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Hi. I am new to sobriety and new to this forum. I have been sober since the 13th of this month and am working to take each day slowly and methodically at this point. I have gone to a few AA meetings and they are helping but of course there are a lot of hours in the day and certainly plenty of temptations to pick up a drink again. So far I haven't and I just hope that for today I won't. I have kept busy reading and at times simply sitting and just being silent.
Not really sure what to say except that I am here and I appreciate that a forum like this exists.
Have a good day.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Noblesville, IN
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Hi JB, Welcome to the forum, you will like what you get here. Awesome on your sobriety, I been told it gets easier in time. You will be on a roller Coaster for a while, but we all are here for you...
I am looking forward of reading more of your posts.
I am looking forward of reading more of your posts.
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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Thank you for the hello's and welcomes. I appreciate it more than I can really say.
Another day of sobriety and even though it sounds like a small victory, for me, going an entire week with out getting drunk at least once is a major accomplishment. I feel like it is my first small pebble in a huge puddle, but each pebble adds up, right? Eventually maybe I can cover that whole puddle with these pebbles. Weird analogy I suppose but it is helping me.
Went to another meeting last night. The meetings really are helping in my sobriety. Usually I just sit and listen but it still helps to just hear others talk. Last night I was called on and it scared me a lot. I have really not felt like I was in a position to say anything important, and even worse, I almost cried (so humiliating) while talking. But interestingly, even though I just babbled about how I was doing, it did sort of help. I did not feel like an observer anymore, I felt included. With all the shame that is coming in waves to me in my sobriety, it helped to feel I was not sitting in the frying pan all alone, lol.
So, here I am working on another 24 hours of sobriety. My brain has been non-stop for a couple of days. To many thoughts running through it, like one of those chatty Cathy dolls. I decided to start a journal to put all those thoughts into in the hopes that if I put them down somewhere else maybe my brain will shut up and I will be able to sleep again.
Good luck to everyone else on another day of sobriety and thank you again for the warm welcome.
Have a good day.
Another day of sobriety and even though it sounds like a small victory, for me, going an entire week with out getting drunk at least once is a major accomplishment. I feel like it is my first small pebble in a huge puddle, but each pebble adds up, right? Eventually maybe I can cover that whole puddle with these pebbles. Weird analogy I suppose but it is helping me.
Went to another meeting last night. The meetings really are helping in my sobriety. Usually I just sit and listen but it still helps to just hear others talk. Last night I was called on and it scared me a lot. I have really not felt like I was in a position to say anything important, and even worse, I almost cried (so humiliating) while talking. But interestingly, even though I just babbled about how I was doing, it did sort of help. I did not feel like an observer anymore, I felt included. With all the shame that is coming in waves to me in my sobriety, it helped to feel I was not sitting in the frying pan all alone, lol.
So, here I am working on another 24 hours of sobriety. My brain has been non-stop for a couple of days. To many thoughts running through it, like one of those chatty Cathy dolls. I decided to start a journal to put all those thoughts into in the hopes that if I put them down somewhere else maybe my brain will shut up and I will be able to sleep again.
Good luck to everyone else on another day of sobriety and thank you again for the warm welcome.
Have a good day.
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