I know the feeling. I know I needed to stop but I was afraid to. Booze had become a part of my life. I’m a big routine type person and alcohol was a part of my routine. But I did quit and it is possible to live an amazing life. Trust me.
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Well, you have to put 1 foot in front of the other and do what you know you need to do and no matter what don’t pick up talk about it in meetings talk about it with other recovering people it doesn’t get better trust me
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Don't use and go to meetings, stick around for the Miracle!
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The good news... You understand the issue and know what will fix it. The bad news, you're just struggling a bit with the execution. You'll never know what works until you're willing to try something new. Habits aren't hard to break. They just require a little time and a new approach. Give something new a shot. Sit an evening out and wake up tomorrow feeling good about your success. My bet is that you'll like the way that feels. Do it again the next night too. String enough of those days together and you'll have this sobriety thing down.
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I recommend going to a meeting and seeing if anyone is going to fellowship after. The fellowship really helped me when I was new.
Hi Lana,
i’m new here to this platform and I’m putting this out there's a sober community that you could join called The Phoenix. It’s a great place to meet sober like-minded people. there's only 1 rule is that you need to be 48 hours sober you can attend live events on zoom or in person. There is no cost for any of their programs. i’m coming up on 11 years sober. Just found out about this program a little over six months ago. I'm now a volunteer for them and have met a lot of great people who struggle with addiction, and just want to meet people that don’t use. You can download in the App Store. I highly recommend to anybody who feels lost or that it’s hard to meet people. It’s amazing.
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One thing that might help would be to occupy your self during that time frame. For instance, you start drinking at 9:00 p.m., go and catch an 8:30 movie. Once you get an hour or so past your typical start time it may be easier to stay that way. Not implying that it will be easy whatsoever in the long run. The things worthwhile seldom are.
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So you joined this community to Hype some other community? That seems very inauthentic. Even if I were interested in this other app, the route you take, spamming everyone's remarks with a sales pitch, is rather hard to respect. Just saying
@ Josh Ua,
Call it whatever you want. To criticize someone that is wanting to reach out and help others. It’s pretty disturbing. Everybody can make their own choices. Was putting it out there because it is a great place to meet sober people if you’ve read any of my other posts.
AA and other programs don’t work for everyone so to put another tool in someone’s toolbox to try to help them and how you can look down on that is mind-boggling. Food for thought stay positive.
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It’s 100% a routine problem
My issue is that I’m a single parent of 3 kids. The time I struggle is def the evening but have a very narrow window to deviate from the established window.
I completely sympathize with you. For me it was coffee in the morning….. vodka at night. Then over time the vodka got earlier and earlier
I love this. Thank you.
It’s about accountability, reaching out to another recovering addict. Hitting them meetings when your feeling those urges. Calling your sponsor
And I’m totally struggling with the execution. I feel like I’m in ground hogs day.
Eric, my point, is that you have yet to miss an opportunity to promote your self/organization. You can call it wanting to help others. I'm calling it 100%, what it is. If that disturbs you, sorry pal! Legit, offer help even once that isn't self promotion and perhaps you wouldn't get that criticism... You assume I am looking down... Certainly I am not, but yeah, I do absolutely criticize self promotion that hides under the guise of "help" it is self promotion. Plain and simple. I advise people on other resources es all the time but it isn't EVERYTIME, AND JUST SO HAPPEN THE ONLY RESOURCE I OFFER HAPPENS TO BE ONE I AM EMPLOYED BY... Nah player, that is called self promotion where I am from.
Anyhow, I'm quite over you and your cross-marketing, self promotion gimmicks.
I agree. I would be hesitant to join a group that requires 48 hours sobriety when the first 2 days can be when someone needs support the most - why discriminate at all if the platform is truly so compassionate about addiction. Plus, the OP stated she was struggling to have any days sober thus far, so why would that resource even be relevant to this situation.