misterjones
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- Have any of you read the book or tried RR as an option to quit? I bought the book and have read a good portion of it. I guess I haven't gotten into the meat of it yet. It just seems easier said than done. I recognize my Addictive Voice but telling...
- Why is it that the ones that have the most to lose are the ones who seem to not give a f**k?
- I was just wondering how all of you went about this. I have only been going to meetings for a few weeks and only have been sober for 5 days. I have met a lot of nice people and have had a few give me their numbers. I'm just not sure I want to get a...
- Man, I posted something earlier and it didn't work for some reason. Oh well. I don't want to rewrite the whole thing.So I went to another meeting yesterday. I had drank in the early afternoon but did not get drunk and when I went to the meeting at...
- Hey guys. I have been coming around these boards on and off for years. I have tried quitting drinking cold turkey a million times and it hasn't worked a million times. I finally decided to do something different and so last Tuesday I went to my...
- I've had enough. I've lived 36 years on this earth and have spent 22 of them drunk almost every day.I poured the alcohol down the sink and I am going to a meeting.I'm tired of killing myself every day. Today is the day I quit.
- To work the 12 steps of recovery on your own? Is it absolutely necessary to go to AA and get a sponsor to help with the steps? Has anyone tried and failed or succeeded?
- My condo is in foreclosure and we are going to let it go. We found a new place to move to but the owner said it will be available to move in February 14th at the latest. We received a Notice of Trustee Sale and there is a public auction scheduled...
- I set dates. I don't keep them. I'm gonna quit. Yeah right. Today was supposed to be the date. fuck it
- Being drunk every day it now seems to me like I am going through life on auto-pilot. At lest between the hours of 3pm and bedtime. Two of my daughters had their birthdays this week and although I remember a lot of things, there are a lot I don't. I...
- I have been off and on to this board for the past two years so "hello again".I have had my moments where I think I have it figured out only to realize I am back where I started.This sober thing is a hard thing to accomplish. The drink kicks my ass...
- Does anyone have any experience with this? My daughter is 5 years old and started kindergarten this year.When she is away from school she talks all the time but once she steps foot into the classroom she clams up. She won't talk to the teacher even...
- Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. ~Ernest HemingwayThe first thing in the human personality that dissolves in alcohol is dignity. ~Author UnknownWhen the wine goes in, strange things come...
- Well I am back for my third or fourth go round here at DS. Probably shouldn't have left. I think reading other people's stories and giving and getting support really helped me in some way.Just when I thought I had it all figured out. When I thought...
- Did any of you start developing major headaches and muscle pains, mostly in the neck and shoulders, when you first started getting sober?I woke up this morning, day 3 for me, and had this splitting headache. It's not a throbbing headache like a...