I've been there as well, many of times. What started out to be a temporary fix turned into a life long obsession, and that was only the beginning.
It took a lot of time, but after 2 d.w.i's and countless rehabs, to many to mention, I finally came to grips with my alcoholism. I know you will too. Welcome to M.I.P.
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Hi everyone! my name is sarah Phillips and I'm from laguna beach. I think I may have a drug and alcohol problem so my dad says that AA might be good for me. I just got my 2'nd DUI, and it happened to be (litteraly!) the 3'rd time i wrecked a car! I'm sure he can afford another one, but he's not going to just fix it this time. He is suggesting that I seek help, and so Im doing so. I am looking foward to making new friends here and just cant wait to fix this problem that I have. So any advice is welcome. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU!!
Welcome.....Sounds like it's time to stop wrecking cars...While you and everyone else on the road around you is still alive. The best advice I could give you is right out of the Big Book of AA. Pretty much says it all....Glad to have you with us.
Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven't got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us.
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.
Welcome to MIP Sarah, ... We're glad you found us ... we've learned that helping each other, we can stay sober and learn to enjoy the heck out of it ...
I hope you have made a decision and are taking the action to get to some AA meetings ... there you will find people just like yourself ... and by keeping an open mind and having the desire to recover, we remain sober ... your local groups will be more than glad to show and teach you how ... it's an amazing journey ... hop on our 'lifeboat' and we'll give you the breath of life you seek ... ... ... No Charge ! ... ... ...
Love you and God Bless, Pappy
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Welcome Sarah,
It sounds like you have already developed a track record with your drinking. It is never too late to stop and I admire you for wanting to stop and coming here to help yourself. I wasn't able to get sober by myself. Tried it several times and it didn't work. I started attending AA meetings, coming to this board, reading literature and learning everything I could about alcoholism. I pray every morning to my HP and give thank Him for keeping me sober the day before and ask Him to please keep me sober today and I also ask Him for guidance to get through my day. At night I give him thanks for keeping me sober that day as well as thank Him for my blessings. I recently got a sponsor who is helping me work the steps. I also do service work in my AA groups and that helps me feel like I am giving back and helping others.
I look forward to reading more posts from you and hope that you let us know how you are doing. You sound serious about getting and staying sober. I hope you don't wait until you are my age to do so. I wasted so many years of my life drinking.
Sarah! Welcome. At just 21, that is a pretty clear indication of a problem that is starting to spiral out of control. Look for a young person's AA/NA meeting in your area. Not that you don't belong at whatever meeting, but I just would love for you to see how other folks in the program at your age have fun without the need to drink and/or drug. This is a better life. With your partying and irresponsibility, you are missing a critical phase of emotional development. The risk is that you will wind up a 30 year old, then 40 year old washed out entitled person who is dependent on their dad. When you get older that will be more demoralizing and tiring.
You discussed having money in another thread but it sounds like it's all your family's. What money did you earn? From what job? AA and/or NA is going to help you be your own person. Perhaps money is hurting you and stopping you from living in the real world. Having goals and making your own way in life apart from your dad and his money are things that will give you esteem and purpose. Some of the partying and recklessness might also stem from having money but no deep inner purpose. Either way, this is for you to figure out, but glad you are here and hope you learn more about who who Sarah really is underneath drugs, alcohol, money, dad.... What do you want out of life?
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I have heard people in meetings talk about their money and how well off they were (and some still are in that respect). All the money in the world is insignificant if alcohol sucks the life out of you.
And I have heard from people at meetings who share that they have little money at all but it doesn't matter because they are sober and have inner peace which they never felt before and they are truly happy.
Aloha Sarah P and welcome to this family from the Pacific. Too bad its come to this, wrecked cars and lots of other wreckage and then your Pop say go get help and in part here we are...ourselves getting help; always room for 1 more. You've already gotten good feedback. For me I'm very "keep it simple" and can pass on what I was led to recovery with. Get to the meeting, sit down, listen with an open mind, listen more with an open mind and then some more, learn what the winners are doing and then practice, practice, practice what they are doing. There's more and for a start not much. One day at a time..don't drink, don't think, listen. ((((hugs))))
Hey Jerry,
Tonight's topic at the meeting I attended was about keeping it simple. Thanks for posting and helping reinforce what I learned earlier tonight.
Hi Sarah, I got sober in Orange County in the 1980s, and I went to lots of meetings in Laguna Beach for the first several years of my sobriety, before I moved away from SoCal. There has always been a huge sober community and a ton of great meetings in Laguna Beach. Enjoy the journey!
