I’m so happy for you! I’ll hopefully make it two years in March. I never ever knew sober life could be this good.
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game on. It’s a date!
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Sober is awesome! I’ll be looking for your 2 year post.
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Congratulations! 
I’m glad you have your “boats” with you to see and support you.
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Checking in on a good 1 year and 1 week sober!
So, Im still having my anxiety (?) wich gives me all kind of symptoms all the time, like feeling press in my chest, wierd scary feelings in my face, burning sensation around my body, mainly everything on my left side, beside the facething that changes sides. Having lots of pain in my leftside of chest and arm, sometimes wierd feeling in rigthside arm. The pain is more or less all the time!
I was again at the doctor. They say they dont find anything physical, mri from head all down my back is good, xray of chest good, all bloodtest good. So this doctor ask me about growing up bla bla bla, I say yeah my father was alcoholic and she ask more stuff. Stuff about bipolar and borderline. How my relationship with my family is, where I answer I always feelt different then my family, but me and my father was close. If I took much resposibility over caring and protecting my little sister, I say no, I protected my dad. And then; if I feel responsibel over not saving my father from this and dying, and then I just freez and say No I dont want to talk about it, no. I wanted to cry, so I become Stone. I dont like talking about my father and alcoholproblems and he dying.
I never told a doctor about my own alcohol problems. That I have been a horrible alcoholic drinking 2 bottles wine a day for years and years. Not that I now am sober for over a year, by my self.
She then tells me, she thinks I carry alot inside me, like trauma, and this migth be why I feel all this wierd stuff and having all the pain I have. Migth it be?
She suggest for me to sign up for groups, for adult children of alcholics. Anyone tried something like this before?
Sorry for a long post. But all this shit Im struggeling with, I just want to get back to my old self, finish all this shit, be normal again.
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Continue with sobriety, no matter your past. You have done the more difficult task, which is giving up the booze. Once do this, you can overtake everything. Life has problems, but alcohol makes them bigger. Try meditation. Nothing specially spiritual, just breath and enjoy of yourself.
Best regards!
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I stand strong in my sobrity, I will not drink. Drinking def makes it worse. I remember, I remember how bad it all was during drinking. Im not going back. Getting sober is one of my biggest acchivments and something about my self Im very proud of.
Thanks for you replie 
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Day 6
Reading all the 1 year and 2 year posts on here is very motivating. I know I can get there. Focus is on learning more about the “why” this time around—I made it 5 months sober and, like a switch, started back up drinking 1-2 bottles of wine everyday without any thought. Feel stupid for turning my back on myself after 5 months AF. I know these first few weeks are going to suck. I do not want to go back to the mind numbing and hiding behind a bottle. It’s exhausting and the anxiety it causes aren’t worth it anymore. Thank you for listening. TGIF
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ACA, its the adult children of alcholics? Have you ever ?
Thank you. Maybe I should. I need a doctor to referral. She told me to think about it, and she would send a referral if I wanted.
Day 878 again because I can’t count
Doing the 10th step inventory again feels good. I have forgotten some of the different defects, and it feels productive noticing and analysing. Just a few more weeks of work, and then the spring vacation. I always plan to be super productive, lets hope I manage to be at least moderately productive.
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Ohh, I’ll check this site out! Maybe she ment some other kind of clinic for this, I dibt know, it was so much talking, maybe I have to ask here again about what she mentioned.
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Hey all, checking in on day 936. I hope everybody has a good one!
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Thank you!
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Of course it might be. If you have not talked about and felt all your feelings about your Dad, there will be trauma and there will be its symptoms. Anxiety and it’s physical manifestations you describe are very classic hints that things are buried in the soul that want to be looked at, that are causing you pain and discomfort.
Adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families (ACA) is lovely. I’m sure you will like it. I recommend you try it out.
Also there is traditional psychotherapy you could look at. I would recommend that too.
Congrats on your sober time and your progress. Very very awesome! All the best!
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Day 160. I turned 45 on Wednesday. That means it’s been a year since I decided to become sober from alcohol. Grateful I didn’t give up. Thank you all for being here. Hope everyone has a great day!
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Congratulations to 4 months of soberness!
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Nicely done! 3 months!
Congratulations to your first sober week!
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