new comer trying to battle a desire
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new comer trying to battle a desire
hi. im just out of rehab and taking it one day at a time. today I took a nap and awoke with my first serious desire to have a drink. I didn't think it could be so powerful. im not liking it very much so im trying to battle it before I go to an AA meeting because I don't trust myself feeling like this and being alone on a drive so I just wanted to talk about it and get it away from me. Its not fare that my brain can do this to me against my will.
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Welcome. How long was ur rehab stay? Are
you going to an aftercare program that
follows a rehab stay? I went thru a 28 day
in stay followed by a 6 week outpatient
aftercare program.
That was 23 yrs ago as I continue on my
recovery journey today.
Early recovery required my willingness
to do whatever I needed to do to remain
sober. If I got squirrely I knew exactly
where I needed to be. And if I wasn't
able to get to a meeting at that moment,
I made sure I got to one as soon as
possible.
Until then, I stayed busy with my own
2 little ones and family, reading and
listening to recovery tapes of encouragements.
Alcohol was completely removed from
my home so that there was no temptation
lurking to pick up. I followed suggestions
provided in my AA program and from
countless old-timers who paved the way
to follow and remain sober each day.
I learned that I didn't have to be miserable
in recovery or go thru anything alone ever
again because there was always someone
available for me to reach when my mind
got squirrely.
I listened. I learned. I absorbed. I applied
what was taught to me to carry me sober
a many one days at a time down the road.
It can be for you too.
you going to an aftercare program that
follows a rehab stay? I went thru a 28 day
in stay followed by a 6 week outpatient
aftercare program.
That was 23 yrs ago as I continue on my
recovery journey today.
Early recovery required my willingness
to do whatever I needed to do to remain
sober. If I got squirrely I knew exactly
where I needed to be. And if I wasn't
able to get to a meeting at that moment,
I made sure I got to one as soon as
possible.
Until then, I stayed busy with my own
2 little ones and family, reading and
listening to recovery tapes of encouragements.
Alcohol was completely removed from
my home so that there was no temptation
lurking to pick up. I followed suggestions
provided in my AA program and from
countless old-timers who paved the way
to follow and remain sober each day.
I learned that I didn't have to be miserable
in recovery or go thru anything alone ever
again because there was always someone
available for me to reach when my mind
got squirrely.
I listened. I learned. I absorbed. I applied
what was taught to me to carry me sober
a many one days at a time down the road.
It can be for you too.
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Originally Posted by Dadof6 
hi. im just out of rehab and taking it one day at a time. today I took a nap and awoke with my first serious desire to have a drink. I didn't think it could be so powerful. im not liking it very much so im trying to battle it before I go to an AA meeting because I don't trust myself feeling like this and being alone on a drive so I just wanted to talk about it and get it away from me. Its not fare that my brain can do this to me against my will.
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