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Old 08-25-2017, 06:11 PM
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Just joined this minutes ago guys, never tried anything like this before, looking forward to hearing from you, well if just hit the 24 weeks sober mark, feeling pretty good most of the time, hasn't been plain sailing though, main thing is I didn't pick up a drink, the stuff nearly killed me, my boy is 19 months and my family were worried sick so I made the change in my life and im glad I did, still miss it some days though after all the **** it caused me, that's the desease though, did 30 days treatment and have aftercare 1 night a week for 2 years to help, hoping this will help me along also, I'll take everything I can to help at this early stage of recovery, thanks for reading, hope I made some sort of sense, computers aren't my thing ha
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Welcome to SR, PlayStation. I'm so glad you made the decision to change your life.

I drank 30 yrs. and didn't really expect much when I signed on for the first time. Little did I know, the people here would help me reclaim my life. The friendship & encouragement is wonderful. You never have to feel alone - there's always someone around to talk to.

Congratulations on your 24 sober weeks - that is fabulous.
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Old 08-25-2017, 07:11 PM
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Old 08-25-2017, 10:52 PM
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Welcome and congrats on 24 weeks!
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Old 08-26-2017, 04:52 AM
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Old 08-26-2017, 06:33 AM
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So glad you're here - 24 weeks is awesome!
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Old 08-26-2017, 10:01 AM
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Thanks lads, good to hear from you all,
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Old 08-26-2017, 10:07 AM
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Welcome, well done on 24 weeks
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Old 08-26-2017, 10:09 AM
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Welcome PS
As Hevyn say's this is a great community.
I joined in March 2016. I slipped up a few times but nobody judges me here. Some fantastic people here.
Im irish too
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Old 08-26-2017, 01:05 PM
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Thanks vman, good to here from a fellow Irish man ha
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Old 08-26-2017, 01:09 PM
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Well done on 8th may 2017 endoftheday, 24 hrs is the world record, heard that at a meeting last night,
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Old 08-26-2017, 01:16 PM
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Welcome to the family and congrats on 24 weeks sober! I'm glad you joined us. I hope our support can help you stay sober for good.
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Old 08-26-2017, 01:34 PM
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24 weeks is really fantastic. Congratulations and welcome to SR.
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Old 08-26-2017, 03:04 PM
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Old 08-26-2017, 03:17 PM
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Hello and welcome PS4 I have also just discovered this place but people here helped me countless times already. Congratulations on 24 weeks, it's really amazing!
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Old 08-26-2017, 11:50 PM
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One night a week aftercare isn't much - I see that Cork is served well for AA meetings. Do you make use of those at all?

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Old 08-27-2017, 05:08 AM
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Yes berrybeaen 3-4 meetings a week as well, relapse prevention and men's group too,
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Old 08-27-2017, 06:43 AM
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Yes berrybeaen 3-4 meetings a week as well, relapse prevention and men's group too,
That's good. So you've got a good support network there.

The other thing that I find has helped me when I've been unable to get to a meeting are the speaker recordings. They can be a good top up when I feel myself getting drawn back into the vortex if noone is around for a chat. I use the www.recoveryaudio.org website, which is free and you don't need to register to use. There's thousands of speaker recordings on there.

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