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Anonymous #24
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Almost at 2 years with no Alcohol.
Edited by Anonymous (08/17/23 01:38 PM)
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Prozac
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My doctor cut me off from alcohol... but forever. It's been almost three weeks. I'm actually doing pretty well.
Proud of myself.
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Prolific Koi
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous [Re: Prozac] 1
#28217729 - 03/06/23 05:18 PM (10 months, 17 days ago) |
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Hey my fellow brothers and sisters! Alcoholic, addict. Congrats everyone, sounds like the thread is rolling! Coming up on 2 years myself no booze or hard drugs. For anyone who’s still trekking along on their journey to sobriety likes so many of us keep going, thank you all for keeping me sober and sane. We choose this lifestyle because it’s better than living a bat shit crazy tornado storm, and begin to realize that if we were ever able to drink again, we wouldn’t because we have so much to live for now! So many blessing we were never able to see, time to start living! Love y’all, God bless.
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I hate to see anyone struggle with this disease. It is the only one that tells us we don't have a disease. In a battle of wits, alcohol always wins in the mind of an alcoholic. I have a few 24 hrs without a drink and a looonnngg time without having a craving. March 15th (God willing) will be 24 yrs worth of 24 hrs without a drink. I don't usually mention my overall time without a drink but just want to give some hope to the seemingly hopeless that there is a way up and out. My last drunk found me coming out of a blackout with a cop's glock pointed at my head yelling "hands on the steering wheel" with no recollection of what had just transpired. I had just got out of jail 2 weeks before for my 4th DUI and this would be my 6th. I wound up shivering through my withdrawals that night again in Baltimore City lock up wondering how I got there. Fortunately, I was just driving the wrong way on a one way street for 13 blocks and a string of cops behind me...no one got hurt, and I count myself extremely lucky that I wasn't shot by that cop. Anyway, that was my last drink. I came back to AA with my tail between my legs totally whipped and for the first time admitted to myself that I was alcoholic. Immediately went to a meeting when I got out and asked God for help....I still ask God for help every single day when I wake up. Simply say(in my mind) "God, please help me to not take a drink today and to do his or her will, not mine...say some prayers for others in and out of the rooms that need help" I was taught that in AA and also that faith without works is dead. My sponsor told me to "Do things that make you feel good about yourself and not just things that make you feel good".
Sobriety was tough...had to go back to jail 2 more times (sober) for probation violations and the last DUI. Above all, I was told to take things a day at a time, use the serenity prayer when life throws you curves and get involved in AA. I make no bones about it, AA saved my life and made it worth living. I studied the big book and wound up sponsoring a lot of peeps through the years..some are still sober, some are not, some are dead and some just disappeared. I found out one thing about relapse...There is no real excuse that anyone picked up a drink...for some, things were going great...it was like they got ambushed and had no mental defense.I still have not heard of someone who relapsed that asked God, in a meaningful way, that day to protect them from a drink. Prayer is powerful and does work. I urge anyone who is struggling to just give it a try...what have you got to lose? If anyone is struggling and just wants to vent please me I'll give you my number and we can chat.  Anyway, if
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Prolific Koi
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Quote:
Thayendanegea said: I hate to see anyone struggle with this disease. It is the only one that tells us we don't have a disease. In a battle of wits, alcohol always wins in the mind of an alcoholic. I have a few 24 hrs without a drink and a looonnngg time without having a craving. March 15th (God willing) will be 24 yrs worth of 24 hrs without a drink. I don't usually mention my overall time without a drink but just want to give some hope to the seemingly hopeless that there is a way up and out. My last drunk found me coming out of a blackout with a cop's glock pointed at my head yelling "hands on the steering wheel" with no recollection of what had just transpired. I had just got out of jail 2 weeks before for my 4th DUI and this would be my 6th. I wound up shivering through my withdrawals that night again in Baltimore City lock up wondering how I got there. Fortunately, I was just driving the wrong way on a one way street for 13 blocks and a string of cops behind me...no one got hurt, and I count myself extremely lucky that I wasn't shot by that cop. Anyway, that was my last drink. I came back to AA with my tail between my legs totally whipped and for the first time admitted to myself that I was alcoholic. Immediately went to a meeting when I got out and asked God for help....I still ask God for help every single day when I wake up. Simply say(in my mind) "God, please help me to not take a drink today and to do his or her will, not mine...say some prayers for others in and out of the rooms that need help" I was taught that in AA and also that faith without works is dead. My sponsor told me to "Do things that make you feel good about yourself and not just things that make you feel good".
Sobriety was tough...had to go back to jail 2 more times (sober) for probation violations and the last DUI. Above all, I was told to take things a day at a time, use the serenity prayer when life throws you curves and get involved in AA. I make no bones about it, AA saved my life and made it worth living. I studied the big book and wound up sponsoring a lot of peeps through the years..some are still sober, some are not, some are dead and some just disappeared. I found out one thing about relapse...There is no real excuse that anyone picked up a drink...for some, things were going great...it was like they got ambushed and had no mental defense.I still have not heard of someone who relapsed that asked God, in a meaningful way, that day to protect them from a drink. Prayer is powerful and does work. I urge anyone who is struggling to just give it a try...what have you got to lose? If anyone is struggling and just wants to vent please me I'll give you my number and we can chat.  Anyway, if
Amazing story and so happy you could share with all of us! Thanks for keeping me sober today! You again, are living proof that anyone in any situation is able to ask God for help. He’s more than willing and gracious. Everything he is he is, everything he isn’t he isn’t. There’s no addict he cannot save, I’d bet my life on that! No one’s special to that fact. Lord grant me the serenity today, to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference!
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One month and one day. 
Good luck to everyone here!
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous [Re: Prozac] 1
#28232386 - 03/16/23 05:53 PM (10 months, 7 days ago) |
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I saw someonepost a picture of some rum and for a split second I thought it looked good
But then I remembered alcohol sux
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous [Re: gopher] 2
#28236293 - 03/19/23 10:36 AM (10 months, 5 days ago) |
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Yesterday was 2 years without alcohol
Edited by Anonymous (08/17/23 01:38 PM)
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Hell yeah dude.
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gillagin780 said: Yesterday was 2 years without alcohol
Nice! Keep going!
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous [Re: Prozac] 2
#28240322 - 03/21/23 07:34 PM (10 months, 2 days ago) |
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Just shy of 11.5 yrs. Just back to meetings after a 2 yr hiatus. Stayed sober those 2 yrs, but started to miss the fellowship. Found a zoom meeting I really like. Hoping I won't be away from meetings this long again. Congrats to all with any clean/sober time. Keep up the good work. Prayers for those who have yet to find their way here.
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AA is helping someone I love very much sober off of Fentanyl pills. The support they receive is a big help to them. I attended a meeting with them last week. Everytime I go I love it . I have never struggled with alcohol but I enjoy it alot.
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Prolific Koi
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HAPPY EASTER TO MY FELLOW LICKED ALCOHOLICS/ADDICTS ALIKE, and to the people blessed enough to help us through our journey and to the ones who need the most help! I am so grateful for all of you on a day like today and it just reminds me of how thankful I am to be able to live life on a second chance. There’s no such thing as failing when it comes to addiction, just learning blocks, to shrink our big egos and ask God for help. God lives through everyone of us so when we ask him for help or give someone help we are helping ourselves but more importantly we are doing Gods work. We are rewarded in the good work we do day in and day out, the best work comes when we aren’t prepared. We ask for help and keep our faith. Bless up and love all you ! Dms always open. I am trying to find a new group in AA, preferably on zoom. Any groups out there willing to take an addict like me? Lol
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Two months and five days being sober.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous [Re: Prozac]
#28294645 - 04/25/23 11:26 AM (8 months, 30 days ago) |
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Prozac said: Two months and five days being sober. 
 God makes the good stuff…
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Anonymous #24
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Still sober. Im starting to get more actively involved with the program now. I became a GSR for my home meeting who have been without one for like the past 5 or 10 years.
I finally figured out who I want to ask to be my sponser now as well. I had a sponser back in the UK but since I am in the states I need a new one now.
The dude im going to ask I think is pretty cool and has a few decades of sobreity and was a GSR in the past so I think it makes sense to ask him. Ive already worked all the steps and stuff so i shouldnt be that big of a time sink for him.
If you are starting to have a couple or more years of sobriety consider becomeing a GSR and being more involved with your District as a whole i think you will find that your journey will continue in a good way.
Thats all I have for now.
Edited by Anonymous (08/17/23 01:38 PM)
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Congrats to you all. More difficult than most people understand. I sincerely applaud you all.
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Good stuff! I'm the intergroup rep. for my homegroup. Not sure about becoming GSR, personally. I appreciate AA more on the personal level, just one alcoholic helping themselves by helping another. Plus, that position's taken and someone else is eyeing it up after them. But it is pretty neat seeing how AA works at that level! It seems to run a little smoother than my group's business meetings. Alot more alcoholic personalities come through. 
When I picked my sponsor it was because I wanted what he had. Very humble, serious about his program, and all around just a great dude. He reassures me constantly that I'll be working the steps multiple times and the work is never done. We talk everyday and he says that I help him way more than he helps me. It'd be selfish of me not to sink some time into my sponsor's recovery.
Anyway, I haven't introduced myself quite yet. Been lurking for a few months. Sober now a little over a year and a half. Can't recommend this program enough for anyone with a drink/ drug problem. If anyone wants to chat about anything AA related or alcohol related, please reach out. You're not alone!
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous [Re: BVB]
#28315423 - 05/11/23 08:31 AM (8 months, 14 days ago) |
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BVB I also from the great state of Pennsyltucky hahaha
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