Hey everyone, how goes it out there? I'm pounding away. Just celebrated 1 month sober. Just hitting meetings and staying honest. How is everbody else doing?
Top of the week to you chaps! Hope all is well. Once again, here is our weekly check-in thread for posting status updates, concerns and struggles we're all going through. Feel free to vent, lament, rejoice however you need, we're here for each other. For myself, I'm on day 26 of no alcohol and **I feel great**! Been going to meetings and getting back involved in the community. Each day just is better than the next, a far cry from my days wasting away, crying into a whiskey bottle. I've really found a reinvigorated and renewed life. It's absolutely amazing. I still have moments of sadness and doubt but they've definitely become fewer and more managable. It's great to feel good about life and about myself again. I can't wait to see what this all feels like 6 months and especially a year in. I wish you all the same joy I've found, if you haven't found it yet then I pray very soon.
I thought it'd be helpful to have a weekly thread where we can recap our progress, struggles and concerns, or anything else that needn't a dedicated thread. Go ahead and get whatever you need to say off your chest and keep working at it, comrades!
Went to my homegroup meeting today and was asked by the guy who was going to chair if I wanted to. I said sure and lead the meeting today. It was great! I had planned on getting more involved, I just didn't think it'd be so soon. I felt a lot of joy in getting to take on an active role in other people's sobriety, not just my own. At the end of the meeting the same fellow, Eric, became my sponsor officially. So now I have a sponsor! I'm so excited for the future! For anyobe still struggling just keep plugging away, even if you stumble, get back up and keep at it. It's noy always easy but it's doable to make a positive change in your life <3
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KvasiroftheWoods 11 months ago • 100%
Thank you. Absolutely. It is a scourge akin to the scourge of Capitalism, in fact exacerbated by the chains of the system and the despair it incurs to our fellow working class men and women. I'm blessed to have made it out, I can only hope to help our other brothers and sisters as well.
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KvasiroftheWoods 11 months ago • 100%
Definitely! It's good to have you. I hope it helps. I wish you great strides in your sobriety!
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KvasiroftheWoods 11 months ago • 100%
Thabk you for te clarification. I'm new and still grasping the fediverse terminology.
lemmygrad.ml
I have struggled with my alcoholism for some time and finally was able to get sober. I'd like to pay it forward and decided to start /c/sobriety for ANY drug/alcohol addiction for those currently or afflicted in the past and ready to nurture and guide newcomers to sober living. If that's you, please join and help me to grow a wonderful place in the fediverse for sober living. Thank you for the consideration and I look forward to seeing you in our community ;)
A big welcome to each new member! Use this thread to introduce yourself, tell us about your struggle and your goals. May you find peace and serenity in your sobriety!
**Alcoholism Resources:** * [Alcoholics Anonymous Official Site](https://www.aa.org/) * [AA Online Big Book](https://www.aa.org/the-big-book) * [Find Meetings Near You](https://www.aa.org/find-aa) **Narcotics Resources:** * [Narcotics Anonymous Official Site](https://na.org/) * [Narcotics Anonymous Literature](https://m.na.org/?ID=ips-eng-index) * [Find Meetings Near You](https://www.na.org/meetingsearch/) **Smart Recovery Addiction Resources:** * [Smart Recovery](https://www.smartrecovery.org/) * [Online Meetings](https://meetings.smartrecovery.org/meetings/) **Rules & Guidelines:** * Keep things respectful and civil, recognize everyone is on a different stage of their recovery. * Solidarity is key! Respond with kindness and empathy to your fellow comrades in their struggle. * There's room for venting frustrations, but try and keep things focused on the positive, meaningful changes we can make to impact our lives and others. * No glorifying drug and alcohol usage and no 'war stories' (addiction escapades), unless warranted by the context of the topic at hand. * All addictions are welcome, this is a safe space for comrades trying to sober up from ANY substance.
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How are you doing?
KvasiroftheWoods 11 months ago • 100%
For sure. It's been a great past two weeks though. I'm definitetly feeling more like myself again.
Sweet! I just created it. It's called sobriety, I wanted a space where everyone could go to stay sober, not just alcoholics or a particular drug. Here's the link:
https://lemmygrad.ml/c/sobriety
I'll he making a sticky sometime today when I get to the computer.
Welcome, member number uno! ;D
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How are you doing?
KvasiroftheWoods 11 months ago • 100%
Congrats on the sobriety! I have 11 days sober from alcohol as of today, stay strong comrade ;) By the way, I've been thinking of starting a sober community, would you mind if I PMd you when I do? I'm going to try and grow it into a small, but active communuty hopefully.