Hope to be done
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Hope to be done
New to the site. Glad you are here. I've been a heavy drinker for a long time and I hope to be done. I've tried AA before. I Was 11 months sober the first time and about three months sober the second. I'm hoping that a new approach will yield better results. I Did not drink on Monday 12/1. So, I'm on day 4. Still foggy in the head and I constantly think about drinking. Sleeping hasn't been to great lately but I know that's all apart of the process.
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welcome, and congratulations.
When you were sober before, and in AA - did you have a sponsor? Work the steps? What do you suppose led you back to drinking despite the program? What have you learned from those experiences?
We're here to help.
You can do this.
When you were sober before, and in AA - did you have a sponsor? Work the steps? What do you suppose led you back to drinking despite the program? What have you learned from those experiences?
We're here to help.
You can do this.
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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I nearly said something about the name you chose.... maybe changing it to "ACTINGtobedone"
or "ChoseToBeDone"....
Because it does take more than hope. Hope is a good thing.... but action builds sobriety and a better, happier, richer life of freedom.
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Hello and welcome.
I drank for a very long time, too. I finally gave in and went to AA. Didn't drink for seven months. Slowly, I started to go to fewer and fewer meetings and in no time I was back at it full force.
I guess I thought I was cured and things would be different this time, but they weren't.
I'm an alcoholic and I can never drink safely. I'm not like a moderate drinker, or even some other alcoholics. For me drinking was my life. Until alcohol almost took that, too.
I can relate to your post. We kind of did the same thing.
The only way for me to live is complete abstinance. It took me a long time to figure that out.
Please don't put yourself through the nightmare that was my life.
Meetings seemed to work for you. Why not go back?
Whatever you decide you'll find lots of support here. You're not alone.
I drank for a very long time, too. I finally gave in and went to AA. Didn't drink for seven months. Slowly, I started to go to fewer and fewer meetings and in no time I was back at it full force.
I guess I thought I was cured and things would be different this time, but they weren't.
I'm an alcoholic and I can never drink safely. I'm not like a moderate drinker, or even some other alcoholics. For me drinking was my life. Until alcohol almost took that, too.
I can relate to your post. We kind of did the same thing.
The only way for me to live is complete abstinance. It took me a long time to figure that out.
Please don't put yourself through the nightmare that was my life.
Meetings seemed to work for you. Why not go back?
Whatever you decide you'll find lots of support here. You're not alone.
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Texas
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Welcome Hope ! I found this place 34 days ago in a hingover fog and was desperate. And while I also went back to AA meetings a few days later, these people here are a great 24/7 support group that I really have come to cherish. I felt so beat up after trying to drink "normally" for last nine years (after cashing in 12+ yrs of sobriety) that I became very teachable and want to have as many tools in the tool-box as possible. I am DONE drinking - God willing. Good luck to you !! MJM
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