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Hi All,
Today is day 58 in my recovery from alcoholism. I came across this forum and decided to say hello. I am going to AA meetings and have joined a home group. I am looking for a sponsor but this is a personal thing so I am not in a great hurry at the moment since I want to find the right one the first time around. My home group meeting is tonight. I don't pretend that this will be an easy journey but all I have to worry about is staying away from that first drink today.
Cheers!
Dean
Today is day 58 in my recovery from alcoholism. I came across this forum and decided to say hello. I am going to AA meetings and have joined a home group. I am looking for a sponsor but this is a personal thing so I am not in a great hurry at the moment since I want to find the right one the first time around. My home group meeting is tonight. I don't pretend that this will be an easy journey but all I have to worry about is staying away from that first drink today.
Cheers!
Dean
Hi All,
Today is day 58 in my recovery from alcoholism. I came across this forum and decided to say hello. I am going to AA meetings and have joined a home group. I am looking for a sponsor but this is a personal thing so I am not in a great hurry at the moment since I want to find the right one the first time around. My home group meeting is tonight. I don't pretend that this will be an easy journey but all I have to worry about is staying away from that first drink today.
Cheers!
Dean
Today is day 58 in my recovery from alcoholism. I came across this forum and decided to say hello. I am going to AA meetings and have joined a home group. I am looking for a sponsor but this is a personal thing so I am not in a great hurry at the moment since I want to find the right one the first time around. My home group meeting is tonight. I don't pretend that this will be an easy journey but all I have to worry about is staying away from that first drink today.
Cheers!
Dean
One day at a time, hope your meeting goes well, keep us posted.
Wishing you well Dean.
If I can help in any way just ask, the guys here are very helpful indeed, you will be very glad you came.
All the best Dean.
Ok, since you offered...one thing that I am experiencing is a rather complete vacuum now that I do not fill my afternoons, evenings, and mornings with alcohol. I feel that I do not need to be in a hurry to make changes but alcohol was a very big part of my day-to-day life. My number one method for filling this is going to meetings but I feel the need for more. Any suggestions? I have also take back up guitar and reading. The thing that stinks is that I feel that I have to nearly completely replace all of the people that I hung out with. The peril of this is that my wife and I have little common ground anymore.
I had to let go of a few people, places and things. At the end, I even drank away the drinkers so there was not to many people left.
Does your wife drink?
I threw myself into meetings. I also read on here a lot. A slept a lot. Getting sober is exhausting.
Does your wife drink?
I threw myself into meetings. I also read on here a lot. A slept a lot. Getting sober is exhausting.
Interesting that you say that. I am exhausted all of the time.
Hi Dean and welcome to sr, 58 days that's great.
When I stopped drinking there was a big void, especially in my hand where a glass was in it most of the time when I was conscious at home. I'm also the sort of person who wants things done quickly, get to the finishing line. Let my life begin.
Instead, for me there isn't a finishing line, it isn't a race. I had to get to know me again, that's if I ever really knew me, and deal with all the things I covered up with booze. So I call them my baby steps, one set a time, sure and toward. I don't know where they will take me but I do know it will be sober.
When I stopped drinking there was a big void, especially in my hand where a glass was in it most of the time when I was conscious at home. I'm also the sort of person who wants things done quickly, get to the finishing line. Let my life begin.
Instead, for me there isn't a finishing line, it isn't a race. I had to get to know me again, that's if I ever really knew me, and deal with all the things I covered up with booze. So I call them my baby steps, one set a time, sure and toward. I don't know where they will take me but I do know it will be sober.
For me it wore me out mentally and phyiscally. While my body wanted to rest, my mind was whirling. They were both wore out.
I slept pretty often and more hours than normal. Some days I felt better and others I still felt tired. It takes a while to get balance. Not only in your recovery program but in your personal life.
I put my recovery program first. I really did not have much of a personal life so it was no real problem ignoring it for a while. When I was bored I took my dog to the park. If I was lonely I called another AA member or came on here. There is always someone on here to chat or message to and of course plenty of threads to read.
I slept pretty often and more hours than normal. Some days I felt better and others I still felt tired. It takes a while to get balance. Not only in your recovery program but in your personal life.
I put my recovery program first. I really did not have much of a personal life so it was no real problem ignoring it for a while. When I was bored I took my dog to the park. If I was lonely I called another AA member or came on here. There is always someone on here to chat or message to and of course plenty of threads to read.
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