Alcoholism Support Group

Alcoholism is the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, even when it is negatively affecting your health, work, relationships and life. If you think alcohol is causing you to lose control, it's time to seek help. Our group is a safe place to vent, check in, get back up if you fall, and reach sobriety.

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bobinmaine 07/22/2009

I have been sober for 1.5 years in august and things are going good right now and I should be content but I am always thinking that something bad will happen to ruin everything and then I'll have to reach for a drink to deal with the pain. Although I don't think I would. I would probably call my sponser first.

How do you deal with negative thoughts on a daily basis?

sonyson 07/22/2009

Tell my self the oppisite to what the nagative thoughts are telling me its hard but it sometimes works

deleted_user 07/22/2009

Turn the frown upside down and find the positive in every negative

deleted_user 07/22/2009

Bob I went through about a month of negativity just recently and I was making myself more angry because I was pissed off BECAUSE I felt so pissy. Know what I mean?

I seriously felt like I was at the end of my rope...I prayed....A LOT. Every day, several times a day...I was so tired of just feeling irritated.

I'm new to this whole prayin thing and all I know is one morning I woke up and I just felt 100 times better. It did pass, nothing changed in my life, there was no major release or anything like that, all I know is that I felt as though a fog had been lifted....

Just have faith that it will pass and hang on. Have you thought about making a list of all the things you're thankful for each day? Sometimes that helps me to put things in perspective when I'm feelin shitty. I hope things get better for you soon.

CoogeeMum 07/22/2009

Hi Bob, when I wake up in the morning early on, I used to verbally say to myself, "well Coog, you can be positive, or you can be negative today, sometimes needed to say it a few times lol." After a while of doing that, I didn't have to speak it to myself, it became learned behaviour. There's a lot of old habits and thoughts in our minds that we need to unlearn and replace with positive thoughts. Daily affirmations help too. I have a few favourite prayers and sayings One is "what the mind expects, it will find". Congratulations on your sobriety Bob, that's great. Coogee xxx

deleted_user 07/22/2009

great on the year and a half. I have the same problem, I have a feeling that catastrophe lay around the bend, especially if things are going well. I do not accept this as reality anymore however-and see that this is just my bent way of trying to control reality. I think that if I think something bad is going to occur, this knowledge will somehow prevent it. Insane! Totally takes me out of the moment and into the future-of which we have no control. We can only do the right thing NOW.

What is that for you Bob? Maybe do some cognitive re-wiring? Perhaps get your thoughts in control a bit more? Conciously work on replacing them with positive thoughts-and ideas of gratitude that you have everything you need NOW to handle all of life's challenges.

deleted_user 07/22/2009

Remember Bob - things grow from the seeds we plant -------

Peace to you.

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