Hello! I have just joined this app today in search of support and maybe someone to tell me I am not dumb for wanting to quit drinking. I have tried to get sober multiple times before without help and it has not gone well. I have made some progress but I am still not able to control my intake. There is pressure everywhere I go and it is easier to say yes than no. I'm an all or nothing drinker which is not only unhealthy, it is also dangerous. I'm hoping the app will help me stay on track and help me reach milestones for the health if my mind, body and relationships with the people around me.
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You canât do it on your own! You definitely need a support group! I use Loosid and Iâm in counseling!
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Counseling as in therapy or AA meetings and does it help you? I don't see a therapist but maybe it would be a good place to start.
Welcome, I hope you find positivity and help with this app!
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AA meetings are a great place to meet other people. Only you can decide if itâs for you.
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Welcome by the way!
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Hello Raysha, I don't know of anyone who got sober completely on there own. There is a very good community here. Out patient therapy helped me along with friends and family. I had a great support group. Podcasts and reading also helped. Reach out anytime. 
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I go to counseling, AA meetings, and use this app, and ask God for sobriety every morning for the 24 hours ahead of me. It is working. Good luck!
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Hi Raysha, welcome to our community. Take it one day at a time and keep reaching out.
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Thank you all for welcoming me and for your advice, I really appreciate you all!
Keep sharing and ask for help. It works!
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Iâve been sober on my own so far. All I do is reading a lot of âquit litâ everyday. I think the key to sobriety is to stay excited about it. I need to sell my brain on it everyday, since we live in such an alcocentric society. The books I liked best so far are Allen Carr âeasy way to quit smokingâ, and both âalcohol explainedâ books by William Porter.
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Welcome Raysha! I can relate to your all or nothing type of drinker! Iâm also an extremist! I can go from sad to joyous to angry in 0.000009 seconds⌠just ruin my own day in that self pity partyâŚ.
I have wonderful news for you! You ready?
Youâre not alone! There are millions of us! There is a solution that has been working in alcoholics lives since 1939. And that I can proudly say is Alcoholics Anonymous. I dang near lost everything in my life due to my drinking career which lead me to other stuff real late in life. Lost my wife, my home, my friends but what I did gain in AA is more friends, a higher power, a solution and most of all a better understanding of what alcohol was doing for me that I couldnât do for myself. I was spiritually, mentally and bodily sick from the way I was living this life.
My advice is to find a meeting near you in person or online(zoom). Have an open mind about this new venture. Listen to the similarities in everyoneâs stories. Ask questions. Share what your going through with the group. Youâll be amazed before you are half way through. The 12 steps will give you a new freedom. A way of life you may have never dreamed of. I can say that is true for me.
Get numbers from people at your meeting. Get a sponsor. Not just any sponsor one that has what they want. One that is working the program. Our solution is in the steps. The big blue book is a textbook to a joyous life. Itâs going to take work. Perseverance and determination but I can assure you that you will be joyous of the outcome.
Iâm here for you. Ask me anything about sobriety. Iâll do my best to guide you in the right direction.
Have a blessed day filled with love and peace within.
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Welcome! I think most or all of us can relate. Find the tools that work for you, and use them. There are multiple pathways to recovery, find yours. The 12 steps are a tremendous guidebook on how to live life.
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Not dumb at all. Find meetings to attend. Work on a sober network. Figure out who you're going to reach out to when things are rough. Create a plan to make sure you stay sober on those rough days.
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Hi, Raysha! Youâre in the right place. Most of us have been on the moderation merry-go-round. Trying to control my drinking did not work for me, although I tried every way I could think of to not have to quit completely. âOne drink is too many and a thousand is not enoughâ is a quote that resonates w me. Your social circle may not understand but trust ur gut and reach out for help. Go to a meeting, lots of Zoom choices if u want to try that way. Reading, meditation, exercise. Change up your routine and try not to do the things you did while drinking. Sobriety feels wonderful. Your mind, body, spirit will thank you. Be brave. Start a plan and stick to it. Youâve got this!
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