thought I could get this far. Ride the cravings out , let the beast suffer, starve it , punish it. If you have to stare at a ceiling all day and be bored senseless to stop you from drinking, do it.
Good luck !
Good luck !
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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Yes I agree with Dark Days. Do whatever it takes. There were times, early on, I did not allow myself to leave my house in a car until I was sure I wouldnt drive to a liquor store. I drove new routes to and from work that didnt pass liquor stores, etc. I don't have to do that stuff anymore, but early on, it worked.
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: NYC
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Great to see the sober days adding up. Stick together and you'll stay sober together. I have a good friend that has 10 more days of sobriety than me (we now have many years) and there's nothing like the feeling of making it together day after day.
Congrats!
Congrats!
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Pretty well, thanks again for asking, EternalQ. Have a headache today that I just can't seem to get rid of. Ordinarily I would have just drank through it and, honestly, probably just ignored it. Not today. I'm paying better attention to myself and what my body is trying to tell me. Haven't been there in quite a while!
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Cool, WantTH. Not the headache, but the self care!
I had headaches off and on the first few sober months, but that got better.
As did everything else!!
This calls for: the banana dance!!
I had headaches off and on the first few sober months, but that got better.
As did everything else!!
This calls for: the banana dance!!
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Sober State
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Congrats to all you! The first month is Tough but it does get easier!
At first, it's like I can't do this, kept reading SR successes, then like well maybe I can, then, man this is the hardest thing ever but I'm not giving up. Then it's like I'm doing it! Now, I'm almost 8 months sober.
I decided I would do whatever it took to stay sober. Sobriety became my number one priority... I read many books on addiction, stayed glued to SR for months to get me through, prayed, took vitamins, ate healthy, rekindled old hobbies like reading for pleasure & cut myself some slack.
I treated myself like I had a month long flu, took care of myself for once. Cried when I needed to, laid in bed when I needed to....
The main thing I contribute to my success was accepting that I could not drink ever again. And it was ok. I would be ok. I could face life without poison. I would stop choosing death & choose to live.
Life is not always easy but I'm able to deal with it like a grown up & have pride, self confidence again that alcohell stole from me.
Keep fighting, don't EVER give up. You can do this! I'm rooting for you all.
At first, it's like I can't do this, kept reading SR successes, then like well maybe I can, then, man this is the hardest thing ever but I'm not giving up. Then it's like I'm doing it! Now, I'm almost 8 months sober.
I decided I would do whatever it took to stay sober. Sobriety became my number one priority... I read many books on addiction, stayed glued to SR for months to get me through, prayed, took vitamins, ate healthy, rekindled old hobbies like reading for pleasure & cut myself some slack.
I treated myself like I had a month long flu, took care of myself for once. Cried when I needed to, laid in bed when I needed to....
The main thing I contribute to my success was accepting that I could not drink ever again. And it was ok. I would be ok. I could face life without poison. I would stop choosing death & choose to live.
Life is not always easy but I'm able to deal with it like a grown up & have pride, self confidence again that alcohell stole from me.
Keep fighting, don't EVER give up. You can do this! I'm rooting for you all.
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To everyone whose just quitting and posting on the thread, and those posting encouragements, thank you one and all. What a wonderful community we have, where we can help each other, and help ourselves by helping each other. It really is a beautiful thing.
Keep taking top care of yourselves everyone!
As my Dad always said: "Take care of today and tomorrow will take care of itself. "
Keep taking top care of yourselves everyone!
As my Dad always said: "Take care of today and tomorrow will take care of itself. "
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