Q2 2016 - Not a Great Start
Sobriety is Traditional
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Orcas Island, Washington
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Welcome, Plainview!
Why not make a commitment to stay sober for the next 24 hours at our "24-Hour Recovery Connections?"
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ml#post5881203
Why not make a commitment to stay sober for the next 24 hours at our "24-Hour Recovery Connections?"
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ml#post5881203
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: California
Posts: 13,044
Welcome Plainview! I think Coldfusion's suggestion to commit to 24 hours tomorrow is a great one. Also, you should join the April class, you will find others in the same spot in their recovery, and that helps.
Looking forward to seeing you on here sober tomorrow!
Looking forward to seeing you on here sober tomorrow!
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 8
24 Hours
Today was brutal (I've been sick most of the day) but starting to feel better now and almost at the 24 hour mark. Looking forward to a healthy, sober Sunday with my family. I'll update tomorrow. What exactly are the classes like that some of you are referring to? Are they live streams?
Thank you!
Thank you!
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,444
There's a support thread for every calendar month plainview 
The latest is here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...art-1-a-2.html
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The latest is here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...art-1-a-2.html
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 211,444
Originally Posted by plainview 
I've made dozens of commitments to change, just never followed through.
Not doing something a million times is not really a reason not to try it again...so long as you commit to a different outcome - which in this case would be following through, making a permanent life change, not just a temporary state of not drinking.
Unfortunately for a lot of us we never follow through like that until the stakes are really high - life or death high.
I'm not being melodramatic. I've been there.
You have an excellent chance to follow through now before you get to that point of 'change or die'.
I'm thinking it must be easier that way.
I hope you will
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: North Cackalacky
Posts: 45
I think for me, I had to want to be sober more than I wanted to drink. And I love to drink. It was my best friend. But I had to let it go and recognize I was out of control and couldn't control my drinking anymore. I knew it for years but I didn't want to give it up. I wanted to drink, like I said I loved it. And then I did want to stop and I couldn't. So 3 mths ago I got help and felt like I was breaking up with the love of my life but I had to make a plan and use every tool I could to stop.
That is the only thing I can say -- You have to be ready to get off the merry go round and do anything to get off. And i don't know why it took me so darn long to want to get off, but that is my journey, my bottom was uneventful. If you are ready you will do anything to follow thru. Just keep trying. It's a journey.
That is the only thing I can say -- You have to be ready to get off the merry go round and do anything to get off. And i don't know why it took me so darn long to want to get off, but that is my journey, my bottom was uneventful. If you are ready you will do anything to follow thru. Just keep trying. It's a journey.
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