Hi. I’m Larissa. I joined February 2021 after a complete blackout having promised my teenage daughter (I’m a single Mom) I wouldn’t drink again after the New Year. The look on her face and the feeling of dread inside after having “just one glass” that led to hours of … I still don’t know what … had me stop then and there. I learned here about crossing that threshold and not being able to moderate and not ever taking that first sip. To date I’ve held that promise to myself. It’s simply not an option. I never want to go back to that moment. And ironically, life is easier without moderation.
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Hi Anita, welcome to the forum! 
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Hi everyone, I am Amie from the uk London.
I am 95 days sober.
Welcome to you all, we are lucky to have eachother 
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Hey all. I’m Dan, I’m currently 798 days sober. I was the kind of daily alcoholic who woke up in the middle of the night to pound a couple beers. I was extremely dependent, EVERYTHING revolved around drinking and it was the most important thing in my life. That’s extremely shitty to say because I’m married with 5 kids but it was my truth… that will never be my truth again.
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Hello!! I am Sassy, a native New Englander in the U.S. I am one of the moderators here and have been a member for close to 5 years. I found TS shortly after my final hangover after a drinking career of more than 40 years.
Today I am 1752 days sober from alcohol, 5+ years clean from cocaine, 6+ years free of Ambien and I just celebrated 13 years nicotine and cigarette free (after smoking for 30+ years). The nicotine and alcohol were a bitch to ditch, no lie there. It was a process that took me literally years, but is 100% the best decision I have ever made in my 60 years. This forum continues to be my #1 support system in sobriety and recovery. You can read more of my story here…
I hope you find the forum a place to gather strength, knowledge and heal within a supportive community.
We rise by lifting others. 
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This old scots guy came here 2016 just to help anyone who wanted my ex-perience on recovery , keep on trucking
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Happy New Year all! My name is Owen and I live in Vancouver, Canada at 54 years of age, gratefully now in a loving supportive rewarding relationship.
I have lived through a lot of chaos like a lot of us here. I’m a garden variety addict where my DOC has morphed from solo sex to codependency in relationship to exercise to alcohol and nicotine and now trying to taper off with caffeine.
Despite neglect from a “loving” alcoholic father and an overly emotional mentally ill mother I brought shame into my life big time through relentlessly judging myself regarding my solo sex behaviours. I also have a mental illness, schizoaffective.
I was led to the 12 step rooms by a friend over twenty years ago and I have enjoyed support groups, various types ever since. My downward slide was in a dysfunctional relationship where I made her my higher power: love addiction. And lost a shit tonne of money to her. This was after losing my wife and 2 boys to my excessive shame and codependency.
I got into long commuting by bicycle to work which led to an exercise addiction and eventually amateur road bicycle racing where I was just living for the next race and training. There was good comraderie on the team and tons of endorphins but all the while still in my selfish bubble neglecting my children and running from my life.
Serious suicide attempt a decade later due to daily alcohol abuse use after a another relationship brake up.
I had found Buddhism through the 12 steps years back and I am still angry that Buddhism didnt save me from the attempt and my drinking-at-home alone abuse and isolating as I was devout.
After 8 years in Emotions Anonymous, step 12 and higher power shined forth a few years after the attempt.
I was fortunate to have employment as an industrial mechanic through all this chaos and am grateful for their leniency.
I now have two online meetings, Emotions Anon and Anxiety and Depression skills. With the guidance of my sponsor who is extra generous with his time for me as I’m on long term disability due to Schizoaffective.
Schizoaffective will not be the last word here LOL, the last words are fellowship and camaraderie.
Going on 6 months AF and active here a little over 6 months . I will now endorse for my efforts as we say in our group.
edit: my relationships with my boys are improving and I know I need to be there for them and will be., You will be glad to know their Mom was exceptional in raising them with her new partner and are living mentally healthy and are even university grads, So proud for them here.
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My name is Jan and I’m a gaming/technology addict. I haven’t gamed in over 2 years and haven’t abused technology for almost 24 hours. I struggled with motivation for a long time, so despite trying for one and a half year, abusing technology hadn’t stopped. Now I’m motivated by the new year and hope that that’ll be the higher power I needed.
I am 18 years old and from the Netherlands. I work in a supermarket which I enjoy a lot, most of the time. And I still go to school.
My addictive behaviour stems partly from autism as that has a lot of power when it comes to obsession. But the biggest factors were the first fiveteen years of my life. I was confronted with physical, mental and emotional abuse from my dad, I was bullied wherever I went, didn’t have my own home for a while (was lucky to have acquaintances who were willing to let me and my mom stay there) and I was confronted with a lot of death. Good times 
Obviously I did not want to feel all that pain, so I decided to hide in technology, mostly gaming.
Now I’m doing a lot better. I decided to get therapy last year which helped a shit lot.
And I have a dog called Bowie.
P.S. sorry for the bad formatting and illogical storyline, am lazy 
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My name is Jonathan recovering alcoholic ex drug addict been here on TS since 2019, struggled with substance abuse since my early teens finally getting a hold of myself after a lifetime it seems of hard knocks and hard lessons. 12-step programs and good support system helps me maintain my recovery. Happy New Year, God Bless you all and be safe out there.
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Hey all! My name is Justin, going on 37, been sober from alcohol form 42 days now and kicking around on this site for 42 days.
I’m over on the east coast of Canada, work in a small office handling the monitoring and support of security systems. Former singer in a thrashy/death metal band, music lover, wanna be writer, bass player, nomad.
This is my 2nd time with going sober, but this time I refuse to give up.
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My name is Jen, I’m 10 days alcohol free. I live in California. I work full time in Special Education, I go to college full time for Speech Language Pathology. I’m a wife and mother of 4 teens.
My life is A LOT right now so in 2022 I need to check in with my well-being daily. I would really like to quit my job to focus on school but I really need the health insurance to continue to receive the mental health help I need. Im in my last semester of college though so hopefully I can pull through the next 5 months.
Happy New Year everyone! Happy to be on the sobriety journey with all of you.
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My name is Daisy and Im from Ireland. Im 42 and married with 2 grown kids. I work with children with additional needs. I grew up in an alcoholic home and I never had control over my drinking when I started. After years of denial I asked for help. I joined aa and also joined this group 28 days ago and Im happy to say I have not touched a drop since then. Best wishes to everyone x
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I’m Dan from Seattle. Sober for 3 years and 3 months, or 1,197 days as of Jan 1.
Alcohol was my DOC.
I was the “party guy,” first to show up, last to leave. I used alcohol to fit in and have fun, so much that it became a habit. Eventually it turned into an addiction. My life was crashing and burning in slow-motion. Something had to change. I found this place and it gave me the strength and tools to make a change.
I used to drink to fit in, now I don’t drink to stand out.
Nice to meet you!
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Hi TS family, I’m Lisa, one of your moderators and been on the forum over 2 years now. I’ve been clean and sober from opioids, cocaine and alcohol for 28 months. My husband is also an alcoholic and addict who finally got sober 6 months ago. I’m the mom of a daughter with disabilities who is the center of my universe. I started my journey by going to a 10 day outpatient detox, followed by IOP and AA meetings. I continue to attend 4 in person AA meetings weekly. I live by the saying…My recovery must come first so that everything I love in life does not have to come last.
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Hi everyone 
Today is my 9th day sober from alcohol. I started drinking in my late twenties as a way to relax/unwind and relieve my anxiety. My drinking and tolerance level slowly increased over the years. I started to turn to alcohol even more when my husband and I found out we couldn’t have children in my mid-thirties. I recently turned 40 and I’ve decided that I can’t continue the way I’ve been going. I haven’t been happy and I’ve been using alcohol as an escape. I’ve felt numb, depressed, and checked out of life. I don’t want to wake up a year from now and be the same person. I have to make a change. I’ve tried several times to go sober, but it didn’t last long. I want this time to be for good. I’m encouraged by reading the posts of other people on here. Thank you for sharing your stories and struggles.
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Sup people, I’m David, TS has been my spot since I found it about 45 days sober in March of 2018. I’ll be 4 years sober in about 2 weeks.
Just enjoyed a hangover free new years day in the snow with the family.
Nothings impossible, comfort is the enemy of progress, we do it 1 day at a time/daily.
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Hi Captain. I haven’t been on here in a good long while unfortunately and now I’m starting over day 1. As soon as I saw your username I remembered you and remembered your story. I am so glad that you still sober that’s so incredible.
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You from AZ? Think your name rings a bell too.
Glad your back, happy new years, nowhere to go but up
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Hey all. Name is Jason. Just hit 4 years sober from booze. Been on here since day 1. I don’t post much, but I DO read every single day.
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