I feel so alone right now thinking about having a

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#1

I feel so alone right now thinking about having a drink and no one is picking up the phone

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#2

Hi

#3

You're not alone in the this community, what's on your mind?

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#4

You have the community here. I joined to rely on it when all is silent.

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#5

Nothing a drink will solve
Try a prayer
Worth a try

#6

The crazy thing is when the app members are also silent. 988 is always available it’s a crisis hotline.

#7

Hi, Demetrick. I'm sorry you're struggling. I am here if you need to talk.

#8

Stay strong. Exercise

#9

Hey bud. You could go for a walk, clean, anything constructive always helps me. Anything to distract yourself. Movie, video games. Read. Drinking won't solve anything and you'll just feel worse. I had an urge earlier. I listened to music and organized and did some early spring cleaning. Read party of a book then opened this app up. Idle hands. "Purposeful activity will always allow us to call on our higher selves and bring concentration, control and a sense of meaning into life"
Colin Wilson. From a book I was just getting into.

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#10

I’m really glad you said something instead of picking up a drink. That matters.

Lonely nights can feel loud. But there’s also something powerful about sitting with the feeling instead of trying to numb it. When we let ourselves feel it fully, it loses some of its grip. Try to do something to ground yourself and turn those negative thoughts into something positive.

You don’t have to solve your whole life tonight. Just don’t drink right now. Let this wave pass.

Turn the loneliness into awareness instead of escape. There’s strength in that.

Stay with us. :purple_heart:

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#11

Damb.
Well I'm here, going through the very same thing.

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#12

Hi! Please continue to reach out. I hope this message finds you sober.

#13

I’m friend requesting you now. We can talk

#14

Keep strong n I'll be preying you carry on

#15

How are you doing today? Support on here is a little different. Most comes from reading thru the posts and finding something you can relate to and hold on to. Sometimes you can connect with a few people thru the messaging to give and get support.

#16

Hi! I am really new to sobriety, but I’d love to help you if I can also!! It’s a struggle every single day!!! Takes a lot of work, but we can just try our best! I pray and hope your doing okay!! Reach out if I can help in any shape or form:)

#17

I used to feel the same way. It will pass. Stay strong and find something to do, walk, Netflix, something different. I learned a technique called urge surfing. Every urge has a shelf life, change your thinking an focus on something different and the urge will pass. This applies to everything including negative thoughts.

#18

Stay strong don’t let the urge get to you. We are here talkto us

#19

Substitute your alcohol with a non alcoholic drink. That is what helped me in my early days and still does. I have different juices, lemonade , iced coffee tea and a couple of Diet Coke drinks and flavored water in my house and everywhere I go I bring my own non alcoholic drink. Ground yourself by planting your feet on the floor, find two things you can see, one thing you can hear, one thing you can touch and spray some air freshener or cologne in the air. Take a deep breath and hold for 4 breathe out. You are strong , smart, and you can do hard things one day at a time. Read big book excerpts and pray to your higher power. Or call the crisis hotline @ 988z I have done that in the middle of the night I am in between sponsors atm.

#20

No worries appreciate you