Welcome Amy! Glad you have joined us. And you too Heather @Rubybean !
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Hello,
Name is Dillan, DOC is alcohol. Been struggling with it for about 8 years. Downloaded the app for the counter like a year ago but here I am. 1 hour sober. First time looking into this kind of stuff. Never knew there were so many people who felt a lot like I did.
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Welcome Dillon. You are certainly not alone. I never tried getting support before. Last year I found this app. And I’ve never participated in a forum like this before. I Did a few check ins here and there. Did my gratitude list. And eventually joined in the conversations when I felt comfortable.
I hope to see you around.
These are my 2 favorite topics.
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Great idea! I was always a pessimistic person but I’ve been logging my daily gratitude for a while now (hit 400 days of gratitude on Jan 1st!)…one of the best tools I’ve added to help me with recovery/sobriety.
Congrats on your days!!
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Welcome Amy
This is a fantastic app with some interesting forums and even more interesting people
Good luck
One day at a time
Hey,
I’m Sasha, and I’m from Canada, BC. My DOC was cocaine for years, but I’m roughly around 3 years clean of that habit and moved along to alcohol. I also quit smoking a year and a half ago, but swiftly side stepped to vaping, which isn’t any better.
I joined this app last year and made it 3 whole months sober before covid hit and relapsed hard for 10 months. Found myself drinking bottles of wine, graduated to Gin and hard liquor and those bottles never lasted me long. I’m now 5 days sober from booze… still working on the vaping 
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Hi guys. I’ve posted a few times but thought I’d introduce myself. I’m from Australia, near Brisbane. I’ve been a binge drinker since I was 17, so that’s 23 years now. On and off alcohol in that time, but always came back to it as my crutch in social situations or because all my friends were drinking.
The last 3 years have been worse than ever. Drinking at least 4 nights a week, 8 litres of wine a week at least. A year ago I had a blood test and had the start of fatty liver. On the 13th December 2020, I just stopped. Made the decision. Haven’t looked back. Cravings nightly and depression but I’ve finally realised that I was killing myself slowly. My tolerance was getting higher and higher. It was very scary.
My family support my decision and said that, yes, I was drinking too much. I come from an alcohol dependant family, so it hasn’t been easy.
I see my older brother going through the same thing, but he has had a lot more anxiety when he stops for even just a day. Luckily, I’ve avoided anxiety and intense withdrawals.
I’ve been sober 25 days. Here’s to a month!
Thank you all for your support, coming on and reading has been life saving.
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Hey! My name is Sarah. 32… I live in Vegas. I joined in June 2019… back when I used to reset my timer 10x a day and then just give up for weeks at a time!! Gah, I cant believe how far I have come. Then in Sept 2019 I had enough and quit my job and moved in with my inlaws and have just been taking care of my 2 year old and focusing on my sobriety for over a year now.
I now have 9 months off the ketamine, 5 months off the booze, 7 months benzo free, 12 months adderall free, and 17 months without nicotine. Alcohol has been the hardest to quit probably because its everywhere. I have to tell you guys… I feel amazing!!
I hang out mostly in the check in thread. Ive been checking in here for a long time. Its been the most helpful tool in my recovery. There are so many amazing people here and being held accountable helps me tremendously. Dont know where I would be without this app! Thanks everyone!!
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Such determination!! So glad you kept fighting…your tenacity inspires others for sure!!
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Hey All. Day 2 for me. I have been at this same point many times over the past few years. Woke up on the 5th repeating the same commentary I always have in the morning. This time needs to be real.
I am impressed by the amazing depth that you each share with each other and once I get over my initial shyness hope to also dive in. You all are amazing.
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Same here! Day 2! Fell off the wine wagon two days ago. This time I need to stay sober. Message me if you want to talk. This virtual learning at home mama could use a friend.
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Hi, I’m David. My DOC is alcohol. Alcoholism runs in my family and I want to stay sober as an example for my kids (and for myself). I’m really good until around day 5 and then I fall off the wagon. I’m going to make 2021 my year! God Bless!
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Hi, I’m JT, I live in the USA, DOC is alcohol, former cigarettes (clean 5 years from those). I installed the app probably 6 months ago and have been lurking, but felt compelled to join, so I made my account a few minutes ago. There’s is so much positive inspiration here.
I have been drinking since I was 17, family is full of drinkers and DUIs. I turned 50 this year, and I guess I’m just tired of the booze, I am figuring out why I drink and trying to fix that to, but man it gets hard some days. Anyhow, I’m 5 days sober, and taking it am hour at a time.
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I’m feeling well, thank you. Just tired. Trying to sort out feelings of why it is that when anything becomes an upset in my life, instantly want to pick up wine for the evening. Try to wrestle with my brain that it will be okay, it’s just one day. I can start over. Its just one glass, bottle, etc. I KNOW better. Like really. I was sober four days and then polished off three bottles of wine in one night. What the hell! I absolutely know that I have a problem, so why are all these thoughts constantly going through my brain? Sooo consuming.
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Welcome! I have the same issue! What’s with day 5, lol. We can do this!
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Welcome David. Great job on your 5 days.
@Moonshadow
I remember those feelings. In the beginning it’s really abstinence. It can be hard. Try to change up some of your routines. I did a lot of what I call angry music power walks. Sometimes 2 a day. I would listen to angry rap music and walk my ass off. I was so angry cuz I couldn’t drink like a normie. And I did long hot showers at 5 pm instead of cocktails. Did some angry house cleaning after dinner instead of sitting around with my 2nd or 3rd bottle of wine too.
I just read this in Russell Brands book. Freedom From Our Addictions.
”The reality is, when I drink or use or say ‘fuck it’ around any destructive behaviour, I don’t know when I’ll get my life back or what state it will be in when I do.”
Bless you guys.
Keep checking in.
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Happy New Year everyone!
My name is Carlos and my DOC was alcohol and cocaine. Ive been sober since September 23rd, 2019. I fix and make trains in my civilian life and I’m also in the National Guard. I’m currently on a deployment as we speak in the Middle East. I’m living proof that I’ve turned my life completely around.
I did it by first realizing on my own accord that I had a problem and on September 23, 2019, I checked myself voluntarily into a Rehab. I did said rehab for 2 weeks and learned more from my peers there than the people who worked there. When I finished the Rehab, I cut everyone who I knew was utterly useless out of my life. Which was mostly all the friends I had at the time. I read, listened to a lot of videos on YouTube and basically straightened myself out. I met my now wife the month after I left Rehab and made it my priority to help out my siblings and parent’s out.
I rejoined the National Guard in March 2020 and here I am now, telling my story still in this wonderful community that is my form of AA. I love this community so much that I decided to support it monetarily on Patreon. I drank what I had to drink in this life time and then some. I don’t need alcohol or cocaine to be social or the life of the party. I can do that all on my own. I will NEVER pickup another drink again!
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No we will not, Twin ^.^
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For some reason I’m having hard a time remembering fucking dates! Luckily, I’m studying up on my math 
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