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    Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

    Hey Dolphin, how are you today?

    I noticed yesterday your mood was on 'lonely' and I was just wondering what support you have at home in the way of family/friends etc. I too had a slip recently after 4 1/2 months sober due to feeling lonely and isolated and it seems this is a big trait of the alcoholic. I was so used to the isolation due to my relationship with alcohol and it's very difficult after years of conditioning to break out of this mould. The forum has been an intrical part of keeping me sober but I have also needed to meet up with fellow alcoholics face to face to gain some sense of belonging AND in doing so I have felt less of an 'outsider' and feel more comfortable in my own skin these days.

    Anyway I hope you'll check in today and let us all know how you are coping. There's always someone here to offer you the hand of friendship and help you if you're willing to reach out. Today is another day and you cannot change what happened yesterday. So start with thinking about getting through today without a drink and don't pick up that first drink. One day at a time worked for me in the beginning and if I could just get through the day without a drink then It was a big step in the right direction.

    Love and Happiness
    Hippie
    xx
    "Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." Kahlil Gibran
    Clean and sober 25th January 2009
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    Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

    Hope that youare ok dolphin.

    I agree entirely with Hippie, loneliness and isolation is a big big trait that I recognise in myself and this is why I drink to excess. To be honest though, I'm beginning to realise that drinking is more than likely the cause of feeling so lonely!!

    I don'tknow about anyone else but I also carry around a sack load of guiltabout mt drinking which jst seems toperpetuate the problem!

    Dazzle xx

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      #3
      Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

      Hey dazzle hope you're well today too

      I would say my conflicts are within my own head and also resistance in my eyes means not conforming. Conformity to me is a very big issue and this is where I find I have the most resistance in my life. This is why I need to start letting go of things and become less concerned with how other's perceive me. It's strangely paradoxical in a way because the very society I shun and want no part of is the very society I still want acceptance from for my uniqueness.!! So you can see where I start to feel the isolation and loneliness as I don't want to conform and I see sobriety as somehow conformist in a way. My inner beliefs really need to be looked at again and I know I need to cognitively challenge them further than I have. Guess I've been lazy in that department recently!!!lol

      I seemed to have let go of my guilt a long time ago now. I know with AA I have some work to do as far as making my amends but I don't have a big problem with this. I cannot change what I have done in my past, neither can anyone for that matter, but I have come to accept my shortcomings and release any past guilt I had. I don't feel guilty over my last slip either as I didn't see it as a major set-back in my sobriety. I came to realise like i mentioned earlier that I was simply not doing the work to continue to grow as a healthy sober person.

      Have a great day Dazzle

      Love and Happiness
      Hippie
      xx
      "Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children." Kahlil Gibran
      Clean and sober 25th January 2009

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        Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

        Hi again Dolphin - hope you get to your computer this morning... would be really good to see a post from you. You have good support here. I really became a hermit because then i could drink at any time and didnt have to explain, and with that came such guilt, loneliness and self loathing. Already that black heavy cloud has moved away. MWO has a huge part to play in that.
        The caring here is genuine and best it comes with real understanding of where you are at. No matter if you drinking or not - just keep posting.
        love love love
        cedar
        x

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          Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

          Hi Dolphin, glad to see you are feeling better today.

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            #6
            Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

            hey its RIPPLE, i am okay today TOO! dolphin, you fit right in here and you are FUN! NEVER FEEL bad about drinkie, it can be STOPPED! just so NO MORE..things get better each and every day..really! :l

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              Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

              dolphin...going through that is GOOD, you know then change is on its way..you must weather the awfuls first...to appreciate HEALTH...you be okay, stick around here, we have fun and do fight at times, its a place for drunks to recovery....STAY...:H

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                #8
                Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

                I do believe that is a size 13 foot and the bracelet is much prettier. Go ahead, Rippy... kill me now! I could not resist!

                I do want to see the pointy boot though. Before you kill me.
                sigpic
                Thoughts become things..... choose the good ones. ~TUT

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                  #9
                  Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

                  This is pretty with a touch of green...:

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                    #10
                    Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

                    jasper

                    hey dolphin i have a cat called jasper too not so much a rescue cat, he just moved in!

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                      Dolphin Check-in Thread!!

                      You are a blessing.Most of us can totally relate to messing up and getting plastered.The night tramas will pass and for me after 2 or 3 days , a sober HIGH kicks in.I will try to wrap that feeling in a package and send it to you ASAP.I hope it will arrive for you today but if not I will keep sending it.For me Soberiety is the greatest gift that I have ever been gotten.Like can be JOYFUL again!!!!EVIE
                      sigpicEyes on the PRIZE, a SOBER Future !!!

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