tired28

Sober for day 3 and I am feeling better all ready. I had the shakes only slightly today and an excellent sleep last night surprisingly enough. I have my first AA meeting in a year tomorrow night after work. I actually admitted to my friend and my mom today about the extent of my drinking, and they both agreed I need to get help. It is not just ME and MY life but the lives of my 2 kids I need to change for. For years I have made excuses why I cant get sober like upcoming events, not feeling "fun" anymore, that I would loose all my friends...and so on and so on. I guess all the things us alcoholics use to justify our drinking. I have decided not to go to my cousins stag and doe this weekend ( I will tell everybody I am sick) And I have made sober plans for my birthday with my kids and my pregnant friend. If I can stick to it this will be my first sober birthday I have had in 12 years and I am only 28. I am soooo happy for finding SR it has made me feel like I am not alone and just reading everyone's experiences and hearing such encouraging words makes me want to grab on to sobriety. I will finally get a sponsor this time around and ask somebody to help me understand the AA program as I have not in the past. I need to do this for my kids. They deserve a full mother and I look forward to meeting my true self. Thank you to everyone on this site. God bless and I hope that sometime in the near future I can be a success story like so many of you.

least

You're right about this site being encouraging and helpful. I come here every day to read and post. It helps me stay sober to help others stay sober.


I'm glad you found us and joined the family!

Dee74

Really glad to see you're moving forward tired - you can do this

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Opivotal

Welcome Tired! I felt the same way. So happy you found us, you're not alone anymore.

Hevyn

Hi tired! It was so good to read your positive post. We're very happy to have you with us.

I love what you said about looking forward to meeting your true self. I was much older when I finally met mine - and I really like her. You're doing great - congrats on your Day 3.

Pondlady

Welcome change,
You sound ready for change and have some plans in place This is a great place to look for support, we understand how hard it is. We too, want you to have a happy and sober birthday

MC23

Welcome. I am on day 2 and relate to a lot of what you said. For the longest time I used to think I was much more fun when I was drunk. I realized lately that I'm actually probably just mean, annoying and embarrassing in the eyes of my friends.

I too used upcoming social events as an excuse not to quit after a bad binging weekend. "Even tho i behaved stupidly last night, i can't go to x party next weekend and not drink" is probably a sentence I've said many many times over the last few years. I guess you could say that upcoming social events kind of acted like an 'alcohol safety blanket' for me.

I too haven't had a sober birthday in ages. Probably nine years of drunk birthdays in a row for me.

I hope you find some help here on SR. I recommend downloading the app. It keeps you constantly engaged with the forums which has helped me thus far in my short recovery time.

All the best to you!