getting back up...after the ER

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11-19-2012, 09:51 AM

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MIRecovery

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One thing I have learned in AA. If I am not moving forward I am moving backward. When ever I feel stagnent this is a warning sign to start doing something differant

11-19-2012, 10:03 AM

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Delilah1

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I am sorry for all that you have gone through, and glad that you are ok. Welcome back, and congratulations on Day 8.

11-19-2012, 10:06 AM

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Anna

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I'm glad you are back and safe Jstar.

Please remember there is lots of support here.

11-19-2012, 11:42 PM

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jstar

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thanks for all the support my friends

went to 2 AA meetings tonight & chatted with some people in-between & after the meetings. trying to reach out more...it is so hard for me! all these real feelings have been surfacing now since i'm off both the alcohol and the xanax. dang that stuff sure suppresses emotions...i'm feeling a huge range of emotions that I haven't felt for a long time! welcome to life - that is what I keep telling myself!

11-19-2012, 11:46 PM

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nogard

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Hi jstar, Good to meet you.

Glad your ok.

How is AA working out? Meetings ok? Do you have a sponsor and how are you finding the literature?

Kevin

11-20-2012, 04:59 AM

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Sapling

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Originally Posted by jstar

yes! still going to AA! I love AA and i'm trying to reach out & meet more people like me, alcoholic. I had to really step back and look at my program for my recovery....I had "thought " everything was going so great, but I was only really being accountable to myself. that means for me, that I was still doing meetings, therapy and outpatient when I relapsed, but I failed to notice that I had stopped writing in my journal about a month before I relapsed, I had been txting my sponsor more often than calling her & I was slowly putting more & more things before me that I weighed higher/more important than my sobriety...without really realizing it!

sobriety has to be FIRST. it has to be before everything for me except God.
1. God
2 . my sobriety
3. my family
4. everything else!

xoxo SR peeps!

I think you got it jstar...Stay close to AA...And here. Talk to your sponsor about stepwork...Keep moving forward! Sending prayers for strength and willingness your way.

12-01-2012, 08:53 AM

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jstar

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Originally Posted by nogard

Hi jstar, Good to meet you.

Glad your ok.

How is AA working out? Meetings ok? Do you have a sponsor and how are you finding the literature?

Kevin

Hi Kevin - thanks & wow i'm late responding to you!! AA is working out great - i've been going to a meeting every day - that really seems to help. I do have a sponsor & we are working on step 1 again. the literature is good & i'm diving back into the BB as that seems to be where the gold is

I'm pairing that with The Life Recovery bible which has been a great addition to my recovery tools