# First time downloading this app **URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/first-time-downloading-this-app/183983 **Category:** Your Story **Created:** [June 24, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/first-time-downloading-this-app/183983 "2024-06-24T08:43:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![SinceIAwoke](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/sinceiawoke/32/195742_2.png) [@SinceIAwoke](https://talkingsober.com/u/SinceIAwoke) #### Post date: [June 24, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/first-time-downloading-this-app/183983/2 "2024-06-24T09:04:14Z")
Welcome friend! Hurting those we love, that can be the motivation we need to commit to sobriety. Here’s a thread you may find useful. > [@Advice for the Newcomer and Constant Relapser](https://talkingsober.com/t/advice-for-the-newcomer-and-constant-relapser/11064/1): > > 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? --- _[View the full topic](https://talkingsober.com/t/first-time-downloading-this-app/183983)._