mackat

salth
knowing 'why' i drank is not nearly so important as knowing THAT i drank. And that for whatever miraculous , serendipitous [help me out here, dan] fortuitous thing- i am here doing something about that fact.
And So are you!!
you and i have some stuff in common, i already know that. cool. means neither of us is alone in all this.
BTW- i do the AA thing, works big for me
mackat

Dan

:LMAO mac! Serendipitiousnicity...

mackat

ah my fren- knew i could count on ya...


"Hell was OK, until some wise guy went to heaven and came back"

-- Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

NotThatThirsty

Salth,
Four days! That's a good start, and you sound good, too! There's nothing wrong with sleeping in during these early days... It was important for me to take it really slowly early on. Besides work, I involved myself in very little that wasn't directly tied to my recovery. I'd encourage you to go to some AA speaker meetings. And there are plenty of personal stories in the back of the AA Big Book... I think you'll find though, after reading/listening to a few stories, that we all share one thing in common, no matter how different our stories, Alcohol quit working for us the way it used to and we HURT. Our drinking had crossed the line between Want and Need. After being abstinent for a few months, I had to get to the root of my problem and start working on the parts of myself that made me feel like I Needed to drink.
Hang in there Bro and take it slow!
-Josh

Justme57

Hi Salth and welcome to SR!

My name is Lee , alcoholic , and believe me I have been in your shoes !

There is an online AA meeting at 2:30 Pacific time , join us , hope to see you there

HUGX
Lee

saltH20

how do i get to the meet?

fuster

Drive, walk, swim or crawl! When I was recovering from surgery and was house bound, my homies in AA brought meetings to my place! Talk about an honor for me, I was humbled by the experience.

If you have no transportation and you need to get to a meeting and you have no one who is willing to take you and none are within walking distance (that is a lot of "ifs"), then call the AA office in the front of the White Pages of your phone directory and ask them if they can put someone in your area in touch with you to take you, I guarantee someone will be glad to take you. I do it, I am sure most folks on this site who go to meetings do the same where they live. It is part of recovery.

mackat

and a big amen to that fuster
mackat

saltH20

the ONLINE AA meeting. i wanna check it ouuuuuuuut.

In memory of miracle

LOL-scroll down to forum jump select chat,online meetings the days and times are posted! Hope this helps! Good luck! Trish..peace.