Welcome Dan, When I was in that spiral,I had to slow down and take it slow.First thing's first for me.The most important thing to me is my sobriety and everything other than that comes second.All the circumstances that I found myself in after my sober awakening,where in fact all my own doing.I had alot of thing's that seemed to be a "mountain" but looking back now they all worked out in the end.All these thing's that seemed as "mountains" as I said where my own doing I had brought all this on myself.So with that in mind it was up to me to work it out.With the help of AA and it's member's I was able to except thing's as they are and make the right choices in order to get through them.I wish you luck.
Dan, I know how you feel, and I'm glad you have posted here. I have learned I have to live life one day at a time. I have to go to AA meetings and Al-anon meetings because I'm married to an alcoholic and grew up in a home with an alcoholic. I have been sober for 20 years, and I still have to do work the steps to stay that way.
We all have a story and some of us are still here to tell it. Hang in there, you are worth taking care of yourself,try some meetings and keep coming back here. There is alot of experience, strength and hope here.
Hi Todd, I found that going to a meeting was a very usefull first practical step on the road of sorting my life out. You will have a meeting close to where you live, at a meeting there will be people who have been where you are now who can help to give you the support you need.
Welcome here and welcome to recovery. The first step can sometimes be the hardest, but it is worth doing.
Best wishes
Chris.
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"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989"
We are alcoholics--an addiction to alcohol. Thats what we did. we drank excessively. The complusion to do so over rode everthing else. we could not stop on our own.
Like a runaway train with no brakes. Didnt know how to do without it. Had to keep feeding that big train engine, that cried out for more and more and more.
That runaway train caused more wreckages than ide care to admit. But it did.
Its been said. The number one priority is to put the train on stop. And quit feeding that big engine.
Its also been said that meetings are the key. I had to go to 365 of them the first year.
One day at a time--sober--things will get better for you, one thing at a time.
We didnt get ourselves in these jackpots overnight--they arent going to be solved overnight.
As long as Ive been in this program, I hafta keep going to meetings on a regular basis. If I dont do so, stinkin thinkin will set in, and likely lead me right back to the bottle.
I wish there were easier softer ways. There arent. Ive tried em all. Good luck my freind. Keep sharing with us. We are a WE thing. You are not alone.
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