Hey all, I'm Dave. I'm 30 and live in the Waukesha, WI area. I've gone back to school this last year at UW-Milwaukee. I'm extremely wet behind the ears with my 'once again' new found sobriety. I'm currently sitting at 48 hours...or is it better put 2x24hrs. In any case I came across this site and figured that I needed to get myself more involved with my recovery. I won't go into details at the moment as I don't have a ton of time at the moment, but I just wanted to introduce myself to the already established community in here. If I didn't do it now, there's no telling how long I would simply read your posts. Being new here and new with my new self, I thought that I would, at least for now, just be an open ear and closed mouth. I might not have a lot of insight as of now, so my posts might just be of the 'checking in' variety. Thanks for all that you have posted so far as they have been helpful reads. Catch up with you all later.
Welcome to MIP, Dave. I've seen your name whilst you were reading, and I"m so glad you've decided to join us. Got plenty of archives you can do searches into, also. Looking forward to knowing you better, and again, welcome. Chris
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Hi Neighbor, Welcome! Live in Illinois. Been to your lovely state.....twice to go snowmobiling within a few short miles of the border. You will find that here it is a family more than community. Like you I sat in silence for a while. Trying to glean some insight into alcoholism. That I have and am still "learning". Keep coming back. It is a great place to garner those little gems of wisdom. Wishing you the best in sobriety. Wanda
Welcome Dave, I'll echo what's already been said: "This is a great site!" It's filled with very supportive people. :) Take care, Laura P.S. Congratulations on those 48 hours! :)
Hi Dave! Glad you decided to write. My name is Jamie and I am 24 from Ct. I did the same thing that you did or are doing. I read mostly and didn't really write. Then once I started having lots of questions I started asking them on here and realized how supportive and accepting everyone was on here. Everyone is so helpful! Congrats on going back to school... and a big congrats on your 2 days sober... one day at a time huh? You are doing great it sounds like from your brief post... keep checking in and reading... let us know how you are doing ok? You also said that you might not be able to give a lot of insight since you do not have a lot of time under your belt but just so you know whatever you choose to write about helps the new coming into sobriety as well as the old-timers. I felt the same way until lots of people that have years and years sobriety kept telling me that it helps them to keep focused on their sobriety when us newcomers are here writing about what we are going through. I know how hard it is at the beginning so just keep in mind that it does and it will get better for you! Keep up the great work Dave and I am glad you are here!
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Congratulations on the 48 and more Dave and welcome to MIP. This is a great site to come for daily, hourly, or even by-the-minute inspiration. I DO hope you find it to be the help for you that it has for me and many others here. Take a trip through a good number of the previous pages on this site and look for postings that are relevant to your current thoughts or situation, or even just the many, many inspirational postings that will help keep your desire to be sober strong. Welcome!...Tim
-- Edited by timverton at 04:13, 2007-06-07
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Hiya Dave, thanks so much for joining us. I'm Danielle from Liverpool & sober 8months. Living sober can be hard work at times but the wages are good ;) Hope you can stick around & let us know how you're doing. Early days are tough & still for me. People here are supportive with each other & it helped me to keep strong too. I hope you find the same for yourself. Well done with your 2X24. FabStart 1Day@aTime! Good luck & let us know how you're doing, Danielle x
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Thanks all for your introductions. Still hangin' in there. I've been sticking to the JFT (just for today) mantra. If I try to do it all at once, I'll just as quickly lose it all at once...again. As far as meetings, I hate to make excuses, but with my work and summer school schedule, there just aren't hours left in the day. So for now, it's MIP, my fiance, my big book, and my reflections book. I just don't want my sobriety to be strictly a result of being too busy to screw it up. So for now, I'm building a foundation of positive thoughts and the development of the process that goes into acknowledging them. I've got my When and Where and when an opening happens that falls in line with a meeting....I'll be there setting up chairs...making coffee...staying sober...whatever. Anyhow, thought I'd do the check in to let you all know I'm still here and that you aren't gonna get rid of me that easily.
David T
