I am new to this and I’m not use to openly sharing but I want to get sober I just don’t know where to start.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated
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It starts with simply accepting you need the help. What are you getting sober from?
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Opioids
Probably should contact a counselor from your local mental health treatment office.
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You might wanna ask your doctor or a therapist, if you have one, to get you in contact with a MAT facility. Therapy can help with this, I’ve worked with opiate addicts in my career, but depending on how bad it was for you, you might need to utilize MAT to get you going. Reach out to me if you need some guidance. I’d be more than happy to help.
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Thank you, may I ask what is a MAT facility or what is MAT
Like a life help center?
MAT is medication assisted treatment. I sent you a friend request if you wanna chat about it and some potential options. I used to work at an opiate treatment clinic
Find where the AA meeting with the most amount of people is. Wear a mask and show your face. If you feel intimidated (which I doubt you will) , grab a phone list or only go up to those who can sponsor you (after the meetings) . If you feel pressured in any way, just remember they're people like everybody else and they have their own personalities still. You can change sponsor at any time. (The word sponsor sometimes scares people and they don't wanna go to the meetings etc) but not really, it's just somebody that's willing to help you and making extra time to talk. It's really brief if you want it to, or some of them like to talk to you for a while. It just depends on who you want as a sponsor. They can also turn into your best friend. And don't walk in there with a judgemental attitude. They are usually really nice people. Service work too. And ability to host the meetings after a certain number of months sober. And when you host, you can pick your own topics for the entire hour meeting. You lead the group. It's just 1 hour out of your day or months that you're hosting or chairing the meeting rather. And if you're single, those meetings could be an ideal place to meet your next boyfriend. Since there is a commonality and they also have a sponsor which should be separate from your sponsor. Etc . Online meetings are free but those meetings are upheld by members like rent and website design. If you are just newly sober, I would advise finding a meeting that has a lot of people and find a sponsor. Stay for coffee, go out with them to lunch, invite them over for coffee,..... Then you can do speaker meetings where you get to talk for about forty minutes about your sobriety. It helps newcomers and then you can go about your business, going to work, traveling whatever you need to do. But on the side, one of your main goals could be to get involved somehow with AA. Heavy involvement or not is your choice but they are kinda fun to be a part of.
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You just did. Welcome to the new you. Keep sharing. Gets easier
Well today is the first day of the rest of your life! Take control my demon was pain pills
I added you
100% do some sort or medication assistance. Suboxone turns off the withdrawal without any high.
Welcome! So far this has been a good place for me. For me the key was really deciding what I wanted in my life, and working for that, and staying sober (I've stumbled a few times), and making sustainable baby steps.