What could help you to stay sober/clean?
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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What could help you to stay sober/clean?
Could be music: post the track
Could be a book you are reading: post the title/author
Could be so many other passions/interests: post the passion/interest
Could be films: post ... (you get the picture :>)
Take care allx
Could be a book you are reading: post the title/author
Could be so many other passions/interests: post the passion/interest
Could be films: post ... (you get the picture :>)
Take care allx
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: UK
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Ok I'll go first and say High And Dry by Radiohead :-)
then City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre,
followed by my family and friends,
Films...mmmm difficult to pick just one.... it is not something very epic but effected me greatly such as "Darwin's Nightmare" by Hubert Sauper...
then City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre,
followed by my family and friends,
Films...mmmm difficult to pick just one.... it is not something very epic but effected me greatly such as "Darwin's Nightmare" by Hubert Sauper...
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: NY
Posts: 6,608
I'm bumping this because I believe it's a great idea. Very helpful. I used SR to help me. I'm not brown nosing because it's the honest truth. I traded the addiction of alcohol for the addiction of SR and it got me through many hard moments, but I know there are other ways too. 
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: east coast
Posts: 1,711
My higher power, AA and what got me and keeps me sober? I don't ever want to do the things I did again while drunk so every sober day brings me closer and closer to the me I want to be
Great thread!
Great thread!
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Northeast
Posts: 441
Song: Not Afraid -Eminem
Eminem - Not Afraid - YouTube
"And I just can't keep living this way
So starting today, I'm breaking out of this cage
I'm standing up, I'ma face my demons
I'm manning up, I'ma hold my ground
I've had enough, now I'm so fed up
Time to put my life back together right now! (now)
It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me
Admittedly, I probably did it subliminally
For you, so I could come back a brand new me you helped see me through
And don't even realize what you did, believe me you
I been through the ringer, but they could do little to the middle finger
I think I got a tear in my eye, I feel like the king of
My world, haters can make like bees with no stingers
And drop dead, no more beef flingers
No more drama from now on, I promise
To focus solely on handling my responsibilities as a father
So I solemnly swear to always treat this roof, like my daughters
And raise it, you couldn't lift a single shingle on it!
Cause the way I feel, I'm strong enough to go to the club
Or the corner pub, and lift the whole liquor counter up
Cause I'm raising the bar
I'd shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing at stars
I feel amazing and I'm Not Afraid"
Eminem - Not Afraid - YouTube
"And I just can't keep living this way
So starting today, I'm breaking out of this cage
I'm standing up, I'ma face my demons
I'm manning up, I'ma hold my ground
I've had enough, now I'm so fed up
Time to put my life back together right now! (now)
It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me
Admittedly, I probably did it subliminally
For you, so I could come back a brand new me you helped see me through
And don't even realize what you did, believe me you
I been through the ringer, but they could do little to the middle finger
I think I got a tear in my eye, I feel like the king of
My world, haters can make like bees with no stingers
And drop dead, no more beef flingers
No more drama from now on, I promise
To focus solely on handling my responsibilities as a father
So I solemnly swear to always treat this roof, like my daughters
And raise it, you couldn't lift a single shingle on it!
Cause the way I feel, I'm strong enough to go to the club
Or the corner pub, and lift the whole liquor counter up
Cause I'm raising the bar
I'd shoot for the moon but I'm too busy gazing at stars
I feel amazing and I'm Not Afraid"
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Florida
Posts: 153
Reading Under the Influence scared the heck out of me as it traced the path of alcoholism and showed me what my future was if I kept drinking.
Gatorade by the gallons, frozen red seedless grapes, nicotine gum and my wife all got me through the first week. I also walked my legs off the first few days after I quit because I was so anxious and could not sit still.
I have been listening to a lot of Randy Stonehill and Phil Keaggy from the late 70's.
Gatorade by the gallons, frozen red seedless grapes, nicotine gum and my wife all got me through the first week. I also walked my legs off the first few days after I quit because I was so anxious and could not sit still.
I have been listening to a lot of Randy Stonehill and Phil Keaggy from the late 70's.
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: US
Posts: 637
Exercise, and the endorphins released, has truly helped me find physical peace during these 50+ days of stone cold sobriety. Not many people really knew how much and often I drank so most think I've gone off the deep end with a healthy lifestyle. One former drinking buddy said I was going to kill myself by exercising too much. The irony of his statement still makes me laugh.
I've also picked up several good instructions from SR. Such as to always think it thru to the inevitable end anytime you feel the urge to drink. That practice helped me a bunch, too.
I've also picked up several good instructions from SR. Such as to always think it thru to the inevitable end anytime you feel the urge to drink. That practice helped me a bunch, too.
Grateful to be free
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Arizona
Posts: 3,680
As far as any sort of formal recovery reading/group...SR hands down. What I've read, experienced, shared and gotten angry at here has been the biggest support of my recovery.
Sunshine. I have a life long issue with suicide and self destruction. The one thing that I KNOW I will miss when I die, is the Sun. The thought that I will NEVER see the Sun again when I die has kept me hanging on more times that I can count. It keeps me working at this recovery thing, because I am not ready to let go of Sunshine.
Humor, in the form of one frame comics and cartoons. I collect them, all the way back to their earliest beginnings. The sarcastic ones are often my fave. The absurd one's. The one's with a wry twist. I love them. They scream "life's twisted and people are wacky, but there is still something to smile at or crack a joke about". Good stuff.
Music, in every direction. Eccletic tastes? Um yeah. There is a song for every mood, attitude, and occasion. I don't keep a diary but music IS my diary, songs that bring up every memory and stage in my life. I dip into everything from Gershwin to Marilyn Manson, to Beethoven, to Contemporary Christian music...and I'm not a Christian. Doesn't matter, it's the common human experience and they all have something to say,share and express that I can relate to.
Creature comforts. good books. good food. pets. my comfy bed. having plumbing (I experience with near homelessness made me thank the heavens every time I flush a toilet).
Getting wasted and drunk robbed me of those things and of the ability to enjoy those things. Wanting to keep those things in my life, and the ability to enjoy them, keeps me sober.
Sunshine. I have a life long issue with suicide and self destruction. The one thing that I KNOW I will miss when I die, is the Sun. The thought that I will NEVER see the Sun again when I die has kept me hanging on more times that I can count. It keeps me working at this recovery thing, because I am not ready to let go of Sunshine.
Humor, in the form of one frame comics and cartoons. I collect them, all the way back to their earliest beginnings. The sarcastic ones are often my fave. The absurd one's. The one's with a wry twist. I love them. They scream "life's twisted and people are wacky, but there is still something to smile at or crack a joke about". Good stuff.
Music, in every direction. Eccletic tastes? Um yeah. There is a song for every mood, attitude, and occasion. I don't keep a diary but music IS my diary, songs that bring up every memory and stage in my life. I dip into everything from Gershwin to Marilyn Manson, to Beethoven, to Contemporary Christian music...and I'm not a Christian. Doesn't matter, it's the common human experience and they all have something to say,share and express that I can relate to.
Creature comforts. good books. good food. pets. my comfy bed. having plumbing (I experience with near homelessness made me thank the heavens every time I flush a toilet).
Getting wasted and drunk robbed me of those things and of the ability to enjoy those things. Wanting to keep those things in my life, and the ability to enjoy them, keeps me sober.
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: london
Posts: 4,978
Sun by halford on the crucible album :-
I, want to steer for the sun
For the day has begun
It's saying, it's saying
My, soul just wanted to freeze
To collapse and to seize
From the waiting
You, know it matters to me
That I have to rage free
I was longing
All that I feel is my soul
I will never let go
What I crave for
All of the things that you need
Are the things that you bleed
Here 'em calling?
And when the world becomes too much for me
That's when I know that I can't stay
I'm searching for my own serenity
I know I have to get away
I, want to steer for the sun
For the day has begun
Here it calling?
It's calling...
I, want to steer for the sun
For the day has begun
It's saying, it's saying
My, soul just wanted to freeze
To collapse and to seize
From the waiting
You, know it matters to me
That I have to rage free
I was longing
All that I feel is my soul
I will never let go
What I crave for
All of the things that you need
Are the things that you bleed
Here 'em calling?
And when the world becomes too much for me
That's when I know that I can't stay
I'm searching for my own serenity
I know I have to get away
I, want to steer for the sun
For the day has begun
Here it calling?
It's calling...
Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Midwest
Posts: 82
Music: Smooth Jazz - very relaxing
Book: Rational Recovery - amazing what that book puts into perspective
Interest: Exercise - specifically cross country skiing
Movie: Looking forward to watching Skyfall today with my daughter
Book: Rational Recovery - amazing what that book puts into perspective
Interest: Exercise - specifically cross country skiing
Movie: Looking forward to watching Skyfall today with my daughter
Not Alone
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: South East UK
Posts: 1,513
When Eminem released 'Not Afraid' I thought it was a wonderful way of promoting recovery to a wide audience. It also made me wonder whether he attends Narcotics Anonymous or not. There's no concrete evidence that he does but that song just gives me strength.
Natom.
Natom.
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