I am 63 years old and have been in and

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I am 63 years old and have been in and out of recovery most of those years. I would love to chat with anyone whose experiences might be similar. It is very hard for me to meet people at my age. Today is day 2.

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Hi Rick - I was in and out of recovery for 12 years before the miracle happened. Rehabs, IOPs, sober living, drug court, therapists, and the rooms of recovery. It wasn’t until I completely surrendered, accepted that I was totally powerless over my disease, that I began to recover. Admitting that my way didn’t work, I got serious about working the 12 Steps. This restored me to sanity, over time. I worked on it diligently without stopping, and it changed me from the inside out. Literature says “that a personality change is what is needed to recover” - and I found that to be true. Just for today I have lost the desire to use. It can be done, but not alone and not doing it our way.

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If you have any morning or afternoon AA meetings near you, you'll find plenty of people your age.

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Hi I am 53 does that help? :). Good morning what is going on with you today??

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Well 53 is much closer than many I meet. Thanks for your reply. I am grateful I woke up instead of still being up.

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57 one year sober

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Where are you? I am in San Antonio.

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I am in Los Angeles

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I’m 50 Rick and 5 months sober and clean … by the grace of God !! Surrender is the only way ! I 100% agree with Thomas ! It can be done with all the resources!!!

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If course it can be done and I have every intention of succeeding. I do appreciate every reply and every word. Thank you. It is nice to know this resource is available. Comforting.

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I've been in and out of prison for 20 years. If you want to talk message me.

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Hi Rick. I’m 52 and started my sobriety almost 3 years ago, will be 3 yrs in March. I spent many years trying to quit, cut back, control it and I never could. What changed my motive was my performance at work was being impacted and I couldn’t imagine losing everything I had worked for. I did relapse after that, 5 months into my sobriety. The point is, there must be something stronger than yourself, something at the core of who you are that enables you to surrender to the disease, to embrace it as a gift to something higher than yourself.

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Rick!! Welcome to Recovery. You never have to use again. Rick, are you aware that there's a THRIVING recovery community online and meeting 24/7 via Zoom?! Message me if you need help! Thank-you. Love you brother. Have a great day!

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Hello Rick! Welcome to Loosid!
I’m 40 years old. I have 2 years 2 months and 25 days of continuous sobriety. I drank since I was 13. I started doing meth at age 35. It quickly took everything from me. I have relapse in my story.
The one thing that I believe is very important to why I’m here now is I had the mindset that I was going to be :100: honest this time around. And that opened so many doors and closed more that were toxic. We may be 23 years apart but our story might have more similarity then we think. I’m here to share my journey. To grow spiritually.
Have a blessed day my friend.

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Hey Rick! Just hit 57! Wednesday will be 7 months. Got sober in 1989. I stopped working a program, and slowly but surely life on life’s terms was kicking my as$. Picked up a drink in 2016 to numb the pain. I almost lost it all from 2016 to July 2021. I’m sober and happy today. You can do this my buddy

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Thank you. I got sober as well in 1989 and relapsed in 2001. Sober again from 2011 to 2016. Now 6 days but I’ll take it!

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Thanks Kevin that was a really nice message. Uplifting and inspirational

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Welcome Rick! I’m here if you want chat.

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Welcome Rick I am always here for you

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Not sure why it's hard to meet people at your age. I'm the same age as you and I meet people just fine. Give me a shout anytime and I'll be glad to chat with you.