Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks
Welcome - clever name that suggests great determination! You have come to a wonderful, supportive place to get this done. Have you visited the Newbies Nest and toolbox ? Several of us who are fairly new "hang out" in the nest supporting one another and getting great advice from people who are farther along at various stages of living an alcohol-free (AF) life.
If you read back a few weeks, you will become familiar with the characters there.
You can do this and the people here will help you. ( you need to do it if for no other vey important reason, it probably would be such a hassle to change your username!
).
Nice to meet you! -NS
Sober22113;1466800 wrote: Hi All,
This is day 1 for me. I chose my username as sober22113 because I am forcing myself to try to live up to my sobriety date of Feb 21, 2013! Today!
Snowflake....your lifestyle is identical to mine. I am a mom of 4 beautiful children, have a wonderful and supportive husband and work full time as a functional alcoholic. I stumbled upon this forum, desperate to put an end to my daily drinking. I start drinking after work, while I cook dinner or after a workout at the gym and don't stop until 10 or 11 p.m. I've been having a difficult time staying asleep at night and once I wake up, I toss and turn until its time to get up for work. I feel groggy in the morning and each morning I say "no more", then 5:00 pm rolls around and I'm back at the liquor store buying that bottle of wine.
I am a woman who loves to work out and eat healthy, yet I put this toxin in my body daily. Why? I have gained 20 lbs over the last couple of years and I know it's from the wine.
I grew up in a dysfunctional family and my parents have/had addictive personalities. My oldest daughter has given me many challenges and stress and I turned to drinking to escape my stress, disappointments and pain. But that can no longer be my excuse to drink.
I want desperately for my children to not see me with a wine glass in my hand every day. I want to successfully break the cycle. So here is to day 1!
This is day 1 for me. I chose my username as sober22113 because I am forcing myself to try to live up to my sobriety date of Feb 21, 2013! Today!
Snowflake....your lifestyle is identical to mine. I am a mom of 4 beautiful children, have a wonderful and supportive husband and work full time as a functional alcoholic. I stumbled upon this forum, desperate to put an end to my daily drinking. I start drinking after work, while I cook dinner or after a workout at the gym and don't stop until 10 or 11 p.m. I've been having a difficult time staying asleep at night and once I wake up, I toss and turn until its time to get up for work. I feel groggy in the morning and each morning I say "no more", then 5:00 pm rolls around and I'm back at the liquor store buying that bottle of wine.
I am a woman who loves to work out and eat healthy, yet I put this toxin in my body daily. Why? I have gained 20 lbs over the last couple of years and I know it's from the wine.
I grew up in a dysfunctional family and my parents have/had addictive personalities. My oldest daughter has given me many challenges and stress and I turned to drinking to escape my stress, disappointments and pain. But that can no longer be my excuse to drink.
I want desperately for my children to not see me with a wine glass in my hand every day. I want to successfully break the cycle. So here is to day 1!
If you read back a few weeks, you will become familiar with the characters there.
You can do this and the people here will help you. ( you need to do it if for no other vey important reason, it probably would be such a hassle to change your username!
).Nice to meet you! -NS
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