First day back in society
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First day back in society
Hello everyone, after a drinking binge that lasted four days, I checked into a rehab facility on May 13th in which I have been sober for 31 days...today is my first day being sober not at the rehab center and back home again. I look forward to my daily challenge to fight the fight for sobriety. I wish everyone here another day sober!!
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Hi..I remember being so afraid to walk out of the door at a rehab in 2005...
I actually started crying and sloped down to the floor near the exit....I did well for a long period of time 8 years.
But I know exactly how you are feeling today....that disconnection from that everyday safety and support.
I wish you the best today...if cravings come up...eat...or get out of the house and do something...keep moving...keep trying...and always put sobriety first.
I actually started crying and sloped down to the floor near the exit....I did well for a long period of time 8 years.
But I know exactly how you are feeling today....that disconnection from that everyday safety and support.
I wish you the best today...if cravings come up...eat...or get out of the house and do something...keep moving...keep trying...and always put sobriety first.
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Glad you are here and great job on 31 + 1!
What did you do during treatment that you plan to continue out in real life? Keeping up plans and new habits and choices and things that you can take from that first month are pretty critical for those of us who get some kind of start and then face new life on more of our own accountability.
Glad you are here.
What did you do during treatment that you plan to continue out in real life? Keeping up plans and new habits and choices and things that you can take from that first month are pretty critical for those of us who get some kind of start and then face new life on more of our own accountability.
Glad you are here.
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Hello and Welcome!
Make a plan would be my first suggestion--structure each day, especially the times when you used to drink with other activities or distractions. I started playing guitar and making jewelry, for example.
I also joined a crossfit box to burn off anxiety and to start getting my body fit again after all the abuse. My nutrition was also important as drinking gave me calories but not much else my body could use. I slept lots, and when I had insomnia, just got up and read a book or watched an old movie. That gets better over time.
The most important thing for me in early recovery was consciously trying to be kind to myself instead of critical and judging when I had cravings or just felt sad or angry. Feeling feelings is hard when you have suppressed them with alcohol for years.
Wishing you the best! Post often, and always beforehand when tempted to ask for permission to drink. We will say no
but help you through it.
Make a plan would be my first suggestion--structure each day, especially the times when you used to drink with other activities or distractions. I started playing guitar and making jewelry, for example.
I also joined a crossfit box to burn off anxiety and to start getting my body fit again after all the abuse. My nutrition was also important as drinking gave me calories but not much else my body could use. I slept lots, and when I had insomnia, just got up and read a book or watched an old movie. That gets better over time.
The most important thing for me in early recovery was consciously trying to be kind to myself instead of critical and judging when I had cravings or just felt sad or angry. Feeling feelings is hard when you have suppressed them with alcohol for years.
Wishing you the best! Post often, and always beforehand when tempted to ask for permission to drink. We will say no
but help you through it.
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Thanks everyone. First day out has been great...taking my kids to their summer camps, I passed many of my old stops for booze. The thought of those places disgust me because I know what those places lead to for me. It plays like a movie, so I won’t even put myself back into that movie to replay. I look forward to my A.A. meeting tonight!..Hope everyone here is enjoying the day!
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