Anyone else struggle with loneliness at night, especially? I work nights. And basically by myself. So it gets really lonely being by myself all the time.
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Yes,I'll sleep an hour ,then wake up.feelings come back,get worked up,it's a lonely road in life,but especially trying to stay sober!stay strong!
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I work steps and or traditions long form again send delayed texts to my sponces about what they need to work on if their asleep
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At one point I was lucky enough to find someone to share my nights with texting but nothing lasts forever ….
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Text me if you want
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I personally can’t sleep at nights. I sleep in intervals of an hour at best, have deep dreams and thought I slept for hours.
I work 3-11 as a cook for a local 6 days a week. I struggle a lot and grieve from my past. Lately, that past has come to haunt me.
Not in a terrible way - I moved from New England out west to find myself. At 2 am in the morning, my ex of 18 years messaged me. She was my all at the time! Prom and all that childhood goodness.
I was sober for over a year but when I heard my phone ding in the middle of the night and looked at it, my mind was blown.. the next day I stumbled into work because I didn’t sleep.. shaking and tears in my eyes.
My parents didn’t want to hear about it. They were actually pissed off that I responded.
The day after I broke my sobriety.
There’s alot to the story and I wish to hear yours, as a friend.
Good luck if you don’t message in your journey down the road… I just wanted to reach out!
- J
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I don’t know if you are going the AA route, but there are Zoom meetings in Australia, New Zeland, Ireland, England, Wales, South Africa, and so forth where the time difference means you can be there with people no matter what time of night. You can also write “I’m at work, just needed some friendly, supportive voices” in the chat, and they’ll understand that you can’t participate, but want to be part of the meeting. Best of luck with it, keep on trudging!
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I love being alone freedom
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Smart recovery
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Feel your pain. Get a furry life mate.🐈⬛🏄♂️🙏
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I have several. But I work nights. Hence the loneliness.
Same here, I work mostly by my self. And it gets lonely.
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Same.
I am older and for the first time ever have to learn to live alone. It takes learning to live alone before you can fully be with another person though.
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I've been working Graves for 6 years!!! It weighs on you for sure. Never enough time for anything. 
At the beginning of my sobriety "journey" the isolation was nice and helped in a way bc I had to learn to gwt out of my own dam head, but it took time. I had to learn to fill the loneliness creatively. Writing out all my thoughts helped a lot.
Same here I’m always up
I have the same issue. I dont really notice it when I'm working or doing my daily things but at night when I'm laying in bed it hits me that I'm alone and I feel this emptiness deep in my chest...