God Bless,
Welcome Kendis.
I think you are very brave putting your story out there like this. Great start. And congrats on your 2.5 hopefully 3 days sober. I see a few people have already welcomed you and probably gave you some stuff to think about. This has been a great place for me to get and give support in my sober journey. It’s way to hard to go it alone. But together, with support we can beat addiction’s ass.
My wife and I drank together for 38 years. It was our life together. When I called it quits I didn’t tell her about this app either. I waited about a week or ten days to finally tell her. I and or, we, were always talking about quitting next week I was going to turn 60 and I had just had enough of the roller coaster. And this forum has given me my life back.
So I finally got some sober days here, and one day walking the dogs with my wife I came clean and told her everything. How import it was to me to get sober and about the app. She supports my decision as I knew she would but she’s going to keep drinking.
When I was new here. Other than my little newbie story, all I did was a gratitude list every day. Right here. And I still do. Daily Gratitude List. Gratitude The Air Of Recovery Without gratitude in recovery. We don’t last. I got so much to be grateful for when I don’t drink. Nothing if I’m drinking. I started my day with a gratitude list of ten things I am grateful for. There’s a great bunch of us there and I believe we got room for one more.
As far as quitting for yourself. Sure we eventually got to do it for ourselves. But I wouldn’t worry about that now. Just take it one day at a time. Or 1 hour at a time. Reach out and ask for help. That’s the key. Let me say that again. Reach out and ask for help. Someone is always around. We all have one job. Just for today. We don’t pick up.
Eminem and Snoop have been on my playlist a lot during my sobriety. I listen to them a lot on my angry power walks. What a phenomenal half time show. Best ever!!
I hope to see you around. I loved that flower you posted. I was wondering who the newbie was.