# Me finally opening up with my story
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346
**Category:** Your Story
**Tags:** sober, alcohol, mental-health, motivation, sobriety
**Created:** [October 23, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346 "2024-10-23T00:34:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@RENsterSKii](https://talkingsober.com/u/RENsterSKii)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/1 "2024-10-23T00:34:27Z")
At the age of 21 I went from being a working pothead to drinking to mask my pain and hurt I had from losing my mother and father at a young age, at 24-25 I became and working alcoholic and even until 10/20/24 for years I have said I am going to stop and I have proven to myself that I don’t love and respect myself to stop knowing it is ruining my life, I have lost relationships, burned bridges, and even messed up good friendships over it… I am going to try my hardest this time to go day by day and pray to god to keep me strong when I know I am weak.
My name is Anthony and thank you for reading
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### Author:  [@tailee17](https://talkingsober.com/u/tailee17)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/2 "2024-10-23T00:38:07Z")
Welcome Anthony… This is the place to be if you want change… Read around and soak up the wisdom from these great folks.
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### Author:  [@RENsterSKii](https://talkingsober.com/u/RENsterSKii)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/3 "2024-10-23T00:39:21Z")
Thank you very much.
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### Author:  [@Butterflymoonwoman](https://talkingsober.com/u/Butterflymoonwoman)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/4 "2024-10-23T00:53:05Z")
Welcome Anthony 🙂 Glad u found us! This forum has been the biggest help in me getting and staying clean and sober. Hope u stick around too 🙂
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### Author:  [@Spartan\_Chris](https://talkingsober.com/u/Spartan_Chris)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/5 "2024-10-23T01:01:06Z")
Welcome to the forum, Anthony. Losing parents at a young age is not an easy burden to bear. Trauma takes time to heal and I know firsthand it is something you cannot neglect. Don’t just focus on counting days and staying sober……make sure you face your underlying trauma stemming from that loss (if you aren’t doing so already). Once I dealt with my past through counseling, meditation, exercise and acknowledgement of my triggers, it was much easier to remain in the present and tackle my sobriety. There will be peaks and valleys, but I promise you that addressing the problems that drive us to use, is a strong contributor to long term success. I wish you well, there are lots of good people on this forum with collective wisdom to be shared.
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### Author:  [@RENsterSKii](https://talkingsober.com/u/RENsterSKii)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/6 "2024-10-23T03:48:14Z")
I am going to try and be my own accountability and stay active on here with ones with same goals of a better healthier life, as well as thanking god every morning for waking me up, giving me strength a sober mind and never giving up on me.
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### Author:  [@Dustysprungfield](https://talkingsober.com/u/Dustysprungfield)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/7 "2024-10-23T05:29:18Z")
Check in daily! It’s an amazing place and you’ll find a lot of support here.
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### Author:  [@s\_unrelax](https://talkingsober.com/u/s_unrelax)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/8 "2024-10-23T06:19:42Z")
@RENsterSKii
Anthony, Welcome to TS. This is great place to stay sober. Read sharing of others and you will get some tricks and tips how to manage your triggers and cravings.
Look at this thread
> [@What's YOUR plan?](https://talkingsober.com/t/whats-your-plan/177233):
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> If you hang out on Talking Sober long enough, you will undoubtedly see someone, usually one returning from a relapse, being asked, “What’s your plan (to staying sober)?”. While this question may often be rhetorical, it is an important one to answer for yourself. I feel that sobriety has 4 distinct phases that you should plan for. The Pre-quit phase (days/weeks leading up to quitting) The Withdrawal Phase (Day 1 to Day 30) The Post-Withdrawal Phase (Day 30 to Day 90) The Sustain/Recovery Phase…
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### Author:  [@anon10035965](https://talkingsober.com/u/anon10035965)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/9 "2024-10-23T06:35:32Z")
Welcome here Anthony,
Thank you for sharing your story and I’m sorry you lost your parents at such young age.
Hope this is the time to change your life in a better direction. It’s never to late.
I’m sober for years and it still work each day to keep growing into my recovery. This app is a big tool in it.
Ps, I saw you added your full name into your profile. Be aware that this is an open forum so everyone can read your name ore can find you here through Google search. So maybe remove your last name?
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### Author:  [@s\_unrelax](https://talkingsober.com/u/s_unrelax)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/10 "2024-10-23T07:12:12Z")
Claudia, I’m also trying to find how to do that, Could you help me to remove the name from my username because this username is commonly known me in another forums.
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### Author:  [@anon10035965](https://talkingsober.com/u/anon10035965)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/11 "2024-10-23T07:16:11Z")
I wil send you a pm
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### Author:  [@RENsterSKii](https://talkingsober.com/u/RENsterSKii)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/12 "2024-10-23T13:53:40Z")
You are right Chris, that is a major thing I need to work on, thank you for these words.
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### Author:  [@RENsterSKii](https://talkingsober.com/u/RENsterSKii)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/13 "2024-10-23T13:57:01Z")
Thanks unrelax, reading through peoples posts makes me feel at ease that I am not alone and we all need these words of wisdom.
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### Author:  [@RENsterSKii](https://talkingsober.com/u/RENsterSKii)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/14 "2024-10-23T13:58:53Z")
Thank you for the heads up I will remove it, as well as thank you for the welcoming words.
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### Author:  [@s\_unrelax](https://talkingsober.com/u/s_unrelax)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/15 "2024-10-23T14:11:46Z")
Yes Anthony, Did you tried a AA meeting yet ?
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### Author:  [@RENsterSKii](https://talkingsober.com/u/RENsterSKii)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/16 "2024-10-24T01:40:59Z")
In the past I have, I just fell off and stopped going.
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### Author:  [@Mennis22](https://talkingsober.com/u/Mennis22)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/me-finally-opening-up-with-my-story/188346/17 "2025-08-29T21:38:37Z")
I’m praying for your success and hope you find the deep love for yourself the way God loves you. I’m with you brother.