First time someone has made a proper, whole hearted decision to stop drinking because their life had become so unmanageable, felt so good completing their first month of sobriety then threw it all away.
Thank you
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What are you doing with this info you collect? Why specifically AA when there’s a bunch of programs out there?
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Are you feeling bad about a relapse?
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I just posted my relapse in my story feel free to check it out. Hope it helpd
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In my mind the person who started drinking again should do whatever they can to stop as soon as possible.
Ask for help. Coming here is asking for help.
Look at what led up to the relapse and what can help that becoming a repeat.
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Just reread what you wrote and see the part about how good it felt after celebrating the first month. A persons guard can never be let down. It’s always I cannot drink, I will not drink. Things like celebrations milestones and things like that can make the resolve weaker sometimes.
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I didn’t work the program. Just thought I could skate by. Once I fully committed and practiced the steps things got a whole lot easier
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When I first started going to AA I went because I was forced. I looked for the differences and not the similarities and left thinking “I’m not as bad as them lot”
I was ‘only’ drinking 10 cans of lager 4 times a week and wasn’t drink driving or drinking in the morning.
Fast forward 4 years I was drink driving regularly, drinking daily and started to drink in the morning to ease my anxiety. That’s where they speak about the “yets” it only gets worse.
I relapsed / drunk again because I wasn’t willing to take the certain steps provided and admit I was fully powerless over alcohol. I still had another drink in me
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Been in and out the rooms for a couple of decades. It’s the last place I tried after constantly trying to do it by myself…I just do what is suggested this time.i have a sponsor (found one as soon as could cos I was soooo sick and tired of being Sick and tired) I message every night,do step work once a week like a few questions,…she’s really laid back Which I connect with… Connect with people, connect when you feel like picking up,that’s what made a massive leap for me and it stopped the desire to pick up ever since I rang her and said I feel uncomfortable,I’m pacing around, obsessing about trying not to pick up…that was just before a month sober, it was a hurdle,and now I’m 50 days today.you can do it too. We all got faith in you 
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I didn’t think I fitted in and TBH I knew better than all of them plus I was a different kind of alcoholic. Then I picked up a drink and from that day on I’ve never felt so welcome and at home, now I listen bc turns out they all have something worth hearing.
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I’ve never relapsed yet. I’ve returned to drinking a bunch of times because I wasn’t done yet, I was just trying to get out of trouble. It was 18 years between my first AA meeting and permanent sobriety. I got sober in AA and I’ve stayed sober in AA. Not exclusively AA, but AA is the core of my sobriety.
AA has no monopoly on sobriety. Whatever works for you is just exactly what you need. Like everyone else on this thread has pointed out, though, nothing works if we do not commit to it. In AA, they say “It works if you work it” (sometimes as it works when you work it). This applies to any program of recovery and to all programs of recovery.
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came in, disregarded a couple suggestions and am grateful to have returned shortly after. hasnt been an issue since.
tom waits is in aa too 
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My problem is alcohol. I wasnt trying to leave any group out, just looking for aomething I can relate to.
Smart recovery, celebrate recover, lifering and other programs are also for alcoholics. I was just curious why you were looking for only AA stories and info. My apologies for the confusion. I didn’t understand your post.
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No worries. I was having a time trying to get the wording right and dont really know much yet.
Thank you for listing some other types of treatment. I’ve heard of smart recovery, someone suggested it to me, actually.
But I sure do know how to drag my feet! 
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Stick around here with us and you’ll learn a lot in a short time. We all walk this sobriety path together. Just a bunch of like minded people trying to get through the day sober.
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How do I find these
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Thank you I will see if I can find some in Alberta Canada 
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