Hi, I just wanted to say hi! I'm 2 1/2 months sober and attend AA meetings 2 times/week, but I thought that it would be nice to have another outlet. This certainly is a tough way of life, but so is drinking, I suppose. Hope everyone is doing well!
And a big welcome to this Board, looking forward to hearing more from you. It is rough in the beginning, but the roughness goes, and never feel that Recovery is anything less than a wonderful Miracle in my life. Sometimes it just gets different, but then it get Oh so much better dear.
Sobriety has given me sooo soo many wonderful gifts, I cannot count them all. I love this site.. it is so helpful, informative and often a fun place to be. We cry here, we laugh here, joke here, and pray for eachother. I am so glad you are here to join us on the journey.
Wow! Thanks for the quick replies! I found the first 2 months to be simple, for some reason. This month, I've just had a hard time finding pleasure in hobbies and pretty much getting motivated to do anything. Is this rather common?
Again, thanks! I really hope to become a regular around here!
gotta figure out 'what do I do now'?? after all that time devoted to boozing..
it gets sooooo much better, though, over time. A lot of us get so much going in our 'new lives' we can hardly keep up!!! I am on hiatus rigth now from employment... so I am trying to reconnect with some hobbies as well. I have a lot of girlfriends in AA and that helps me to get out often and also to stay focused. I never thought I could have such wonderful friendships!! Just another one of those promises coming true for me.
Still gonna feel 'normal' human emotions like frustration, boredom, etc... but they are no longer 'out of control'. One day at a time!!
I'm also dealing with not working right now. I had a seizure 4 months ago and they took my dr. license away for a year. So, it leaves me with too much time on my hands, but I keep trying to find new things to keep me busy. It's not easy. I used to love to do so many different hobbies, but now, it just frustrates me because I don't enjoy doing them.
I have made a few friends in AA, but none that I see outside of the group. I don't know what they mean by "home group" and no one has offered to be my sponsor. I get lonely between meetings, but 2 are the max I can get to without being able to drive.
Welcome to this wonderful Board. And, a big congratulations on 2 1/2 months sober. That's great. I, too, go to 2-3 meetings each week, but I pop on here daily and read and post as much as I want to help me kept 'topped up' with AA. I also read the Big Book, 12x12 and Living Sober. They help me to stay fixed on my sobriety.
After I had been sober for about two months I started to get new hobbies and interests. At the moment I don't drive (I lost my license) and I'm not going out to work. So, it really was important for me to keep myself busy. I do a lot of cooking and share the results with friends and neighbours; I decided to give my house a good spring-clean; I took up walking and I'm lucky enough to live in a rural area and head into the forest as often as I can.
After I had been in AA for a few weeks I started to look for a sponsor. I had been told that it was really important. Here in the UK, nobody approaches you to be your sponsor. I had to work out who I thought would be good for me and then ask her. She has been wonderful for me and my sobriety. She is helping me to work the steps which are so crucial, to me, to maintaining my sobriety. I chose someone whose drinking pattern and life-style were fairly similar to mine, but that doesn't have to be the case.
Please keep coming back and let us know how it is going for you, won't you?
Take care,
Carol
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
WELCOME!!!!!!! and CONGRATS on 2.5 months!!! I know exactly how amazing that is!
I'm just slightly ahead of you...sitting on 6.5 months sober. It's been a rollercoaster to say the least...but what keeps me going is the Fellowship of AA. I did what was suggested and still do. A Homegroup is important...it gives you even more of a place to belong to. To find one you just pick a Meeting you frequent and that you enjoy, and then join it. All you have to do is approach the chairperson and say that you'd like to join. With regards to Sponsors...this is a decision you have to make because it's something you need to want. This was daunting to me at first...but the more meetings I attended, the more involved I got (Helping set up, make coffee, clean up etc.) the more people I got to know better. So basically, I encourage you to get involved in the Meetings you attend. Also, listen to your gutt when it's urging you to talk to someone...and phone the peeps that have given you their phone number. Trust me, you won't regret doing it!
When I was in early early recovery, it was often (so often that I began to get annoyed and roll my eyes a lot....LOL)said to me that what I was going through and/or feeling was normal....I prefered to say it was 'typical'. What has happened now is that I've been forging a new normal for me...what was normal for me before is now different and what was different for me in the beginning is now becoming normal. Make sense?
Anyhow...I'm glad you're here and hope you keep coming back!
Hi there, and welcome, the more the better I say! I came back to A.A about 2 years ago and since taking the steps and going to certain meetings my life has got so much better, I still have a few quirks like an odd sence of humour but I can laugh at myself now which I could not do before.
Anyway welcome I hope that you get what u need here.
