One Day One Night Sober

[Soosa86]

It takes the first step to begin the journey; I woke up this morning hung over as per usual, exhuasted, guilty and hating myself. But this is the norm. What really pushed me to say, "ENOUGH!" was I started to notice my memory going; I can't remember where I park my car many times, lose my train of thought, and often cannot complete a thought at all. I will be 26 in December; this isn't supposed to happen for at least another fourty years! And how do I expect to retain all the reading I do or become a diplomat like this?

No more! No more making my life any harder than it already is! My luck is running out. Time to say, "No, not in my name, not on my watch!"

Wish me luck!

:thanks::new:

[Alcoholic]

One Day One Night Sober

Soosa:

Good luck! One hour at a time... Read what helped others. If I didn't start kudzu and l-glutamine 3 weeks ago, I'd still be drinking.

[Soosa86]

One Day One Night Sober

Thank you Good luck in your endeavors too

[RunningCourage]

One Day One Night Sober

hi soosa, have you popped into the Newbies Nest yet? Have a read too of the Tools Thread. Links below.

"One day one night sober" would make a great title for a song/album/film by the way!

Newbies Nest

Tool Box

RC

[Soosa86]

One Day One Night Sober

Thank you RC! I will do that right now!

[Mick]

One Day One Night Sober

Soosa best of luck to you..Rabsys right..cant do better than the Newbies nest

[satz123]

One Day One Night Sober

Best of luck Soosa - keep posting - keep reading .
Never beat yourself up if you fall - ( not everyone does ) but just up again & brush yourself off and continue on to next day. SMALL STEPS
Eventually your thinking will change and you will be ready to keep the AF going !!!
The penny will drop one day.
This is what happended to me.
I started posting here and realised that people who used to drink daily - stopped - but continued to have 'normal' , everyday lives.
This is what I craved.

I gave it a go and guess what - the world didn't end.
It was one night at home AF - ok
Then one night out AF - ok
Then one weekend AF - ok

Just don't lose heart - keep trying - SMALL STEPS !!

[nurdl]

One Day One Night Sober

Soosa, welcome. Come join us in the newbies nest. We are all here for the same reason. One step at a time.
~nurdl

[iamaquitter28]

One Day One Night Sober

Welcome to MWO Soosa. This place is awesome. Extremely supportive and a great way to keep yourself accountable for your drinking. Being "only 26" means nothing. I was a raging alcoholic at 24 after only 2 years of drinking heavily. I was missing work, screwing up relationships, losing jobs, driving drunk CONSTANTLY because I was always drunk...you get the point. Good luck to you and I hope you find MWO as invaluable as I do!!! There's a lot of wisdom and experiences to be had here!