DETOXING WITH THE GROUP INSTEAD OF HOME

[SOBER]

WELL I WENT TO ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS YOU(THE GROUP) WERE TALKING ABOUT.? THE TOPIC WAS "SHARING WITH OTHERS". WHAT I GOT OUT OF THIS MEETING WAS THAT IF I SHARE WHAT I WAS FEELING, IT WOULD GET EASIER.? AND THAT ITS WE NOT "ME" BY MYSELF. I DID NOT SHARE TODAY BUT WILL OVER THE INTERNET.? I REARRANGE MY FURNITURE AND CLEAN THE WHOLE HOUSE TODAY. I HAVE BEEN SWEATING ALOT TODAY. I AM WITHDRAWING FROM CRACK AND ALCOHOL. A BIG CRAVING TODAY
BUT I DEALT WITH IT.

[samf]

Glad you went to a meeting! Hope you keep going! They suggested I try to do ninety meetings in ninety days. I lived in a huge city, so there were plenty of meetings. i was so miserable that I did way more than that...was one of the few places I felt safe.

As I kept coming around, I met people and that helped me a lot, too. I had new, clean and sober firends who were trying to stay that way and were there for me, too.

Meetings are cool to me as they talk about real things...nothing superficial.

Did they have slogans on the wall? Like One Day At A Time. First Things First. (and so on...)

I only have to not drink or use this one day only. I break my life up into little segments of time...just today.

That helped me a lot...all those little things.

One I liked from a friend that you may not like was my firned had said, "I feel so lost."

They told him. "You aren't lost. Just point your finger to the ground, and there you are."

Or, "Get up and just follow your nose around."

Boy, you did a lot today. I remember staying busy and moving really helped, some...I felt so dang miserable.

Sweating...hope you are drinking water and rehydrating yourself, too. I figure you are...but doesn't hurt for us to remind each other, I guess.

So glad you got through the craving.

If they have meetings there, every day, was always a safe place for me to go, and to be. And I leanred a lot form them.

I could always pass if I didn't want to talk. I did that a lot, at first.

Take care.

Samf

[fishdocdon]

TERIFFIC NEWS Glad you got to a meeting. For me,a hardhead,, I needed to go to 2-3 meetings a day and stick with AA friends pretty much 24-7 for a couple of years. As you said , only place i felt safe and i didn't trust myself. I also used the book LIVING SOBER . I read and reread it for about a year. It gave me simple ideas for LIVING. You may have to break your day into min or seconds at times , it's ok. Hold onto ur ass and TRY to enjoy the bumpy ride. It used to make me mad when people told me "this too shall pass" but it was true. Continue your way and your in my prayers. Remember I can't, God can, He will if I let Him. It Is a we thing.

[CarolD]

Meetings are vital to my recovery!!
:D Glad you are going.

Cravings....

In early recovery . I timed my cravings.
Mine were 5/7 minutes in duration.
I can overcome most things for that short time!

I took action during that space.
Brushing my teeth...eating a Lifesaver...drinking water
(notice the oral connection?)

The longer I stayed sober they lessened in both frequency and intensity.

Keep going forward.