Class of February 2020 Support Thread Pt 1
 

this is the support thread for everyone who wants to quit drugs, alcohol or any kind of addiction this month of FEBRUARY 2020

https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...art-3-a-9.html

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Welcome! :wall:

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Hi i'd like to join, day 10 but excited to spend whole of February (and beyond) sober

Welcome all! My Class of Feb 2016 was and still is a great resource of friends.

I'm embarrassed to be posting in yet another class but I know I can't do this alone.

Hello. Checking in. Day 2

Hi Free and Hi Tink :)

Hi free and ready, no need to be embarrassed but know what you mean im ashamed of the amount of day 1's I've had, but think really we should only be embarrassed if we'd stopped trying ?! We can do this

Thanks, I know you're right. I just feel so bad and ashamed as though I'm not taking it seriously . I 'm so committed in the first few days, even weeks then I just seem to lose it and pick up again :(

You're right, we can do this.

Welcome to the Feb group Ready, Tink & Free. I'm so glad to see you all here and ready to work on your recovery. February is a beautiful month. :)

Welcome guys :)

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Hi Everyone. I also was doing great in January made it almost pas 21 days and then drank. It is frustrating but I am glad to have another opportunity and am starting over again. Day 1. With a quit date of Feb 01 2020

I am also working on quitting caffeine so I am doing a 4 day step down taper. I drank my normal 1 pot of coffee today

Then on day 2 I will drink 75% of a pot.
Then on Day 3 I will drink 50% of a pot
On day 4 I will drink 25% of a pot
And on day 5 I will be completely abstinent. Its a lot of quits as you can see with alcohol, cigarettes and coffee. Wish me luck! Its a tough challenge. I will probably turn to food and gorge myself but there is nothing to fear since I have always been skinny and do not have the genetics to become fat. It is physically impossible.

Hi Class of Feb 2020.
Really keen to join the class this month. Quit day for me was Jan 31, so now on day 3.
February is the shortest month (although this year a little longer than the last three Febs), so the month should fly by and the worst of the physical withdrawal symptoms a thing of the past.
Look forward to hearing everyone's Feb tales!

I think I'll join in here also. RAL, No embarrassment in continuing to fight this. Hopefully this will be our last class we need to join. I've been in too many classes over the last few years, but I will never give up. This has to be it. I'm at day 6 and it was almost impossible to get back to day one this time. Scary stuff and I don't want to repeat the cycle of addiction any longer. I was drinking a bottle of wine or more every day. Gained back weight, stopped running, felt depressed and unmotivated.

Back at sober life and already feeling so much better physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I hope to be here for all of you as I lean on you for support and accountability.

Welcome Purina Coz, and Jewel as well as RAL TB and Free :)

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I'm determined to do it this time.
Went 4 days before yesterday but my AV romanticised a pint down the pub watching the rugby.
Which turned into me getting drunk and going to bed at 6.30pm!
I've been up since 10pm ish feeling ******, dropped off for a bit around 2am, awake again now. Feeling okay just a bit sick.
I'm not drinking crazy amounts (usually stop at 1 bottle of wine) and I don't drink two days in a row. Before I had my children, (got sober for both pregnancies and was able to practice moderation for a while afterwards) I was a full blown functioning alcoholic, drinking everyday apart from when I was too sick to. Drinking 1.5-2.5 bottles of wine after work each day.
I thought having children had made me grow up, but it's getting to a point where I think that my drinking is becoming a problem again. I can't stop when I want to and I can rarely stick to what I say I am going to drink.
I have to stop this NOW because it's only going to get worse. My children deserve to have an energetic, healthy Mother. Not a short tempered one trying not to be sick at breakfast.
For more background, my Father was a functioning alcoholic. He was a good Dad but he died young because of drinking/cigarettes. A cycle I do not want to repeat.
I look forward to hearing about everyone else.
We can do this!

I moved your post BasketOfSocks
the current monthly thread is always in Newcomers forum.

Hi and welcome :)

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Thank you. I did wonder why there wasn't one. :)

Thanks for your kindness Dee and Anna and not judging. I am so sick and fed up with myself and my inability to stay sober.

Today is a vile day weatherwise but I am going out for a long walk. Every day after work I am going to come home and then go back out for a walk too. Even just breaking the habit and connection of coming home from work and pouring wine can only help.

Got my recovery books out too and will start to read them. I got sober with Rational Recovery and SR before. I know it works if I put my heart and soul into it. That;s been the problem-I've not been putting my all into it. Maybe at first but not as the weeks go by. and fundamentally it boils down to wanting to be sober more than I want to drink wine. Which I do. Until I don't or I think I don't but I do really and know it's just my AV talking. I need to get a better plan and recovery tools in place to deal with those situations when they arise.

Walking has been a life saver for me Ready. Last year I walked over 2000 miles! I know that others here also find it helpful. Do you have any forests or woods near you? I found a lovely, private little spot where I can sit and think and soak up the smells and sounds. Trees are amazing and each season has its benefits. I find it very therapeutic. I never want to miss it now so drinking is out of the question.