# I'm taking the leap!

**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/im-taking-the-leap/185311
**Category:** Emotional Support
**Tags:** love, messages, mental-health, motivation, sobriety
**Created:** [July 27, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/im-taking-the-leap/185311 "2024-07-27T21:00:44Z")
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### Author: ![Dazercat](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/dazercat/32/470527_2.png) [@Dazercat](https://talkingsober.com/u/Dazercat)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/im-taking-the-leap/185311/6 "2024-07-28T03:01:39Z")

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Welcome Christopher.  
Congratulations on reaching out and getting through the first day of your new life.

Have a good read around here. Join in when you can and when you feel comfortable. I have found the recovery community to be very kind and compassionate. We’ve all had our day 1’s. One thing you’re going to learn is you don’t have to do this alone. I never could. I finally got help and support and one day at a time I got sober. Ya it was hard work. But so so worth it now.

Here’s a few good threads with some good info.

> [@Welcome to Talking Sober (TS)! 2025 Update!](https://talkingsober.com/t/welcome-to-talking-sober-ts-2024-update/176024):
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> Hello wave and welcome hugs With more than 50,000 topics, 1.8 million posts and 40,000+ members, it can be hard to know where to start. This topic has been put together to help you with that. We are people from all over the world who are working out how to do life sober - from alcohol, other drugs, sex and love addictions, self harm and much more . . . we all have different stories and are at different places in our journey, but we are all here today and that’s what matters! Rules and Gui…

> [@Frequently asked questions about sobriety for newcomers](https://talkingsober.com/t/frequently-asked-questions-about-sobriety-for-newcomers/32401):
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> Below is a list of common questions that newcomers to the community ask. This FAQ is a Wiki and is maintained by our long term community members. Anyone of Trust level 3 and higher can edit and contribute to this. Advice for the newcomer [Advice for the Newcomer and Constant Relapser](https://talkingsober.com/t/advice-for-the-newcomer-and-constant-relapser/11064) ([What's YOUR plan?](https://talkingsober.com/t/whats-your-plan/177233)) ([Different Aspects of Recovery](https://talkingsober.com/t/different-aspects-of-recovery/6571)) [Resources for our recovery](https://talkingsober.com/t/resources-for-our-recovery/52812) ([What was anyone’s experience in the first month of sobriety?](https://talkingsober.com/t/what-was-anyone-s-experience-in-the-first-month-of-sobriety/83444)) ([Tips for getting and staying sober](https://talkingsober.com/t/tips-for-getting-and-staying-sober/71003)) ([Good riddance to hangovers! …](https://talkingsober.com/t/good-riddance-to-hangovers-and-other-things-i-dont-miss/60887)

> [@2023 Roll Call -- Introduce yourself!](https://talkingsober.com/t/2023-roll-call-introduce-yourself/157225):
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> Continuing the discussion from [2022 Roll Call – Introduce yourself!](https://talkingsober.com/t/2022-roll-call-introduce-yourself/132930): Welcome in for 2023! As @siand put so well before… And for those just joining, you can also get to know some of our existing members in past threads: [2022 Roll Call – Introduce yourself!](https://talkingsober.com/t/2022-roll-call-introduce-yourself/132930)[2021 Roll Call – Introduce yourself!](https://talkingsober.com/t/2021-roll-call-introduce-yourself/106379)

It didn’t happen over night. But I met the best bunch of people on here and we care. We been there.  
I hope to see you around when you can.  
🙏❤

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