Thank you so much for your kind words and taking the time to share. I’m happy to have a community to go through this with and appreciate your encouragement!
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Hey Jess thanks for reaching out! I hope wherever you are in your path that it’s going well, i’m definitely looking for a support system to chat with too! Just sent you a friend request:)
Thank you for the kind words! Appreciate the support and am sending you all the best in your sobriety as well✨
Thank you so much Crissy! That’s very kind of you and I really needed to hear that so thank you!
Thank you!! I really appreciate it:) happy to find some supportive people
Welcome, I sure am glad you’re here
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Welcome to the fam Grace! We are happy to have a new sister to trudge the happy road of destiny with! Recovery is worth it. You’ll see. And YOU are worth it! Happy you’re here!
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Welcome Grace I'm new myself so you're not alone
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Thank you so much William!! I really appreciate your support and kind words, glad we’re in this together!
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Welcome Brandon! Happy to see both our support systems growing through this, i’m here for you!
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For both Grace and Brandon. I am new as well! In fact you both have more time sober than I do. So I say we are litter mates! That means we can grow up together! What do you guys say? Wanna be a crew? We can bring in whoever as long as they are new too. And it’s not any kind of exclusive thing or nothing weird or cultish. Just fun and a thing we all share so let’s make it a thing? On another note, I had over a decade of sobriety before the relapse that I’m coming back from now. So, if you guys ever want to talk or have any questions about AA or NA feel free to ask. I’m the last person to judge anything or anyone so I’m also a little older so I’ve done more stupid ship than many and I’m happy to share my experience with anyone. No lectures. Just my experience.
@william401393 @brandon401463 Appreciate the community! Haha if we’re all here at least we’re all here together. Seriously the community here has been so helpful in these early days. I’ll definitely have questions about AA/NA once I get going with it a bit more in the coming days. Sending y’all and everyone on here the best!
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What worked and helped me, was to go to an AA, or NA meeting and help make the coffee, set up chairs, greet people at the door. Being of service. It kept me engaged with it and helping out. Going to 7 meeting in 7 days and find the meetings and the people you connect with. Also, volunteer to sit at the desk at your local AA intergroup office. My whole open a greenhouse thing started by meeting an old disabled man that had to eat at the mission, having great conversations with him and seeing how truly blessed I was because I am not disabled and I decided I want to grow food to give him. I gave him tomatoes and cucumbers I grew in my first garden ever and now I am scaling up with a purpose. To help others, feed people and donate a good portion of what I grow to charity.
Sorry, got off on an old memory.
You can do it, I have faith in you.
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Grace, you made a comment about not stepping away from what you have in your life right. Sobriety had to be your first priority or you will lose what you have. If what you have in your life right now is so important it will be there after 30 days. Sobriety shouldn’t be perceived as an inconvenience but a gift.
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Thank you so much Ron! I love that story, appreciate you taking the time to share and extend your support
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Thank you Eric! I’m halfway to 30 days and am already feeling a bit better and am able to appreciate those things I said I cared about in my life a lot more. Just have to keep prioritizing my sobriety above everything else!
Welcome and you have come to.the right community Grace
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Welcome grace. Stay strong. You can always message me if you’re struggling or if you just want to chat.
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You got this for me after 10 years in active everyday all day hard drugs addiction I walked away cold turkey by simply cutting every single person off in that life style and went to work non stop 6 days a week everyone is different but there's a reason people have to go to rehab multiple times because they beat it into youre head got 30 straight days and expect you to walk out of there and not do it get you 1 person you trust and truly has the best intentions for you and stick to that person and slowly work youre way into more friendships you don't need multiple people at this point its all mind over matter set youre boundaries and values and dont bend them for a single person it becomes easier by the day if you truly want to be sober you got this and anytime you need you can reach out 24/7 im available and 15 years into sobriety and now i just want to help everyone and anyone i can so please don't hesitate to reach out im all ears and can help in anyway needed you got this stay strong and put youre faith into a higher power and if you do that I promise you will look back thinking dang that was easy
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Hi Grace, you can do this if it’s really in your heart to change. It’s hard, but we can do it together! Hang out with some users when they are getting wasted and watch how stupid they become. It’s really an ugly sight and reminds me that staying sober is really the right thing to do