I'm newly sober (today is day 9 after a week-long relapse from 6 weeks of sobriety) and am looking for some kind of online community to fill in the cracks between meetings. Hope to get to know some of you better while I'm here.
ZB
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"You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream." Frank Zappa
Welcome to this super forum. It really does add to the quality of my sobriety along with attending face-to-face meetings.
Congratulations on day 9! I know from personal experience just how hard it can be to get back on track after a relapse. But, just keep taking it one day at a time.
I hope that you'll come here often and keep posting and let us know how it is going for 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. I'm Tim, alcoholic. You've come to the right place to get some encouragement between meetings. This site has some great, inspirational postings and just good readings that have helped me stay on track (about 3 1/2 mos.). I come here first thing in the morning, last thing at night and as many times during the day as I can. There are number of us newbies and a great deal of long-term sobriety here. I hope you find it as helpful and frienly as I have...Tim
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ZB reminds me of Zebra...Zebra reminds me of stripes..stripes remind me of jail...jail reminds me of blaclouts...and wondering what I did to get there...blackouts takes one full circle to AA..and Im here cause Im not all there...and How You Doin???
Keep on pluggin eh....Good to have yu here....
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Phil wrote: ZB reminds me of Zebra...Zebra reminds me of stripes..stripes remind me of jail...jail reminds me of blaclouts...and wondering what I did to get there...blackouts takes one full circle to AA..and Im here cause Im not all there...and How You Doin???
Haha, thanks, Phil. That made me laugh. Always wanted to get up to the Great White North and just might make it some day.
ZB
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"You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream." Frank Zappa
Greetings fellow newbie! I just joined today and am glad to see another who's just joined. I have 15 months of sobriety, but will NEVER forget the first 30 (difficult would be an understatement). Anyway, just wanted to say hey!
Zster wrote: ...but will NEVER forget the first 30 (difficult would be an understatement)...
Greetings right back! I've had plenty of first 30s, unfortunately. It's around the 6-week mark when I start that bad thinking: I must be normal because I've been sober for 6 weeks! Maybe just one beer wouldn't really be too bad...
ZB
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"You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream." Frank Zappa
thinking: I must be normal because I've been sober for 6 weeks! Maybe just one beer wouldn't really be too bad...
ZB
I can't begin to count how many times (particularly in the early stages of attempting to stay sober) I could say, "Been there, done that!"
Something that worked for me (not saying it will for anyone else- just my two cents) was when I started thinking like that was to tell myself, "Well, if you really are normal, then just one more week without a drink shouldn't be a problem." The longer I worked at it, and the more/longer stretches of sobriety I got, the easier it became. But I gotta say that sobriety ain't particularly easy for most of us in the beginning. Sobriety for an alkie is hard work, and requires that we never give up. When we fall, we have to get back up as quickly as we can and recommit ourselves to the program. "Bulldog Tenacity" is required when that little red demon called "stinkin' thinkin" comes along.
Welcome to the board, from an alcoholic named Dan in the Dakotas.
I can't begin to count how many times (particularly in the early stages of attempting to stay sober) I could say, "Been there, done that!"
Alcoholics must be wired up exactly the same way in terms of our crazy logic, I swear. Something that helps me (so far only short term) when I start that circular logic is to stop myself with: "yeah, but if you weren't an alcoholic, you wouldn't want that damn drink in the first place!" Just can't argue with that.
ZB
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"You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream." Frank Zappa
) was when I started thinking like that was to tell myself, "Well, if you really are normal, then just one more week without a drink shouldn't be a problem." The longer I worked at it, and the more/longer stretches of sobriety I got, the easier it became. But I gotta say that sobriety ain't particularly easy for most of us in the beginning. Sobriety for an alkie is hard work, and requires that we never give up. When we fall, we have to get back up as quickly as we can and recommit ourselves to the program. "Bulldog Tenacity" is required when that little red demon called "stinkin' thinkin" comes along. 
