Yes, those steps are very powerful, and it is my belief they can be applied to nearly any life situation. I can even imagine that if Palestinians and Israelis who had come to understand the insanity of their dynamic and wanted the madness to stop applied the Steps to their situation, they would find relief of almost miraculous proportion.
It seems to get easier. The first days and weeks were kind of rough for me, and once the sugar cravings settled down it got much easier. Hang in there, DKnow.
Feel that lousy feeling and burn it into your brain, so that in the future if that booze taps you on the shoulder, you remember exactly why you parted ways. May the miracle of sobriety begin showing itself to you in abundance!
This is probably the best thread I have ever read on any outdoor forum!
Grateful to be going on four years here but I also have relapsed in the past after having some time. Best not to be too hard on oneself , get up, dust yourself off and carry on
Yes, I have come to this thread time after time when there something affecting my emotional sobriety. And often enough, the thread was bumped by someone else just at the time I needed it.
I'm very tired today. The last few weeks have been very difficult, because for me, it's like my body has a battery like a car. I wore that battery down over the years and it takes an extremely small amount of emotional upset to completely take up whatever charge I have going.
For me, it is really imperative that I avoid stress in the forms that take me down, and recently, there has been no avoiding it. But so long as I don't pick up that first drink, I have a chance to move through and go forward.
d-know hang in there man. The best is yet to come. Patience is difficult but it does pay dividends. One day at a time is not just a cliche.
Just take life as it comes and most of the most difficult things will pass. I have had some of the best life experiences sober and I have had some pain. But it is all worth it and the light at the end of the tunnel ain't a train. All the best to ya
This is probably the best thread I have ever read on any outdoor forum!
Agreed! This is a five-star thread for sure, expecially for us climbing junkies who are having difficulty making the never-before-contempated transition from warming up on hard routes to projecting old 5.10's, but dude...you shoulda been here for the "Boobs" thread! w00t w00t! Kept us all far too mesemerized by the exquisite grace and otherworldly beauty of the female form, to leave us any room in our pathetic old worn-down threadbare noggins fer stinkin' thinkin' n' drinking!
Damn, yesterday was
rough. Minor w/drawl
symptoms and when it
got bad I kept coming
back to this thread and
will continue to do so
as I believe that I have
a kick arse support
in all of you.
Still got a long road to
travel but finally put the
rubber to the pavement
and that feels good.
Sincerely, thanks
to all.
Let us know!