Nice job WG, killing it dude.
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Nice job WG, killing it dude.
Respect to WRG.
Congrats, WG! A fkn decade!Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian
10 days is a huge deal. You can do it if you want to, MTT.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
I have. Multiple times.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
I don't really count days. I like days when it does not cross my mind at all. And then there are days like today it all about not today.
Not hard.
Unless I keep talking about it on the internet
Thanks dudes!
Yes, I do mostly zoom meetings, but the occasional in person meeting and meet up with my sponsor every week for coffee. We shoot the shit, talk about life, our shortcomings, our relationships, some book stuff, talk a lot about hunting haha. We are planning an eastern MT spring turkey hunt with some other sober dudes.
Can't recommend the sponsor/mentor thing enough. If you don't want to do AA that's cool too. Just do whatever gets you to freedom and longterm contented sobriety.
Zooms are ok. Better than nothing, but haven’t gone back to in person. I am grateful I am on stable ground. Being new this past year might have been just a tad more challenging, but if one is willing, there are people ready to help someway...all over the world.
A belated congratulations WG.As long as I keep doing the next right thing I'll hit the 10 mark in November.
yeah buddy!
I can hit 2 in April
very glad to hear it, willy, and happy belated birthday!Quote:
Originally Posted by willywhit
my first sponsor was an old timer. 50 years or something like that. he was my dads rehab counselor and sponsor at one point back in the 80s. always talkin bout some random bullshit with the occasional brilliant insight. sponsor after him wasn't so great. really weird dude. ex-con desert storm vet who loved to talk about his days in "unlicensed pharmaceutical sales". we met for coffee and worked the steps and all that but i never felt like i trusted either of them so i never got very far.
things are different now. got a great "sponsor" so to speak that i talk with most days of the week. no real step work but knowing that i have someone looking out for me and with my best interest in mind is a pretty beautiful thing. WG is right; the impact of having a fellow struggler to talk with is immense.
and some of us need a proper sponsor
so just got off the phone with the guy that was my sponsor when I was in rehab
we met randomly but we had common friends
I don’t do AA
but I love SteveO
Never Alone is a good online meeting, based out of Boston and meets 3 times a day. Usually like 250+ people in the 730 pm group, but they are focused on helping newcomers and can hook you up with a temporary sponsor if you're looking for that. Its also the home group of a prominent Boston based musician (who shall remain anonymous [emoji6])
Also for anyone looking, check out the Meeting Guide phone app (white chair on blue background). It has both in person and Zoom meetings and you can search by day, time, location, etc.
Congrats on 10 years, huge accomplishment!
I’ve never had an alcohol problem. But damn, the last 3 months I think I learnt how hard it is. Never before in my life have I not been able to leave the store without a bottle of wine. I think I’ll be all right, but damn I feel for those way down the road with this problem.
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Just checkin in. If I can make it through today, I'll be at 122 days; 4mos...since appx 10pm on 10/24.
My longest stint in maybe three decades.
Hey! Congrats!! You’ll make it today. Tomorrow is a better day to drink anyway. You doing some fun shit today?? Skiing??Quote:
Originally Posted by smartyiak
awesome sauce
See procrastination can be a good thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by SoVT Joey
how’s everyone doing?
I’m finishing up my DUI classes today. Exit interview next Monday, then I can get rid of interlock and get unrestricted license.
Things are going good otherwise. Finally reassigning some of the blame and shame I’ve been carrying around that really wasn’t mine. I’ve been working on some new things, got a new job offer, met a nice girl...
AAA Exec Dir?????:wink:Quote:
got a new job offer
Congrats on the DUI exit, to quote a semi sorta famous singer/songwriter.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CagbTwPxXwQuote:
It gets easier, but it never gets easy.
no not A3
per diem position at the local ER
Good for you. That has to feel good. I have 2 last interviews this week. 1.5 years not working. FYI tetoating red wine. I know. But I can go till the evening without pulling out the cork. And I know better.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
bought a bottle of Chardonnay for the girl and she only drank one small glass
I’ll probably just end up cooking with it
Throw it out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
nah
it’s no temptation to me
Good luck Mikey. The "I got loaded again because I was newly sober and started to date a chick who drinks" story is like super super common. Prove us wrong.
yeah I get it
I bought her the wine because I didn’t want her to worry about it.
She knows the score and she wouldn’t hang out with me if I drank.
She only drank one glass because she didn’t want to even get buzzed around me.
The thing is I could just walk 2 min to the store and buy IPA if I wanted to drink.
Chardonnay? yuk
Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
Cook with it, you bought it.
Did you end up doing asparagus or the other option?
broccoli
and bacon and eggs for breakfast
fknaQuote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
My parents are supposedly not drinking at all now. For health reasons. My mom never drank much, but my dad was a fucking professional. They're visiting in May and idk how I'm supposed to cope. I mean, I'll have to drive them places, so that's a start but, um, guess I'll keep water around.
My dad had a TIA this time last year. Guess drinking isn't good for that? I thought blood thinners were good for preventing strokes.
(He may have also, even before that, got that thing where you can start blacking out more and more easily, so, yeah.)
No idea how they are coping with being home all the time without drinking. Fortunately, it's a big house they have.
2 years
Glad to see people are doing well.
I am working now. Going on 3 weeks. Just got off a zoom meeting with offshore. Starting work at 4 and 5 in the morning is rough.
I just got my first paycheck. So I don't really have anything to complain about.
I have been drinking wine. I should not be.
But not physically addicted to alcohol like before. I can go a few days and not become disabled.
I have work to do. A very fine line between feeling good and going off the rails.
Guess that's all I got
My ex GF was abusing wine. Had to detox 5x while I was with her. She kept trying to fool herself into thinking she was handling it. Wine is alcohol. Take care.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by 54-46
I know were it goes.
My life is headed the right direction until I screw it up. I made it through last night I plan not to tonight.
Day by day.
Really got to get my head right. I had a financial barrier till now.
Now nothing to stop me but me
I’m still working on using up that bottle from a month ago...
on cooking, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by ~mikey b
yup
Kiddo just broke 8 months.
congrats to her, ken! hope all is well.Quote:
Originally Posted by TNKen
strong work, good for her!Quote:
Originally Posted by TNKen