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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 16,633
Welcome, Clansfan.
Coming here is a good start. When I was newly sober (been sober six years now), I found AA to be incredibly helpful. "Holding it together" only works for so long. Learning to live sober, happily, is a process and requires sort of rebuilding yourself from the inside out. It takes time. AA has some very good ways to help you through that process. And it's also nice to be with people who really GET how you are feeling.
Congrats on getting through your first week--and reaching out for support.
Coming here is a good start. When I was newly sober (been sober six years now), I found AA to be incredibly helpful. "Holding it together" only works for so long. Learning to live sober, happily, is a process and requires sort of rebuilding yourself from the inside out. It takes time. AA has some very good ways to help you through that process. And it's also nice to be with people who really GET how you are feeling.
Congrats on getting through your first week--and reaching out for support.
Member
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: C.C. Ma.
Posts: 3,697
Welcome.
The successful people holding it together start by not drinking one day at a time in a row even when we want to.
Many find it important to be honest with themselves about their past drinking and accept the fact that we can not drink alcohol in safety.
Reading posts on this forum is quite helpful for many and many also become members of AA to have guidance also. The more help the better especially early on.
Something that was very helpful to me is the fact “if we don’t pick up the first drinl, we don’t have to try to get sober AGAIN.”
BE WELL
The successful people holding it together start by not drinking one day at a time in a row even when we want to.
Many find it important to be honest with themselves about their past drinking and accept the fact that we can not drink alcohol in safety.
Reading posts on this forum is quite helpful for many and many also become members of AA to have guidance also. The more help the better especially early on.
Something that was very helpful to me is the fact “if we don’t pick up the first drinl, we don’t have to try to get sober AGAIN.”
BE WELL
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 25,373
Great job on that first week. It's going to get better - keep coming back!
The roller coaster of emotions? That is going to calm down in a few weeks. You just have to tough it out. Sometimes it was one hour at a time for me in the first month.
The roller coaster of emotions? That is going to calm down in a few weeks. You just have to tough it out. Sometimes it was one hour at a time for me in the first month.
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: canada
Posts: 7,242
Clansfan,
way to go on that sober week!
there is a reason early sobriety is often called a rollercoaster.
hang in there, keep looking around and you'll find tools that work for you.
good to see you here.
way to go on that sober week!
there is a reason early sobriety is often called a rollercoaster.
hang in there, keep looking around and you'll find tools that work for you.
good to see you here.
Life is an unlikely miracle.
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: England
Posts: 1,859
Welcome Clansfan, from Wiltshire 
Post when ever you need to, we all understand here.
keeping hydrated and eating anything I wanted helped me through the first couple of weeks, and posting here a lot.
It will get easier. Glad you found us.
Post when ever you need to, we all understand here.
keeping hydrated and eating anything I wanted helped me through the first couple of weeks, and posting here a lot.
It will get easier. Glad you found us.
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