"only" 30 days- I want to feel different I can start over
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Originally Posted by faith823 
Thank you so much for your words.
Yes step 1/2/3 daily will help keep me sober.
I have also experienced the envy and insanity of these thoughts.
Congrats on your Sobriety. Such an inspiration.
Yes step 1/2/3 daily will help keep me sober.
I have also experienced the envy and insanity of these thoughts.
Congrats on your Sobriety. Such an inspiration.
That's very smart.
Most of us can't stay sober on our own.
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Originally Posted by Dee74
The thing is -alcohol does nothing for emotional pain.
the best it can do is push it to one side for a while and even that stops working after a few years.
Its like being stuck in a loop - we push the pain to one side, it comes back and we need more alcohol to numb ourselves next time.
emotional pain can be managed even healed - but it might take a little longer than 30 days faith
hang in there - stay with us
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the best it can do is push it to one side for a while and even that stops working after a few years.
Its like being stuck in a loop - we push the pain to one side, it comes back and we need more alcohol to numb ourselves next time.
emotional pain can be managed even healed - but it might take a little longer than 30 days faith
hang in there - stay with us
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Getting ready for a meeting. Was able to clean my room, organize and shower. Clear headed
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Hey faith, I'm glad you came through that experience unscathed. Good job posting here!
I'm not sure if this is true for you, but I used to really do battle with the urge to drink. Somewhere along the line, I'd gotten the idea that I needed to do something about that feeling. Dispute it, eliminate it, vanquish it! Not so long ago, I realized that there's no need to do anything, really. It's ok to feel crappy and irritable (or whatever) for awhile. I mean, it sucks, but whatever. You know?
Maybe that's obvious to everyone but me, but I thought I'd share just in case. It's an enormous relief to me to acknowledge in a matter-of-fact way that I'd still like to drink. I just don't. *shrug*
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I'm not sure if this is true for you, but I used to really do battle with the urge to drink. Somewhere along the line, I'd gotten the idea that I needed to do something about that feeling. Dispute it, eliminate it, vanquish it! Not so long ago, I realized that there's no need to do anything, really. It's ok to feel crappy and irritable (or whatever) for awhile. I mean, it sucks, but whatever. You know?
Maybe that's obvious to everyone but me, but I thought I'd share just in case. It's an enormous relief to me to acknowledge in a matter-of-fact way that I'd still like to drink. I just don't. *shrug*
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Originally Posted by Obladi
Hey faith, I'm glad you came through that experience unscathed. Good job posting here!
I'm not sure if this is true for you, but I used to really do battle with the urge to drink. Somewhere along the line, I'd gotten the idea that I needed to do something about that feeling. Dispute it, eliminate it, vanquish it! Not so long ago, I realized that there's no need to do anything, really. It's ok to feel crappy and irritable (or whatever) for awhile. I mean, it sucks, but whatever. You know?
Maybe that's obvious to everyone but me, but I thought I'd share just in case. It's an enormous relief to me to acknowledge in a matter-of-fact way that I'd still like to drink. I just don't. *shrug*
O
I'm not sure if this is true for you, but I used to really do battle with the urge to drink. Somewhere along the line, I'd gotten the idea that I needed to do something about that feeling. Dispute it, eliminate it, vanquish it! Not so long ago, I realized that there's no need to do anything, really. It's ok to feel crappy and irritable (or whatever) for awhile. I mean, it sucks, but whatever. You know?
Maybe that's obvious to everyone but me, but I thought I'd share just in case. It's an enormous relief to me to acknowledge in a matter-of-fact way that I'd still like to drink. I just don't. *shrug*
O
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Originally Posted by Obladi
Hey faith, I'm glad you came through that experience unscathed. Good job posting here!
I'm not sure if this is true for you, but I used to really do battle with the urge to drink. Somewhere along the line, I'd gotten the idea that I needed to do something about that feeling. Dispute it, eliminate it, vanquish it! Not so long ago, I realized that there's no need to do anything, really. It's ok to feel crappy and irritable (or whatever) for awhile. I mean, it sucks, but whatever. You know?
Maybe that's obvious to everyone but me, but I thought I'd share just in case. It's an enormous relief to me to acknowledge in a matter-of-fact way that I'd still like to drink. I just don't. *shrug*
O
I'm not sure if this is true for you, but I used to really do battle with the urge to drink. Somewhere along the line, I'd gotten the idea that I needed to do something about that feeling. Dispute it, eliminate it, vanquish it! Not so long ago, I realized that there's no need to do anything, really. It's ok to feel crappy and irritable (or whatever) for awhile. I mean, it sucks, but whatever. You know?
Maybe that's obvious to everyone but me, but I thought I'd share just in case. It's an enormous relief to me to acknowledge in a matter-of-fact way that I'd still like to drink. I just don't. *shrug*
O
Thank you everyone for sharing your remarkable experiences of feelings and staying sober one day at a time.
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