First day. Beginning of my Journey/my story

Hi Jack and welcome to Talking Sober! Now that you are through the worst of the withdrawal, you can start on building your recovery. Most people I know who have gotten sober have something in common: the willingness to try whatever is offered to them as recovery tools. In my first month of sobriety, I took Antabuse and started individual counseling. After that, I went back to AA and did what they suggested I do. I wound up in an intensive outpatient program.

Before I got sober, I thought that some brief period of being dry would mean I could try to drink and keep it under control. That control lasted from 1 to 4 days and then would crumble. I lied to my doctor and my counselor about my drinking. I told myself and others that I wasn’t a “group guy” and I was an agnostic, so AA could not work for me.

When I got sober, the reason I got out of bed each morning was to wake up hangover free and start concentrating on getting to bed sober that night. Just focusing on the 14 or 16 hours from wake up to bed time. And while maybe that sucked for a couple months, I kept in mind, constantly, how shitty the last day and weeks and even years of my drinking life had been.

I pray that you get the gift of being desperate enough to try anything and everything to get and stay sober. And here’s a link to a thread of ideas on how to do that. Resources for our recovery.

Blessings on your house :pray: as you begin your journey.