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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: starsky7] 2
#23194725 - 05/06/16 07:45 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hope your way works out. I would hope there is someone in the program there that would be willing to help you....IDK...Maybe you just don't want it. And, by the way....a beer kit is not borderline wrong...it is dead wrong if you're an alcoholic.
Sounds to me like you haven't conceded that you are powerless over alcohol yet. I know that feeling...I fought it for years.
I really wish you the best.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Thayendanegea]
#23210586 - 05/10/16 02:15 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hey everyone....Just in case their is a meeting tonight, I won't be able to make it.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Thayendanegea]
#23246550 - 05/19/16 03:53 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hope everyone is doing ok....this thread kinda wend silent.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Thayendanegea]
#23247193 - 05/19/16 07:00 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Sorry about that. I'm working a new job and it pays very well. I am not on here as much as I would like to be but when I start my new schedule come june 6th. I'll have a life again.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Thayendanegea] 1
#23248707 - 05/20/16 04:49 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm doing super well!
I'm also working a new job which is keeping me pretty busy.
Today is day 132 alcohol free for me, which means I have over 4 months.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: yogabunny]
#23249057 - 05/20/16 08:02 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Awesome that you are both doing well. Congrats on that 132 days bunny...coming up on 5 months.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Thayendanegea] 1
#23249363 - 05/20/16 09:52 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just celebrated a year on the 18th. Doing great.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: starsky7]
#23250031 - 05/20/16 01:22 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cool beans Starsky ! I'm heading to the mountains for a week of fly fishing with my sons. It will be great to reset.
There is no cell phone service where we are going (which I love) so, I won't be back here till after Memorial Day....I hope all of you have a great holiday and ask for help from your higher power to help keep you away from a drink. It really does work....Out of all the people that I have known through the years that have relapsed...not one of them said they asked God to help them to not take a drink the day they went out....not one.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Thayendanegea]
#23250167 - 05/20/16 02:05 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thayendanegea said: Cool beans Starsky ! I'm heading to the mountains for a week of fly fishing with my sons. It will be great to reset.
There is no cell phone service where we are going (which I love) so, I won't be back here till after Memorial Day....I hope all of you have a great holiday and ask for help from your higher power to help keep you away from a drink. It really does work....Out of all the people that I have known through the years that have relapsed...not one of them said they asked God to help them to not take a drink the day they went out....not one. 
I live in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Right on the New River in SW Virginia.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: starsky7]
#23279495 - 05/28/16 12:24 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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jordan addict....any advice for trying to get a loved one to stop drinking ? my dad has been getting worse and worse lately with his drinking. when i was bad into my addiction he would blame me for his drinking telling me that hes always so worried about me overdosing that he drinks to take the edge off (classic alcoholic rationalism imo) so since i got back from rehab in january my thinking was he would stop drinking or at the very least slow down. but the opposite has occurred and hes drinking more beer and adding brandy.
i know for me when i was actively using no one could tell me a thing and if someone told me to stop i would just tell them to go to hell and use more and i had to come to the realization that i need to quit on my own, i know hes the same way so i try to just ignore it but hes been trying to get me to fight him and insulting me lately so its getting harder to ignore.
i know it doesn't have a black and white answer but has anyone ever dealt with something like this or have any advice ?
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: jordanhess0319]
#23279765 - 05/28/16 02:19 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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An ass kicking usually sobers my dad up
Jk
I know your struggle, are you living with him? That sounds like hell.
Like you said, they have to be ready themselves.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Nobler Hino]
#23280722 - 05/28/16 10:54 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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yes i am living with him if i wasnt i would go rounds with him but i have to have a little respect because i am in his house.....thats the hard part
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: jordanhess0319]
#23285215 - 05/29/16 03:40 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Best to just leave the house when they get that way, 4 hours later he's sleeping like a baby.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Nobler Hino] 1
#23285276 - 05/29/16 04:07 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sorry for the delay everyone. Last saturday of the month was yesterday. At this time I would like to present two of our celebrates with medallions.
Aaron, 1 YEAR!

TFS John, 1 YEAR!

Tell everyone how you did it.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Nobler Hino]
#23286022 - 05/29/16 08:44 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nobler Hino said: Best to just leave the house when they get that way, 4 hours later he's sleeping like a baby.
I can't stress how important this is enough...
Do not engage. Do not try to "reason". Do not try to prove your point. "When fighting a blind man, it's best just to stay out of his way".
Here's where I might cross the line though, but feel I need to mention it to a person that may read this, that needs to break the cycle.
In my experience, kratom has worked wonders. It takes the edge off, and the "cinderella, charriot turning into a pumpkin factor" out of the equasion.
I wont pollute your thread here too much more, but if anyone feels the need, pm me without hesitation.
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Amanita86]
#23313971 - 06/06/16 11:50 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Feeling pretty positive about life, been exercising a lot to help with sleeping.
Not going cold turkey but I think only moderate soft alcohol is a good starting point.
Went through a good friends passing and dealing with some of that stuff had me drinking heavy.
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Christine, addict
So I just got out of a 12 day stay in a psychiatric hospital, my doctor and social worker did not know I was an addict (to my own knowledge) I chose not to share that with them for personal reasons. The only drug that came up when I was admitted to the hospital in my urine test was weed. AA/NA was not mandatory but I chose to go almost every night while I was there. It was the first time I sat in a meeting and took it seriously.
Unfortunately my roommate was getting 30mg OxyContin 3x a day and offered me 15mg a few times, which I couldn't resist. I still continued to go to meetings and listen/share. Today I was discharged from the hospital and I felt really good, the freedom felt different this time. I went to a meeting earlier this evening with my brother who is 16 months sober and I shared. I obtained my first chip, my 24 hour clean, desire chip and I feel really great. I'm done trying to escape myself, my emotions and reality through drugs and self harm. And I am done surrounding myself with negative people who will just drag me down. Last spring I accidently OD'd and blacked out to wake up in the ER hooked up to an IV. That is not the only time I have almost lost my life. I am done living the miserable life suffering from addition and hopelessness. Today I am 3 days sober and grateful as hell. It's a long road to recovery but I'm willing to do it. Thank you everyone for sharing, and letting me share <3
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: psych_fck]
#23320984 - 06/08/16 07:58 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Good for you Christine!
Super proud of you for sharing. Thank you!!!!
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: yogabunny]
#23321325 - 06/08/16 10:03 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Thanks Christine! Now is when the so called rubber meets the road. You sound like you have a great foundation in place especially by hanging with your sober brother. You did the recommended thing by going to a meeting as soon as you got out...keep them up...these 3 24 hrs. you have will begin to add up.
Get a big book or the NA equivalent as soon as you can and start reading from the beginning...where the black meets the white. Next would be to find a meeting that you are comfortable in and sign up to be a member ...that will be your home group. Lastly, find someone , preferably a female, that has applied the program to their life and that you can connect with and ask them to be your sponsor.
You already have as much sobriety as any of us here have...once you have 24 hrs....again, thanks for sharing that and welcome!
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Re: Alcoholics Anonymous (Come and share thread) [Re: Thayendanegea]
#23338927 - 06/13/16 09:56 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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Justin Addict
After leaving a psychiatric hospital for the third time due to abusing benzodiazepines and opiates and I decided I needed to do something to actually address my using patterns.
Long story short, I ended up going to a NA meeting and decided that I would stick with the program until my summer class starts. I've been sober since June 6th of all substances but I'm starting to really hate going to these meetings. Mostly because they just seems as ripe with hypocrisy, negativity and hate as the jails and institutions that I'm trying to escape from. I know a lot of this negativity is my own, but DAMN its hard to work though in these stuffy church basements.
I have bad social anxiety too, so I'm sure that does not help. But...
Seeing this thread today is really helping with these feelings. Because I'm determined to go at least until the 22end of June.
I really loved this website and everyone one it since the day I posted here. Even if I don't feel like way as much, a lot of that feeling remands and even if its online it helps me feel like there are people who I respect and strive to be like who are working the program and are not fat, depressing hypocrites who just swap addictions.
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