Entries about stay sober

lovingmex43 wrote eight months

and counting 2 weeks ago

nikkinyc20 wrote Untitled

I want/need to do this because I want to be able to get and keep a job that drug tests. Also my mind needs to be clear for my upcoming college courses. 2 weeks ago

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lovingmex43 wrote 7 month chip

go me! 1 month ago

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lovingmex43 wrote picked up

my SIX MONTH chip Sunday!!!!! go me. 2 months ago

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lovingmex43 wrote made my fourth step list

spent a lot of time with my sponsor. The program is working for me. 3 months ago

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lovingmex43 wrote working my third step

moving to step 4 this week and my sponsor pushing me to complete quickly. 3 months ago

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lovingmex43 wrote Five Month chip

coming my way soon.

Sponsor is awesome. 3 months ago

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lovingmex43 wrote finally!

found a sponsor. Nice woman. things are working out so far. Yah! 4 months ago

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Being Bryn wrote Internet dramz: or, not everybody understands how hard it is to not drink.

I was part of a close-knit secret group, and apparently one or two other members who were recovering alcoholics asked the moderators if people could put pictures of bottles of wine and cocktails, and discussions of excessive drinking, under a trigger warning or a “cut.”

I appreciated the suggestion, because while I like these people, they LOVE TO DRINK, and sometimes being confronted with a whole page of DRINKING DRINKING DRINKING rouses serious temptations in me. It all looks so delicious and fun…

Most people in the group scoffed at the suggestion and thought it was ridiculous. I wouldn’t have minded if they had said no, but some of the things they said were so spiteful and dismissive that they hurt my feelings quite a bit. They know my story: alcohol exacerbated my depression and led to strong suicidal urges. It was a terrible part of my life.

So this is another group I’ve left. It’s just as well, because I am working every day at my goal of limited Internet time, and that group can be a time suck.

It just makes me appreciate all the more what an understanding, sensitive, and wise community 43T is…my corner of it, anyway. It’s really something special and I really appreciate everybody here

4 months ago

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lovingmex43 wrote prayer

getting me through some tough times. A higher power on my side. 4 months ago