hello everyone. i am a newbie in every sense of the term. this is the first time i've ever been on a cyber recovery site. have been blessed with my very first p.c. this is the first site i logged onto. i really don't know how this works. i will introduce myself briefly, in hopes that it will open the doors for us to get acquainted. i grew up in an alcoholic, drug addicted, outlaw family. i began going to a.a. meetings in january 1990. up til now, the longest sober time i ever had was about five and a half months. been through many rehabs, detox's and spent a whole lot of time incarcerated. lost everything that mattered: God, children, family and self. and everything that didn't: homes, cars, businesses, drivers license etc... i have ten and a half months of sobriety now. i have been through the steps and have found a new way of life, a way that works. for the most part i am happy, joyous and free. the promises have come true in my life. my reactions to life blow even me away at times. today i am in a fairly healthy relationship with a man i love, my children are in my life--- just had my first grandchild and most of all i have a relationship with god. just when i think life couldn't get any better..... it does. thats not to say i don't have struggles or problems- i do. i just don't have to drink about them today. i guess like many of you, i am a miracle in progress!!!
Namaste'
b-lever2day
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Welcome to the MIP site! Looks like you are a natural talent in the cyber world and you figured out how it works pretty well :D. Thanks for the introduction and congrats on your 10 months and putting in the work to change your life.
A lot of great people and support on this site, keep coming back.
Rob
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Aloha B-lever and welcome to the board and congradulations on the sobriety, sanity and spiritual balance. You're showing me it's not all about not drinking. It's about that and all the other suggestions which were directed my way when I was introduced to AA after my head had cleared up a while. I didn't do the institutions like the rest of my family and many other alcoholics I have had the pleasure as mentors. The only one I was fully dressed out for before having my life turned around was the morgue and then cremetorium...hasn't happened YET. We have a strong group of members interested and committed to helping others so stick around and do both. (((((hugs)))))
Hello Violet, welcome to the family, welcome home. Keep reading the promises, going to meetings, and not picking up a drink, one day at a time. We have a great group of regulars here, many have several decades of sobriety and all the years (and months) in between, stretched out all over the planet. Just some of my favorite posters live in the UK, Africa, California, Hawaii, Arizona, New Zealand, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, and a couple on sailboats in various locations. Stick around and help us to stay sober.
Welcome. I love to here stuff like this. It is good to hear the program working for others. Curious though....when did you realize you really had to change? What do you think really stopped the pattern of relapsing?
Mark
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Keep coming back. It works if you work it. So work it. You're worth it!
step one. surrender. not only pwerless over alcohol, but most everything. understanding that if i could change myself i wouldn't be an alcoholic to begin with. armed with that knowledge i am able to ask God to come in and do what God does. what a great job he is doing!
Namaste'
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Hi Violet, Welcome to MIP. I loved your post, it is so good to hear about the positive results that seem to happen when someone just grabs this simple program and starts to live it. Well done and keep on with those steps.I look forward to your first birthday.
Keep reading the promises, going to meetings, and not picking up a drink, one day at a time. We have a great group of regulars here, many have several decades of sobriety and all the years (and months) in between, stretched out all over the planet. Just some of my favorite posters live in the UK, Africa, California, Hawaii, Arizona, New Zealand, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, and a couple on sailboats in various locations. Stick around and help us to stay sober.