lonely and hung over
lonely and hung over 
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Wisconsin, USA
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Welcome back Willdequit. SR can provide you not only with support but a sense of belonging and companionship. Try joining a monthly or daily thread, it's great to be with a group experiencing the same things at the same time.
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 97
Congratulations willdequit. Make a simple plan for each day - rise, work, shop, clean kitchen, walk, go to movie, explore local knitting class options, two-hour read at a coffee shop, meditation, stretch, then bed. Very simple. Fill the day with your plan. Do one every day. I am so happy for you. What a gift you are about to give yourself. Be realistic too. Even try "I can drink tomorrow if I choose, but I am not going to drink today." For the first several days, that keeps you from looking at the future as if it is Mt. Everest and impossible to scale. Just today willdequit. Just today. That's all we are going to worry about for now. Welcome.
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 185
Welcome! I can relate. I hated that feeling of loneliness while hungover the next day. Then thinking later in the day "I feel better so I'll quit tomorrow." I hated it! Now I'm at 26 days and feel amazing. You can be there too! The days pass way quicker than I thought they would! Coming here and posting every time you want a drink sounds like a great start!
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: West Coast
Posts: 54
Originally Posted by soberwolf 
Welcome back I think you should come here when you don't feel like drinking too
Getting complacent has been the downfall of my prior efforts to stay sober -- coming here everyday whether I post something or not is part of my plan to do it differently this time.
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
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Glad you found us Wildequit 
Check out the 'Class of August' support thread
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...art-3-a-6.html
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Check out the 'Class of August' support thread
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...art-3-a-6.html
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Homestead Florida
Posts: 297
I used to feel like it was me against the world when I got depressed by drinking, I suppose that is a form of loneliness. I hated my life then. I am a little over a year free from alcohol and I do not feel lonely anymore. You are amongst a great group of people who will make every effort to help. Keep trying.
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Posts: 23
Thanks for all the good words everyone. Everyday I say I'm not going to drink tonight and I'm going to run and get in shape tomorrow, than I buy a six pack a couple of hours after work and than eventually buy another one. Than I go to work and feel bad all day and don't work out. I don't know why I do this? I know I want to be in great shape and possibly be a smokejumper again, or at least just feel more energy and positive. Instead I just fold every evening and buy the beer. I will try and check this site later today at 7 pm when I want to buy beer. My cousin is going to stay the night and she doesn't drink, so I'll just rent a movie and be strong. It'll be my first day without beer in many weeks.
A Day at a Time
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Grand Rapids MI
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You don't have to drink if you don't want to. You don't have to drink even if you do.
Make a irrevocable decision that today is the end of the madness. Make a sobriety plan, get external support, educate yourself, and be willing to do absolutely anything to get sober
Make a irrevocable decision that today is the end of the madness. Make a sobriety plan, get external support, educate yourself, and be willing to do absolutely anything to get sober
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