Hi all! 
I’m just trying to work out how to use this app, and after 24 hours of trying I think I am slowly getting there…
I am severe CPTSD that turned my world to alcohol… And I am a mere first day in!
I have tried meetings but end up with so much anxiety that I simply restock and lock myself away again.
I am hopeful that by joining this group, I can reach out and find strength through identity and by reading your positive posts stay on the sober path…
I pray to one day be able to get myself to meetings and get a sponsor… But for now, I must be in sobriety.
Thank you for reading and any comments/ ideas for one genuinely locked indoors would be appreciated
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Hi Ludo
No i had Net even though I was put down for EMDR… But my doctor knows EMDR is what I should have been offered so I am back on the waiting list…
This group looks amazing and I am really soaking up positivity and searching the literature for ideas and tools for my sobriety. I really appreciate your response. Thank you
Thank you so much
@Imajicka, I’m so glad you are here. I find this forum super helpful. Stick with it and know you have found a great resource for support.
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Hi! Welcome to the forum. I check in here daily and sometimes multiple times to help stay focused. Reach out anytime! Glad you are here!
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Welcome, seen as you genuinely can’t get to any meetings right now I would suggest searching relevant threads and reading as much as possible. Many here have spent over 20 days in here reading and it helps. Get comfortable and stick around 
Oh and check in daily on the checking in thread 
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Welcome, lovely to have you join us, you are amongst friends here. What about online meetings??
Thank you!!! I can already sense it…
welcome! sobriety isn’t a one size fits all and as much as meetings are awesome for the general population, it isn’t for everyone 
glad to have you here! x
Awww thank you for the reassurance. I appreciate that hope as people elsewhere have told me I will never make it without meetings but I simply end up messier and self-loathing… I’m so happy to have found here
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Thank you!!!
one thing you can try is going into a ‘in the rooms’ meeting and just listen. that might help you on those white knuckle days.
Oh are they online?
Thank you… Yes I am starting to find my way around now and aim to sit tight, dipping in as much as I can and need! It’s brilliant
yup! theres one pretty much all day/evening! if you want to participate you request to and that’s it. i listened for a good while before i felt confident enough to video talk. you could even leave your camera off and they just hear your voice with a black box. but just by clicking on a meeting doesn’t mean your face is out there so it’s very casual.