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I've been gone a while

Kate2155
Kate2155

Well 18 days. But i've stayed off the sauce. Feels great but i 'm starting to get those little triggers to drink again damnit. I looked into something called Hip Sobriety School. I'm the end I didn 't do it because it cost money that I don 't have. I need to pay close attention now to everything because I am tired of the merry go round.

1is2many
1is2many
congrats on 18 days! I was good at quitting, but would always wind up back on the nipple of my bottle. Why? Because I liked the way it made me feel/ or rather not feel. Good day ? Drink! Bad day ? Drink! Because I’m an alcoholic and looking back I used alcohol to cope with life. Without it I was a sad, mad mess of emotions and I didn’t like the real me. Well this time I decided to get help. See never ever had I asked for help. I was a real independent type and I wouldn’t want to have anybody think I owed them anything. I was a fixer. That’s why booze was so useful. I could just drink and the problem was gone! But really it was just a lie. The problem was still there along with new bigger problems when I woke up.

Today I just go talk with some other ppl that have decided the better option is to not start. The key is to find a replacement, and work on some basic reasons why I needed to escape. It only cost a dollar if you want you don’t have even put that in the hat.

The mind needs to focus on what it is getting not what it is not getting. Change the focus and get busy living.

1is2many
finallyawakenow
finallyawakenow
Paying close attention is a good move. Allow yourself to feel the emotions and thought loops that are conspiring to bring you down. What learned behaviors need to be reset? I have been doing extensive reading and meditation on my emotional health. One of the books suggest asking yourself what your purpose is right now. I decided mine needs to be healing and maturing (growing), Identifying this creates a realness and sense of importance to the task at hand. So through my day I check many decisions by asking myself; is this choice going to further my purpose? This practice has shed some light on how my old patterns always led me astray. Towards avoiding life instead of facing it. Which may have protected me from some unpleasant things but if I had just been brave all along those unpleasant things wouldn’t have manifested the way they did. So my whole perception was a lie to myself. Pull at a thread and the whole mess starts to unravel. Let it. Then you can build from scratch on a stronger foundation. One of honesty and acceptance. A truly sober mind. 18 days (hopefully 19 now) is nearly three weeks. That’s nearly a month. Each clear day will add up to freedom. Embrace patience. Live the best life you can.
jeffneedshelp
jeffneedshelp
One of the reasons I like AA, it’s $1 donation per meeting, if I’m able to pay. I can and do, and it’s the best ROI on anything I’ve ever gotten in my life.
octoberrust
octoberrust
18 days is great! Knowing what your triggers are is helpful. Sending you peace, love and hope.
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