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im nearly 9 months in and i keep being asked by people just starting what helped. here is mine. please add yours walking every morning even for 10 minutes not keeping booze in the house obviously telling one person the truth drinking stupid amounts of sparkling water sundayassembly app for sober community stuff
booked myself in. church hall. 7pm. absolutely terrified. i dont know what to expect and i am worried i will be the youngest person there or that i wont fit in or that someone will recognise me. anyone been through that first meeting
my kids are 9 and 12. i did three weeks residential. they knew i was poorly but i kept it vague. now my 12 year old is asking questions and i dont know how honest to be. has anyone had this conversation
i am 8 months sober. my husband drinks a lot but doesnt see it as a problem and i cant make him. we have three kids. the house has wine in the fridge and he drinks on weekends while i am trying to stay sober. i love him but this is really hard. has anyone navigated this
been using daily for 12 years. tried stopping 4 times. the anxiety when i stop is brutal. but whenever i mention it people say oh its just weed. even my GP seemed a bit dismissive. anyone else had this
putting this here because i wish someone had told me clearly before my detox. this is my experience only and everyone is different but hopefully useful
i qualify for NHS funded treatment apparently but theres a wait. im wondering if its worth trying to borrow money for private. does the quality actually differ that much or is it mostly just the room
gp has offered me a home detox from alcohol. i drink about half a bottle of spirits a day. she said it would be medication over 7 days. im scared of withdrawals. anyone been through this at home
im being assessed for residential next month and Clouds House keeps coming up. has anyone actually been? im nervous about leaving my job and kids for 28 days. trying to weigh it all up
1. my cat woke me up by sitting on my face which is annoying but also hilarious 2. it is not raining 3. i am sober thats it. thats the whole post. your turn
mondays are hard for me. felt good over the weekend and now the week stretches out and the anxiety kicks in. checking in here as part of my routine. how is everyone?
two years. i was on the streets 3 years ago. genuinely sleeping rough in birmingham. i got a place in a recovery house, worked the programme for a year and now ive got a flat and a job in a warehouse. my mum speaks to me again. i cried telling her the date this morning. just sharing because when i was out there i honestly didnt think this was available to me
not going to pretend 30 days is loads. i know people here have years. but for me it feels like everything. ive tried and failed so many times. this is the longest stretch ive had in 8 years. just needed to tell someone
a year ago today my wife found me passed out at 11am on a tuesday. today she made me a cake with a little 365 written on it and the kids made me a card. i ate too much cake and watched football and that was my celebration. which is actually everything
six months. i keep saying it out loud. last year at this time i woke up in the hospital for the second time and the nurse asked me if i wanted to live and i honestly wasnt sure. today i walked my dog in the sunshine and cried because it was just so lovely. if you are at the start please just know this is real
was seeing someone through the NHS for alcohol issues and they said my case was being closed because i had made progress. but i dont feel ready. i feel like im one bad week away from going back to where i was. dont know what to do
im on day 19. i thought id start feeling better by now but everything just feels flat. like nothing is enjoyable and i dont really feel anything. is this normal or is something wrong with me
i dont even know why i did it. everything was going well. work is ok, me and sarah are in a better place. i just... did it. 14 months gone and i feel sick with shame. not sure why im writing this here tbh. just needed somewhere to put it