# A week and counting
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/a-week-and-counting/178626
**Category:** Your Story
**Created:** [February 8, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/a-week-and-counting/178626 "2024-02-08T11:01:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Rachel1988](https://talkingsober.com/u/Rachel1988)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/a-week-and-counting/178626/1 "2024-02-08T11:01:43Z")
Through ot the years I always had a problem around drinking it started of as a way to fit in but pretty soon it became a cycle of broken promises hospital visits and trouble many time my family tried to place me in meetings while younger many times I promised next time things would be different only yet again to fall back the same way again.
Now that I know the mistakes I keep making I will know now not to got back down that road so I’m a week sober and counting now.
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### Author:  [@Twizzlers](https://talkingsober.com/u/Twizzlers)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/a-week-and-counting/178626/2 "2024-02-08T11:10:16Z")
7 days is a huge accomplishment. Congratulations 🎇🎆
You are being the strength you need and should be super proud of yourself 💪
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### Author:  [@Rachel1988](https://talkingsober.com/u/Rachel1988)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/a-week-and-counting/178626/3 "2024-02-08T11:29:32Z")
Thsnks for that
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### Author:  [@SinceIAwoke](https://talkingsober.com/u/SinceIAwoke)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/a-week-and-counting/178626/4 "2024-02-08T11:41:38Z")
Welcome to Talking Sober! You’ll not regret the decision to be sober. There are lots of ways to get and stay sober, what I think they all have in common is that none of them advocate doing this on one’s own.
Here a couple things that might interest you. Blessings on your house 🙏 as you begin your journey.
> [@Advice for the Newcomer and Constant Relapser](https://talkingsober.com/t/advice-for-the-newcomer-and-constant-relapser/11064/1):
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> Sobriety and recovery is a process of walking away from the old days of drinking/using that don’t work anymore. It’s embracing uncomfortable change for the better and deciding to not stay where you were. It’s learning to love yourself enough to say “I can’t live like this anymore and I need help”. Please add here the advice that you would like to gives to others. What tips and tricks has worked for your sobriety? What can someone newly sober expect on this journey?
> [@2 years sober and what helped me to get there](https://talkingsober.com/t/2-years-sober-and-what-helped-me-to-get-there/99392/1):
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> 2 days ago I celebrated my 2 years sober again. Again, because years ago I had a long stretch of sober days too but relapsed after 5 years. My doc is alcohol. I started to drink when I was 16 year or so and it increased in my student days. I noticed I had a problem around the aged of 30 I guess. Tried to quit multiple times but couldn’t get more then 30 days sober pensive Decided to give myself an ultimatum: 1 year. 1 year to get sober myself otherwise I would go to see my doctor and ask fo…
> [@Resources for our recovery](https://talkingsober.com/t/topic/52812/1):
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> There are so many helpful resources available to us on our sober journeys. I wanted to share this list for those who are interested in non traditional resources. Please note: I created this thread with alcohol recovery in mind and it is U.S. based as well. As a straight white past middle age woman (SassyRocks), it is based on what resonated and helped me in my journey. Over time, I have added in resources for some other addictions (found at the end of this post), but it is heavy with resources …