Hooray, another day!
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Taylors
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Hooray, another day!
Hey y'all! This is my first time in the forum and am hoping this will be a beneficial tool in helping me to recover. I have felt like I've suffered for long enough a d am taking steps toward becoming the person I want people to admire.
In addition to the forums, where to you look for guidance?
In addition to the forums, where to you look for guidance?
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 67,047
Everyone is great here at SR youl meet nothing but support
If you have any questions just ask but there is a team at SR and they really are amazing all of them
its a beautiful melting pot of recovery here your very welcome
nice to meet you
If you have any questions just ask but there is a team at SR and they really are amazing all of them
its a beautiful melting pot of recovery here your very welcome
nice to meet you
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 831
I tried out as many different meetings as I could. AA, SOS, Smart, Women for Sobriety. I ended up in Codependents Anonymous for my "home group" and because there are hundreds of AA meetings in my area I go there too. I got an AA sponsor. Open AA meetings with speakers who share their stories help me a lot too.
I also read all the books I could (lol my name is BookMaven after all) but honestly when it comes down to it, this disease makes no sense and all the information in the world is no match for the power the addiction has over our brains. It's interesting, but in my experience not enough.
Having a safe, supportive environment helps too. I had to get rid of all my shot glasses, beer mugs, and wine glasses because just seeing them would trigger me to want a drink, and I don't have a stopping mechanism in my brain, once I have one I just keep going on drinking until some outside force intervenes. I also had to completely stop all communication and contact with the people I used to drink with. Some of them were not too happy with me, but until I did that I relapsed over and over. That's what I did differently this time, and now I have 7 months sober time.
I also read all the books I could (lol my name is BookMaven after all) but honestly when it comes down to it, this disease makes no sense and all the information in the world is no match for the power the addiction has over our brains. It's interesting, but in my experience not enough.
Having a safe, supportive environment helps too. I had to get rid of all my shot glasses, beer mugs, and wine glasses because just seeing them would trigger me to want a drink, and I don't have a stopping mechanism in my brain, once I have one I just keep going on drinking until some outside force intervenes. I also had to completely stop all communication and contact with the people I used to drink with. Some of them were not too happy with me, but until I did that I relapsed over and over. That's what I did differently this time, and now I have 7 months sober time.
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Parkman OH
Posts: 114
Welcome To SR where there is loads of help. Myself this is a tool used to keep my thinking where i need it to be to stay sober today. My biggest help is to go to meetings. I go early to help out and be able to talk with others face to face that know my struggles and pains i go though.
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