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Trying to get back on the wagon.


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05/10/2008 14:44
sunflower123
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 Hello Everyone, It would have been 1 year for me this June, but in March I went out on a date and drank. I had not told him I was an alcoholic. I went on 2nd date and had a drink again with him. He never called back. I since gone out with friend and my last drink was yesterday. I dont want to continue in this path. I can use any encourgement you can give me.
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05/10/2008 18:02
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 Hi, Sunflower, and welcome to the group, we're glad to have you here, have you been to a meeting today? if not get into one in the morning, if you live in a big city, there are meetings at all times of the night and the day, 90 in 90 is the rule, 90 meetings in 90 days.. I think when I first was on the path to sobriety, I did more like 160, I needed the extra support..

Post here often, there is someone around most of the time.

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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05/10/2008 20:08
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 Carmen is right 90 in 90. I relapsed several years ago. When I did, I continued to go to AA. The people that I had seen that relapsed had a much easier time that continued to go to meetings then those that didn't. I also made a list of my "not yets" and asked myself if I was willing to risk completing that list before I put the drink down. I wasn't. I tried to fool myself into thinking that I could have one or two and walk away. That has never been my experience.
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05/11/2008 12:29
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 Carmen, No I did not go to a meeting today. I worked this weekend and got out at 3pm. There is a meeting tonight in town. I will check to see where it is. I used to go all the time. then about 5 months into my sobriety I stopped going to meetings and my sponsor moved to Florida. Then 4 months later I fell off the wagon and drank a few times. The other day was the first time I went into a liquor store since I have been sober to buy a six pack. I felt so bad about it. I am going to therapy. I have not gotten close to anyone in the groups. I know I need to get back to meetings. 3 weeks ago was my last meeting.
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05/12/2008 15:22
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 Don't drink, don't think and go to meetings. It really works. AA definately ruins your drinking doesn't it? lol. It will get better.
You have delighted us long enough.
- Jane Austen

Do or do not. There is no try. -YODA
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05/12/2008 18:21
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 bejeweled is right, don't drink, don't think and get into a meeting, AA does ruin your drinking, I would think about it, and still do from time to time, even with 15 years sober, but while I might think about it, I also remember where I was, and it wasn't a happy place.. I remember when I first got sober, still comparing the prices on beer..

get into therapy, get a new sponsor, work your steps, read your big book, if you don't have one, you can get one at a meeting or you can get one probably in your local bookstore, just get into a meeting..

"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
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http://www.mdjunction.com/hidradenitis-suppurativa
http://www.mdjunction.com/diabetes-type-1
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