Soberwolf

Fantastic post & thread Mir if nothing changes then nothing changes

Leshar

Thanks, MIR, very thoughtful post.

SwimKim12

Thank you for the post. I am definitely struggling with the making change part right now, but I know that I have to do it in order to stay sober, and staying sober is the one thing I truly want.

Soberween

Mir ... good post. I always tell people that drinking was the solution not the problem. And it worked for a really long time until it didn't. I had to figure out why I wanted to escape into a bottle of wine to deal with natural life occurrences that felt uncomfortable to me. As simple a thing as making a phone call was becoming too much for me in the end because while I thought alcohol was ridding me of anxiety, it was actually causing me to feel very anxious and so the cycle or catch 22 began. I had to break the cycle and slowly, but surely climb out of that rabbit hole. Now that I'm completely out, it is so easy, but while I was still down there I couldn't see how to get out. It turned out that it was as simple as taking it one day at a time and acquiring the right tools to deal with my anxiety in a healthy manner that didn't involve alcohol.

PurpleKnight

Great post MIR!!

Bird615

Great post! That's been my experience, too!