You can do it asixstringnut!

Nice job on Day 2!!!

Glad you are back Six! I have found exercise, journaling, meditation, and posting here helpful when I am feeling stressed.

You can do this, looking forward to seeing you on day two!

Really glad you're back here, and looking at ways to make sure you've had your final day one.

Counselling is a fantastic idea. I've been volunteering at an addiction centre and increasingly believe that there is a reason why people drink to excess that often has its roots buried deep in the past, and getting help to figure out what those reasons are, exposing them to the sunlight, so to speak, can make a huge difference.

Step one, though, is to stop drinking using any method you can that works. The counselling work can then help cement your decision as you hopefully find much better ways to deal with any issues you might have (i.e ones that actually work), and begin experiencing your life in a far richer, healthier and more fulfilling way. If that makes sense?

While I was in a 28 day rehab stay learning
about my addiction to alcohol, the why's I
drank like I did, what caused me to drink
like I did, how it affected my own mind, body
and soul as well as other around me, my
husband at that time, not an alcoholic,
was told to remove all the alcohol left
in the house before I returned home.

I didn't really understand the reason
behind that at that time, but did understand
that in order for me to remain sober each
day moving forward in my recovery life
and program, there could be no alcohol
in the home to tempt me while in early
recovery.

Because I was intervened on, against
my will to enter recovery or seek help
for my struggles with drinking, I emmediatly
copped a huge resentment towards my
family when I driven to the hospital that
first day in the back of a police car.

I wasn't a criminal, I wasnt bad and yet
I felt so ashamed for how my life turned
out, pissed off that it took family to
turn me in to get help because I was
soooo sick mentally, emotionally, physically
bankrupt and attempted to check out
of life.

All of this led to huge resentments and
down right hatred inside for those who
did the only thing they could do at that
time for me and that was to place me into
the hands of those capable of teaching me
about my addiction and give me healthy
helpful effective tools to incorporate in
all areas of my life instead of killing myself
with my addiction.

It will be 27 yrs come this August 11th, that
very day when my addiction would come to
an end and a new sober life would begin.

This journey in this sober life has been a
learning process and getting to where I
am today has had it challenges, yet never
did I ever reach out to grab alcohol to
solve my many lifes problems. Instead
I used the knowledge and tools passed
on to me from that very 1st day to incorporate
in all areas of my life to help me remain
sober and achieve health, happiness and
honesty.

With constant willingness, openmindedness,
and remaining teachable, I continue to
strengthen my recovery foundation to
avoid people, places and things in life
that would and could take me down, cause
me to slip, anything that would ruffle my
feathers or refund my misery that came
with my addiction.

Talk about your resentments and those
things that would cause you to want to
pick up a drink to numb those feelings.

Find healthier effective methods, solutions
that you can replace alcohol, meds, drugs,
to help you move further away from your
addiction.

Knowing that you never ever have to
go thru this process alone or by yourself
is extremely comforting. Grab a hold of
folks hands or their coattails, so to speak,
and allow us to guide you along the way
with helpful suggestions that have helped
many of us remain successful in our own
sobriety and recovery life.

Were here for you. :)

Your signature line says it all: never quit quitting!

As my join date might indicate, I've had my share of slips and falls and outright "f*ck it" moments, and the depression that follows is pretty intense.

I hope you realize the significance of coming right back here to this forum of hope and support, and not running away. It's a huge indicator that you seriously want to quit more than you seriously want to drink (to paraphrase a wise veteran of SR...)

I'm very glad you're here. What is it with musicians and booze, anyway?! Jeezus...

Hi All.
Just checking in on the beginning of day 2 here.

Might get to take the dogs to the lake for a swim.

Hope you all are doing well so far today.

asixstringnut

Glad to see you here today Six!!

Sounds great 6string.

I hope the day went well. I see you have a yellow lab too. Maybe they got to swim. :)