Loosid Sober Tip of the Day August 24

Sober Tips
#1

Hitting rock bottom.

Many people talk about having to reach rock bottom before coming into a spiritual program of recovery.

But how do we know we have reached rock bottom?

The answer is simply when we decide to stop digging.

It is not necessary that we lose everything. It is not necessary to lose our job, lose our families, or lose our home.

We do not even need to decide whether or not we have a problem.

All that is needed is a desire to stop drinking (or drugging).

We often come to the realization that we have a problem once we are able to identify with others and hear their problems.

It is at this point that we look further into a spiritual journey of recovery. Though our experiences are different, the feelings of isolation and the need to get out of the now are the same.

How did this tip resonate with you? Let us know your thoughts below. There are many people in the Loosid community who need to hear what you have to say.

With Love, Loosid :pray::heart:

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#2
#3

This hit home today because,I was an asshole alcoholic. Thinking I was so much better,so in control of my drinking. No dui. No lost jobs, no craven wild behaviors when out. No mine was all by myself, in my room with my bottle and me, thinking we've got everyone fooled, nobody will ever know our secret!! Until I started the blackouts and couldn't remember phone or text conversations or dinners I'd eaten,if I did eat. Then there was waking up with flop sweats and trying to pull it together for work at 7 am only to look forward to another lonley night of the same.
I'm not better, just a different kind but at the end of the day we are alcoholics and we need each other above all to get better and stay sober. God Bless ODAAT!

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#4

Definite resonance. My rock bottom was the last time I went overboard with liquor. I ruined a chance with someone who wrote a poem about watching me act up, and ruined a friendship by taking a phone that wasn't mine.

I still can taste the liquors I enjoyed without drinking them. It troubles me.

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#5

So we'll said! Thanks

#6

When u can’t look in the mirror anymore!

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#7

Definitely resonates with me. I hit rock bottom so many times, I can’t really pick one time. My ex-boyfriend is in prison for brutally assaulting me/almost killing me (while we were both drunk). I went to jail 2x for drunken/drug incidences. And many more traumatic issues. I would say my final straw was a little over a month ago when I tried to commit suicide by purposely drinking to the point of almost a lethal level, having to go to the hospital, & finding out that my stomach was bleeding out. I’m only 24 years old & realized that the past 6 years have basically been a blur & playing with fire. I’ve been sober for 33 days now & dont plan on ever going back.

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#8

Great perspective :pray:t4:

#9

I was the exact same way... I somehow thought because my life still "worked" I was fine... Until I woke up one day wondering if I really said those things... That was finally enough

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#10

Very well said

#11

God Bless and protect you little sister! I pray only good things for you and a sober future! Get in touch with people who can direct you to that goal. Dr's. AA whatever it takes, it's worth it!:heart:

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