My Sober Thread
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Donegal Ireland
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Well I am back and this is my first proper day without alcohol and feeling ok.. Feel stupid for coming back and posting after letting myself down but its good to get it out on here 
Hope everyone is keeping well and thanks again for your kind words and support.
Hope everyone is keeping well and thanks again for your kind words and support.
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Hello NeoNew ...
From my past experience, struggling thru the gut-wrenching, screaming-bloody-murder fog of early recovery, The ONLY thing that will bring about the MIRACLE of getting FREE is DOING THE WORK.
The 'Balance Scales' are totally tipped by the 'Weight' of the Addiction. I needed to do the WORK - the prayers, the readings, the meditations, the personal inventories, the meetings, the prayers, the meditations, listening to the Recovery messages, the readings, the meetings, the readings, the prayers, the meditations, listening to the Recovery messages, the inventories ... until they were coming out my eyes, ears, nose and A$$#0LE ... and the WEIGHT of the WORK tipped the balance FROM the B/S running my mind, body and soul, TO the NEW Reality of a Transformed Life.
The ONLY thing that worked was for me to repeatedly DO THE WORK ... when I drank again, and again, and ... I had to KEEP DOING THE WORK ... until the MIRACLE happened.
RDBplus3 ... Happy, Joyous and FREE ... and I KNOW U can B 2
From my past experience, struggling thru the gut-wrenching, screaming-bloody-murder fog of early recovery, The ONLY thing that will bring about the MIRACLE of getting FREE is DOING THE WORK.
The 'Balance Scales' are totally tipped by the 'Weight' of the Addiction. I needed to do the WORK - the prayers, the readings, the meditations, the personal inventories, the meetings, the prayers, the meditations, listening to the Recovery messages, the readings, the meetings, the readings, the prayers, the meditations, listening to the Recovery messages, the inventories ... until they were coming out my eyes, ears, nose and A$$#0LE ... and the WEIGHT of the WORK tipped the balance FROM the B/S running my mind, body and soul, TO the NEW Reality of a Transformed Life.
The ONLY thing that worked was for me to repeatedly DO THE WORK ... when I drank again, and again, and ... I had to KEEP DOING THE WORK ... until the MIRACLE happened.
RDBplus3 ... Happy, Joyous and FREE ... and I KNOW U can B 2
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Join Date: May 2015
Location: PA
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Hi Neo......I can't remember if your getting medical help w drinking, for me wo meds I don't think I would be able to quit......this is my third attempt this year...... I found out I was bi polar......now I'm just depressed ....just......lol.......anyway.....take good care of yourself......and be kind to yourself.......quitting for me has been a process .......and I'm still on shaky ground......I know stress and sleeplessness are my number one triggers .....so I concentrate on keeping those in check.......you'll get there......I know your determined. Good day.
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For me the REAL ‘trigger’ was ME. The ME that was constantly churning, drinking, running cycles of depressive thoughts and emotions and trying to cope with it all, striving to be in CONTROL of ME. I found out I could not FIX myself.
I could not fix my Spiritually Diseased SELF with my Spiritually Diseased SELF.
For me, I had to WORK THE STEPS … and in the process my Life, my thoughts and emotional processes, and a new awareness of my inherent Spiritual Nature were transformed, in a way I could not have done by trying to FIX myself.
RDBplus3 … Now Happy, Joyous and FREE … and I KNOW U can B 2
I could not fix my Spiritually Diseased SELF with my Spiritually Diseased SELF.
For me, I had to WORK THE STEPS … and in the process my Life, my thoughts and emotional processes, and a new awareness of my inherent Spiritual Nature were transformed, in a way I could not have done by trying to FIX myself.
RDBplus3 … Now Happy, Joyous and FREE … and I KNOW U can B 2
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Join Date: Jul 2015
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Starting Day 2..I got around 8 hours sleep last night still feel wrecked though but I guess that is what abusing our body does to us. A quiet weekend planned so hot bath nice meal and close the curtains with Netflix I think.
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