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tonight i got the courage to walk in to my first meeting, after days of feeling lost sick and alone i did it, i took the first step. it was hard and scary, and made a little worse by the fact that i was the only female AND the only person under 30! but it was my first step and the only thing more important then my first meeting is my second meeting!
to anyone that thinks they may have a problem and u have noone to talk to i suggest going, im not nearly ready to tell anyone i know that i have a problem but the ppl i did tell tonight made me realise im not alone and you can do it Smile
i hope everyone suffering from an addiction realises that there is sumone out there to help u, one day at a time , one step at a time is all it takes.
my step..... today just today i wont drink (and i didnt) and tomorrow ill wake up and say the same thing today just for today i wont drink and hopefully i will listen!
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replied May 13th, 2012
noones replying so ill jst talk to myself. today i went to my second meeting and i havent had a drink in 7 days!! i feel 100 times better although a little scared that if its this easy to stop its probably this easy to fail. met a potential sponsor as well it was like we were chosen to help each other, she got sober a month b4 her 27th bday like me and we have lived in the same city for the same amount of years, it seems like fate, which makes me sure im doing the right thing and changing my life for the better i will not b a slave to alcohol!!
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replied May 14th, 2012
Awesome on your first week in AA! I have been sober 15 months by doing one day at a time. It was hard at first but things do get better - stick at it!
Colin
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replied May 14th, 2012
thanks for ure words of encouragment!! and congrats to u for being sober!! thats a big accomplishment, i hope and pray i can get that far Smile
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replied July 10th, 2012
I like your courtesy, Happy to hear that, you will never drink and will remain as. life will be very good, if you will do this.
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replied July 11th, 2012
thanks it has been over 2 mnths now and im learning slowly how to deal with life sober
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