jakec

I'm in a pretty good mood on this gorgeous morning. I wanted to get high SO bad last night, my addiction kept telling me to go walk to the store but instead of acting out on my urges, I tried something different; I called my sponsor BEFORE I got high.. I had a nice 20-minute conversation with him at 12 AM and when I hung up the phone.. the craving was gone! It actually worked! who knew!? I'm challenging myself by calling at least one other recovering addict other than my sponsor every day, so I can get used to it.

Plans for today:
-Work on Step 1 work, and work my CD counselor gave me
-Take Taco(my dog) for a walk(s)
-Do the dishes
-Go on sober recovery(check!)
-Call my sponsor and another recovering addict
-Pray when I need help
-write a gratitude list when I feel sorry for myself

ZoeM

Well done ! And, I love your dog's name

Eleni58

You are wise beyond your years! Keep up the good work and great attitude! YOU CAN DO IT!

PS. I was told in AA that your cravings leave as fast as they come...usually within 10 minutes. So just take it minute by minute if you have to in order to get past it.

Amajorityofone

"One cannot be in my position, looked to by some for guidance, without being constantly reminded of the awesomeness of its responsibility. I live with one deep concern: Am I making the right decisions? Sometimes I am uncertain, and I must look to God for guidance. There was one morning I recall, when I was in the Birmingham jail, in solitary, with not even my lawyers permitted to visit, and I was in a nightmare of despair. The very future of our movement hung in the balance, depending upon capricious turns of events over which I could have no control there, incommunicado, in an utterly dark dungeon. This was about ten days after our Birmingham demonstrations began. Over 400 of our followers had gone to jail; some had been bailed out, but we had used up all of our money for bail, and about 300 remained in jail, and I felt personally responsible. It was then that President Kennedy telephoned my wife, Coretta. After that, my jail conditions were relaxed, and the following Sunday afternoon—it was Easter Sunday—two S.C.L.C. attorneys were permitted to visit me. The next day, word came to me from New York that Harry Belafonte had raised $50,000 that was available immediately for bail bonds, and if more was needed, he would raise that. I cannot express what I felt, but I knew at that moment that God’s presence had never left me, that He had been with me there in solitary."

Martin Luther King, Jr-

Be Encouraged!

Nuudawn

Way to go Jake! I know that reaching out before caving has been huge to me in recovery. HUGE. You are right..it is never too young. Addiction hijacks are life and our brain usually in our formative years. Look at you peeling the monkey off your back before you waste years of your life as so so many of us have : )