There are a few young people here, but not at the moment I suspect.... stick around or come back tomorrow, don't give up.

For fun? I quilt! It's great, see my profile, I'm as nutty as a fruitcake! Most shrinks are!

Sissy needs a mentor!!!

Oh wait she said mentos.MY Bad. any way you can always hurl insults at the troll for fun...WELCOME !!

Hey yeah im only 20 and Im a recovering alcoholic. That was hard for me too.. I had to retrain the way I thought. I started hanging out with sober ppl who didnt drink. I learned that there are interesting fun ppl who dont drink. I used to think all ppl that didnt drink were weird and boring. The more time went by for me, I learned that you actually can have fun without drinking. Cus being an alcoholic my mind was set on alcohol like all day. So nothing was fun or enjoyable without drinking. If i was at the movies Id be thinking about drinking or already be drunk or at a restaurant, it sucked if I couldnt have a drink. So my mindset was set on alcohol all the time. So I couldnt really enjoy anything. So now that Im sober, I do things and am able to enjoy them bc my mind isnt consumed around alcohol. Took me awhile to think this way tho.Just find something that you are passionate about. And the key is hanging out with sober ppl. Sometimes theres not as much to do but its better to be bored occasionally than bac in that terrible addiction..Im so glad there are young recovering alcoholics! I thought I was the only full blown alcoholic at a young age. Congrats on sobriety!

I just wanna say congrats to lina and sha for choosing sobriety at your age, I know that would have been really difficult for me at your ages, so I comend you! You guys both got a head start on solving a problem early in life, heck, I feel fortunate for choosing sobriety at 28! Anyways, you guys rock, life only gets better from here on out, the sky's the limit!

best thing u did get rid of the not real friends u had i am doing same right now even iknew therm mopre of ten years they were pretend was i blind?

Hiya, I think it's important to remember that once you have recovered in AA, you can pretty much go where you want to go. I have a friend who got sober when he was 18 he is now 23 and is a DJ in a club about 5 nights a week. He ensures that he stay spritually fit by working with others and his own spiritual practice. He is surrounded by alcohol and drugs and he is perfectly safe.

I do emphasise though that I am talking about having recovered using the 12 step programme. I make no claims for sobriety done any other way as I only have personal experience of AA.

my first yr i got into skydiving by yr 4 i was base jumping. There are many many things ppl begin to do when they get sober. The sky is the limit. I have a good friend who just completed med school and is now in the final process of ebcomming a surgeon. How cool is that. Going from a college drop out to finnishing his bachelors degree finishing med school and now doing surgical rounds. I have abnother friend Dave d who went back to his junoir yr at univ of md for mechanical engineering and he now has his phd in it. The point is in sobriety if one does the steps we then can dop anything our heart desires without being restrained by being a slave to booze or drugs. Thats my exp and that of just a few of my friends.

Lina, you are the prettiest girl here (except for Lolo and Sheila and rockstarbunny and donthinkwhenIdrink and Terri and Squiggy and Piper and danyelle1, itsmylife, lyttlewing, mschif, rainbowbubbles, Squiggy and Les).

But alas, you are wayyyyy too young for me!

oh Dan mylove you are so sweet...that is why i love you.....lol

You gonna fall for his shinanigans.... c'mon girls.. he's a Schmuck.

You think you are young ??..you seen my face !!

I just wanted to say welcome and I hope things work out for you, you are way braver than this drunk was at your age..

And I wanted to show you not all the old men here are fools and pervs (I will speak to my Dad, ...Dipso Dan

Welcome. Age doesn't matter here. That's why we put up with sad old git Danny boy ;-)

(s'ok - I'm just pissed off he didn't put me on his dolly list!)

And .... I had some friends round this afternoon for lunch and crafting. It was fun. I make things, I write thing, I read things. If I drink I just veg in front of the TV. I do SO much more when I am not drinking in the evenings. And I feel good about myself which is unusual!

i could be your mama so, no, i'm not a youngster but i do meet quite a few people your age in the program and they are some on here. btw, a friend of mine sobered up at 17 and he has 20 years now. it can be done. good luck. devon