I am Chris, I am 40 now and have been an addict since I was 26. It has cost me dearly in my life but worse still it has cost people around me. I wrongly fooled myself as many do that it was my poison that was helping me cope, but addiction is a dark passenger in my life that will try and trick me to get what it wants.
I have been through many attempts to be sober throughout my time, I would like to say that with each failure I learned something, but that just isn’t true.
However I have learned that there is real truth in the saying safety in numbers. So I have arrived here with a renewed hope and confidence that I can make real change in my life.
I am on day 5 now and rather than looking to make it to day 7, I just want to first make it to 5.5.
I look forward to supporting you all and being supported by you on my journey.
Hi Chris, welcome here! 🙋
Yes, addiction is a bad place to be. We know all how it feels, we are all addicted to something here.
You will find a lot of support here. It helps me a lot, so I’m here every day to keep myself focussed. Today is my 421 day sober.
But I never forget my day 1 and how I felt.
It was hard work to get were I am today and it sometimes still is. But I never want to be back at day one and do it all over again. That’s a big motivation for me! Life is so much better sober.
You can do that too!! Congratulations with your 5 days sober!
Welcome to the group chris and congrats on day 5 , me and you are very similar mate,I’ve been an addict for the a long time to and it has cost me so much aswell, and like you I made so many failed attempts to get clean and sober and still never learnt…but today I’m 375 days clean and sober , so you can do this mate I promise you …I started going to aa which really helped and followed the one day at a time rule …if there is anything I can share to help you on your journey please feel free to ask
Thank you both for your replies. Just reading where you are at in terms of sobriety instills a confidence that I can achieve and get to where I long to be
I love your outlook. Day 5.5 is so much more important than day 7. Day 5.5 is here, now. Day 7 ends up being so much better by focusing, learning and growing today. Many people don’t understand this, I’m glad you do.
Hi Chris. Great attitude! You can do this. Forget about Hope. Give Faith a chance. Not Religion… Faith. Hope is a begger. It walks through the fire while Faith leaps over it.
Here’s what I did to get and stay sober for over 2 years now. Rehab, IOP, pysch doctor, mental health meds, counseling and most importantly AA. It works if you work it. Also, Vivitrol, NA, SMART (one time, but I still went). I still do AA and work the steps.
Hey Chris I’m on day 31 but not without help I take campral for cravings just finished out patient detox started attending AA and started a new job I pray for your strength. I just try to stay busy putting one foot in front of the other daily. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired that’s what fuels me. Keep going you can do this.
Thank you all for your support. I am currently working through day 6.
Wednesday is a habitual day for me, so to combat any poor choices I have elected to work overtime at work…started at 5am and finishing at 8pm…theory is I will fall asleep as soon as I get home and have arrived very sleepily at day 7
