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Caitlin5
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Portland, ME
Posts: 18
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Hi. I am a new member here. I'd love to meet new friends. I've been sober this time since 18 August 2005. I'm "new," but have also been around the block a few times. (30 plus years!) I know that without AA, there is a good chance I might "slip" again. So, please (someone!) write. I'll get the hang of this site hopefully soon. Thank you! Caitlin5
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Eastpointe,Michigan
Posts: 278
Welcome Cailin5, This site is a bit different, I'm just getting the hang of it. I tried to send you a message earlier. Check out the different groups, I have joined the 1 year and over club myself.
peace-Jonathan
peace-Jonathan
Caitlin5
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Portland, ME
Posts: 18
You can't always get what you want....... Grrrrrrr! Impulse control is a problem for me. Even in sobriety. I need to learn to THINK before I blast out an opinion. Some days are better than others........ but if you try sometime; you just might find....... You get what you need. I will trust in the process today. Thanks! Caitlin5
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Canada
Posts: 750
Welcome Caitlin! Just because you are not in AA doesn't necessarily mean you are destined to "slip". I had that mindset and I really believed it and I did slip. This time around I am trying to shed that old thinking and am finding there truly are many roads to recovery. SR is one of the greatest tools I have ever discovered and my sobriety feels very strong. I am not knocking AA and such as I believe it is a great tool for certain folks so if it has really worked for you in the past then going back might be the right choice. Stick around!
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,435
Hi and welcome Caitlin - great to have you here 
There's a lot of us here who did other programmes aside from AA and others like me who did no programme at all, apart from using the help and support of this community.
So long as we keep working on our recovery, I don't think relapse is at all inevitable
D
There's a lot of us here who did other programmes aside from AA and others like me who did no programme at all, apart from using the help and support of this community.
So long as we keep working on our recovery, I don't think relapse is at all inevitable
D
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Eastpointe,Michigan
Posts: 278
you can join many groups as you see when you open all the pages. The 1 and over is a thread,sorry I thought it was a group. Go to new posts, look at the far left for the name. I'm going to post something there. then click on my post. OK here I go
bona fido dog-lover
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,777
Originally Posted by Caitlin5 
How do I get into the 1+ years sobriety club? Can't find it....
It's in the Daily Support forum.
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Lakeside, Ca
Posts: 10,208
Originally Posted by Caitlin5
sober this time since 18 August 2005.
I know that without AA, there is a good chance I might "slip" again.
AA has also helped me a lot so as to remember why I stay sober today.
M-Bob
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