Welcome to Newcomers Forum, newcomers :)
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Location: Australia
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Welcome to Newcomers Forum, newcomers :)
Hi everyone 
Welcome to Sober Recovery (SR)
Next year will be my 15th year here at SR.
I remember when I first arrived I was beaten down by my addictions.
I was either drunk or sick, or high or sick.
My life had shrunk to the little 3 room apartment I had.
I'd lost all the relationships I cared about and a career I'd loved.
I was despairing, wanting change but having no real idea about how to go about it or whether I could change
I felt so weak, and so very very alone..
Reaching out on an internet forum seemed to be my last hope.
From the first post I read here, I knew I'd found a place where people understood and people cared.
Not everyones story was the same as mine but we all had a common problem
I read other peoples stories, I found out how they were staying sober and I began to construct a plan for how I might do the same.
I reached out to other people too.
Helping them helped me.
Every day sober was a miracle to me
SR helped me to turn my life around.
I know the community here can help you do the same
We are, genuinely, very glad to have you here
D
Welcome to Sober Recovery (SR)
Next year will be my 15th year here at SR.
I remember when I first arrived I was beaten down by my addictions.
I was either drunk or sick, or high or sick.
My life had shrunk to the little 3 room apartment I had.
I'd lost all the relationships I cared about and a career I'd loved.
I was despairing, wanting change but having no real idea about how to go about it or whether I could change
I felt so weak, and so very very alone..
Reaching out on an internet forum seemed to be my last hope.
From the first post I read here, I knew I'd found a place where people understood and people cared.
Not everyones story was the same as mine but we all had a common problem
I read other peoples stories, I found out how they were staying sober and I began to construct a plan for how I might do the same.
I reached out to other people too.
Helping them helped me.
Every day sober was a miracle to me
SR helped me to turn my life around.
I know the community here can help you do the same
We are, genuinely, very glad to have you here
D
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,784
Welcome to our newcomers! I hope you will use the support here to help you get clean and sober for good.
Like Dee, I was bewildered and afraid when I came here. I knew I had to stop drinking but didn't know if I could do that. The support here really changed my life.
A much better life is out there, let us help you find it or make it.
I hope you will use the support here to help you get clean and sober for good. Like Dee, I was bewildered and afraid when I came here. I knew I had to stop drinking but didn't know if I could do that. The support here really changed my life.
A much better life is out there, let us help you find it or make it.
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 14,937
I also was in sad shape when I found this website. One thing that helped me was to join a monthly sobriety group here on this forum, currently that group is the December Class of 2020, check it out. I logged on daily, often multiple times a day, to connect with people in my group who were in the same stage of recovery as me. That really helped.
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: NSW - Australia
Posts: 14,596
Thanks Dee. Fifteen years is awesome.
And, welcome to all newcomers.
I came here pretty much broken, didn't even know the places where I was broke.
Didn't hold much faith that a website would be of much help, but it has.
I began to read, 'listen', to other people's stories, and found stories similar to my own. I began to make connection with people who understood, had been/going through same, but did not judge, or shame me.
I am ever grateful.
I hope all newcomers will benefit from SR as much as I.
Thanks SR.
And, welcome to all newcomers.
I came here pretty much broken, didn't even know the places where I was broke.
Didn't hold much faith that a website would be of much help, but it has.
I began to read, 'listen', to other people's stories, and found stories similar to my own. I began to make connection with people who understood, had been/going through same, but did not judge, or shame me.
I am ever grateful.
I hope all newcomers will benefit from SR as much as I.
Thanks SR.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 51,574
What a wonderful post Dee - very encouraging & uplifting.
Like Steely, I didn't really expect much when I first found SR. Reading the posts calmed me down - helped me to realize I wasn't the only one! That meant the world. I never left.
Like Steely, I didn't really expect much when I first found SR. Reading the posts calmed me down - helped me to realize I wasn't the only one! That meant the world. I never left.
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Join Date: May 2019
Location: UK
Posts: 3,946
Cheers Dee. You’ve done brilliantly and then helped a whole bunch of people. Fortunately, I’d just quit before I first started reading posts on here, but SR has certainly kept me quit. It’s not just the helpful posts but also the very honest ones where people have unfortunately relapsed. It all helps so thanks to everyone who posts
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oxnard (The Nard), CA, USA.
Posts: 13,962
Thanks Dee for your volunteer service here at SR and your amazing transformation from 
'not to hot'. You have the gift of helping others, like myself, That's golden ace!Your very personal and helpful private messaging to me was of instrumental help. That keep me here at SR and not banned for life. Extra thanks for that brother.
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 2,031
Originally Posted by Dee74 
Hi everyone
Welcome to Sober Recovery (SR)
Next year will be my 15th year here at SR.
I remember when I first arrived I was beaten down by my addictions.
I was either drunk or sick, or high or sick.
My life had shrunk to the little 3 room apartment I had.
I'd lost all the relationships I cared about and a career I'd loved.
I was despairing, wanting change but having no real idea about how to go about it or whether I could change
I felt so weak, and so very very alone..
Reaching out on an internet forum seemed to be my last hope.
From the first post I read here, I knew I'd found a place where people understood and people cared.
Not everyones story was the same as mine but we all had a common problem
I read other peoples stories, I found out how they were staying sober and I began to construct a plan for how I might do the same.
I reached out to other people too.
Helping them helped me.
Every day sober was a miracle to me
SR helped me to turn my life around.
I know the community here can help you do the same
We are, genuinely, very glad to have you here
D
Welcome to Sober Recovery (SR)
Next year will be my 15th year here at SR.
I remember when I first arrived I was beaten down by my addictions.
I was either drunk or sick, or high or sick.
My life had shrunk to the little 3 room apartment I had.
I'd lost all the relationships I cared about and a career I'd loved.
I was despairing, wanting change but having no real idea about how to go about it or whether I could change
I felt so weak, and so very very alone..
Reaching out on an internet forum seemed to be my last hope.
From the first post I read here, I knew I'd found a place where people understood and people cared.
Not everyones story was the same as mine but we all had a common problem
I read other peoples stories, I found out how they were staying sober and I began to construct a plan for how I might do the same.
I reached out to other people too.
Helping them helped me.
Every day sober was a miracle to me
SR helped me to turn my life around.
I know the community here can help you do the same
We are, genuinely, very glad to have you here
D
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Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,409
Welcome Newcomers! SR is a wonderful recovery resource and can keep you connected with other alcoholics and addicts on a daily basis which is essential for recovery in my experience. Thanks to you too Dee for all you do for SR and for all those you have helped over the years and continue to help.
Grateful to be sober 🙏
Grateful to be sober 🙏
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 8,637
thanks, Dee.... thank you for being here. You have been among the greatest influences in my sobriety and recovery journey. You've been personally responsible for helping turn my day around, keeping me on track, inspiring me. You're on my list of recovery role models / personal heroes and I'm grateful for you.
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Join Date: Dec 2020
Posts: 109
"Trouble shared is trouble halved" So true.
Reaching out is important. Keeping it all inside is a sad road to take and doesn't allow for any growth and can sure do a lot of internal damage.
I am pretty beaten down but I am determined to heal myself. So glad to be here at Sober Recovery.
Reaching out is important. Keeping it all inside is a sad road to take and doesn't allow for any growth and can sure do a lot of internal damage.
I am pretty beaten down but I am determined to heal myself. So glad to be here at Sober Recovery.
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