Hello, from Japan

[Fleur]

Hello everybody. It's nice to make your acquaintance. I'm an expat living in Japan. I teach English to children. Is anybody else living in Japan? Anyway, just thought I'd pop in to say hi, and I'm looking forward to posting more about myself later.

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[one2many]

Hello, from Japan

Lovely to meet you Fleur, look forward to earing lots more about you! x

[techie]

Hello, from Japan

Welcome Fleur. Hope to hear and learn more about you. best of luck here. you've come to a great place!

[daybyday]

Hello, from Japan

:welcome:Fluer, nice to hear from you and look forward to hearing more from you!

[mario]

Hello, from Japan

welcome & hi fluer, this is a great place with lots of support & good sound advice,read as many threads/posts as you can and i hope to see you around, :-)

[Panno]

Hello, from Japan

:welcome: Fleur you have come to a great site, look forward to chatting with you, good luck on your journey

[Doggygirl]

Hello, from Japan

Hi Fleur and :welcome:! This is a great place for help and support. I look forward to getting to know you better.

DG

[KatieB]

Hello, from Japan

Hi Fleur,
Welcome to the site also! I'm an expat (english) living in Australia.. I have been to Japan on holidays a few years ago, an amazing country, full of culture.. I look forward to getting to know you.. let us know how we can help you in anyway, and we will do our best,
Katie xxx

[Sweaty Betty]

Hello, from Japan

Hi Fleur and welcome.

I'm also a UK expat but in Singapore. Japan is on my 'to do' list, maybe later this year.

Bets.

[prancy]

Hello, from Japan

hi fleur, I lived in Japan for a while. Absolutely loved it. Looking forward to hearing about you. prancy

[IAD]

Hello, from Japan

Fleur.....What is your citizinship ? I just want to know that so we can get a prospective of your life style....IAD

[Fleur]

Hello, from Japan

Hello everybody, thank you very much for the warm welcome! I've not had much time to look around the forums here, but what I've seen so far has given me a very good impression, and I already feel comfortable here.

IAD, I am originally from Australia, and moved to Japan because I have family here. Strangely enough I never drank alcohol back at home, I only took it up after dealing with several stressful incidents here in Japan. The drinking started out innocuously enough - one beer in the evenings - and over a period of several years started to take over my whole life so that I was drinking in the mornings, cutting myself off from friends so that I could stay at home and drink, and generally planning my whole life around my next drink. Well, you guys know the story.

A few weeks ago I took the plunge and went to my first AA meeting. I have been attending for six weeks. I have to admit that I haven't completely stopped drinking during this time, but I've been able to drastically cut down. The other members are extremely kind and supportive, but they are all male and it doesn't look like I'm going to find a female sponsor anytime soon.

I'm very happy to find a place like this online! It's heartening to know that some of you have a Japan connection. Again, thank you all for the warm welcome. :h

[alicia in trouble]

Hello, from Japan

welcome fleur, I am new too and have only been here for a couple of days but I am already really impressed and overwhelmed by the support and the stories here. We are all in this together and the loneliness of hiding drink from loved ones, and coping with your fears doesn't seem so bad when you log on here.

Good luck on your journey my friend, I hope you get your female sponsor soon. :welcome:

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Hello, from Japan

Hello Fleur & Alicia, may I take this opportunity to welcome you both to a fantastic place, full of non judgemental support, help and advice.
Well done on taking the first important step by joining up and posting, this place really can change lives if we want it badly enough.
Keep safe
KTAB

[girly wirly]

Hello, from Japan

hi fleur lovely to see you here.xx