Me...
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Me...
So this is it. My avatar is honest, probably about the time I'm the same. Drunk, pathetic, will quote John Green: I'm on a rollercoaster that's only going up. Things do get better, right..?
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so what are you willing to do in order to bring about change ?
there is help out there if you want it, you do not have to carry on like it is but again its down to you to make that first step
try not picking up the drink for a day, keep yourself busy with no idle time to sit and think and feel sorry for yourself
this is were getting out to aa meetings helped me out so much in my early days as i went to meetings day and night
it was the only place i could find peace from my washing machine head that wouldnt stop thinking or analyzing everything over and over again
in the meetings i heard all sorts of honest shares that made me feel i wasnt the only one in the world who felt like i did or acted like a did etc i really was so lucky to have the people around me who i met there
so i can only offer up aa as its what helped me
i had to get out of my flat were i would be alone on my own, staying indoors was my safty zone as i didnt have to face the world but it was also my tomb.
but its one of the things i had to push hard to just do it i am so glad i got into the habbit of going to aa meetings as i leanred to much just by being there, then came the book that explained so much, then came a sponsor and step work on me that got to the root of me and shown me how i can change
but in the early days all i could do was get to meetings day and night and that not only kept me sober but it carried me and gave me so much hope that i might have a chance
there is help out there if you want it, you do not have to carry on like it is but again its down to you to make that first step
try not picking up the drink for a day, keep yourself busy with no idle time to sit and think and feel sorry for yourself
this is were getting out to aa meetings helped me out so much in my early days as i went to meetings day and night
it was the only place i could find peace from my washing machine head that wouldnt stop thinking or analyzing everything over and over again
in the meetings i heard all sorts of honest shares that made me feel i wasnt the only one in the world who felt like i did or acted like a did etc i really was so lucky to have the people around me who i met there
so i can only offer up aa as its what helped me
i had to get out of my flat were i would be alone on my own, staying indoors was my safty zone as i didnt have to face the world but it was also my tomb.
but its one of the things i had to push hard to just do it i am so glad i got into the habbit of going to aa meetings as i leanred to much just by being there, then came the book that explained so much, then came a sponsor and step work on me that got to the root of me and shown me how i can change
but in the early days all i could do was get to meetings day and night and that not only kept me sober but it carried me and gave me so much hope that i might have a chance
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For a long time I thought I was " special" too. That I was different and my circumstances were so unique that I couldn't get sober the way everyone else had.
Turns out I'm just a drunk like everyone else who abuses alcohol. And when I finally humbled myself and accepted reality, I found out that my significance and purpose can only be found in sobriety.
Turns out I'm just a drunk like everyone else who abuses alcohol. And when I finally humbled myself and accepted reality, I found out that my significance and purpose can only be found in sobriety.
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Originally Posted by ishallnotwant 
For a long time I thought I was " special" too. That I was different and my circumstances were so unique that I couldn't get sober the way everyone else had.
Turns out I'm just a drunk like everyone else who abuses alcohol. And when I finally humbled myself and accepted reality, I found out that my significance and purpose can only be found in sobriety.
Turns out I'm just a drunk like everyone else who abuses alcohol. And when I finally humbled myself and accepted reality, I found out that my significance and purpose can only be found in sobriety.
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Originally Posted by StellaPolaris
Today is bad... Maybe tomorrow..?
...which is start the recovery journey.
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Personal exceptionalism is a characteristic of alcoholics I have learned. I also thought I was "different" and "nobody knows the troubles I've seen" which was a lame ass way of excusing my behavior. I always started tomorrow or the next day or week or month...etc. And many years have passed to what end?
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