hellrzr

Get to some AA meetings and you will have plenty of meeting options and phones to call, along with posting here, when times get tough.

aasharon90

Don't ever give up on wanting recovery,
your desire to want to be sober or clean
more than anything.

Recovery offers so many wonderful
gifts ahead of you where addiction
will only bring despair, grief, resentments,
an a host of many other awful or deadly results.

To bring you a sense of relief with posting,
I don't get a whole lot of replies either and I
am one of many who have some solid recovery
time behind us.

If one person replies to me I'm happy.
At least I know I'm not alone here.

Ive have to learn that I'm not the only
one with addiction and not the only one
with recovery. I try to remain positive
which I understand in early recovery isn't
easy, but many of us have been there.

We all have to start off on day one. Then
add 2 and so on. I didn't want to be alone
on this journey and folks told me I didn't
have to. That to me is comforting news.

Being in a face to face meeting or having
recovery support that you can actually
see and hear is awesome and a lot different
from being here in SR, online and cyberspace
if they still call it that.

I only came here to SR after I had yrs
of many face to face meeting behind me.
Of course, the computer age was just
starting to twinkle some in 1990 but
unavailable for me.

So I had to rely on going to meetings
and seeing and hearing folks in person.
Yes scary, but for me if I wanted and
needed to remain sober, I had to do
the footwork and drive myself many
days I didn't want to.

I had to call someone to talk to and
not expect them to call and check
on me. I am the one who needed help
and I had to go get it. And I did.

I got out of my selfcentered thinking
and went after my recovery to ensure
I could have a solid foundation to live
the rest of my life upon each day I remained
sober.

I found SR yrs ago and have continued
to make myself present in sharing my
own ESH experiences, strengths and hopes
with others. I have no idea who reads
my posts just like they don't know I read
theirs.

Many times I am sooooo darn inspired
and filled with aw at the amount of strength
that is here in SR shared by many. Sometimes
I quietly read and absorb and may say thank
you. However if I don't, that doesn't always
mean I didn't take something positive away
from their posts.

Same with my posts or threads. I don't
know if I am helping another struggling
with something in their life or recovery,
but I only hope that in prayer and words
typed that I may say something helpful
to the person reading it.

In sharing or posting, it helps me get
off my chest what maybe bothering
me or struggling with. It helps to write
things down so that it becomes a release
and I don't have to carry those heavy
thoughts on my shoulders or in my heart
or mind.

It's theraputic, same or similar as if you
were journaling at home by urself.

You are never alone and you never
have to be alone on this new journey
in life as you begin learning how to live
without your addiction.

Be responsible in your quest for a
healthy, happy honest way of life
and go get it and always ask for
helpful suggestions and guidance
along the way.

Glad you are with us.