# New around here….can not seem to kick the habit fully
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603 "2021-09-03T05:48:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Rw65053](https://talkingsober.com/u/Rw65053)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 5:48am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/1 "2021-09-03T05:48:33Z")
I am new to this. I tried to quit several times but start back up.
I’m triggered by stress, boredom etc.
I feel like I am not fun if a beverage in my hand.
I have lost friends, money and time because of it.
I don’t know what my life looks like without alcohol.
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### Author:  [@Blondie1x](https://talkingsober.com/u/Blondie1x)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/3 "2021-09-03T06:14:26Z")
Hi, welcome. I too thought I would never ever be able to stop drinking. But it is possible! You never have to feel like this again. You already mentioned two things that you know trigger you so work on them. Throw out all booze in the house and keep busy. You have to want it more than anything else. There is so much support and advice on here, use this place to help you. I wish you well 🙏🏻💕
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### Author:  [@Dazercat](https://talkingsober.com/u/Dazercat)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/4 "2021-09-03T06:18:01Z")
Welcome Rachel.
This is a great community for help and support. Read a lot. Join in when your comfortable.
> [@Advice for the Newcomer and Constant Relapser](https://talkingsober.com/t/advice-for-the-newcomer-and-constant-relapser/11064):
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> Sobriety and recovery is a process of walking away from the old days of drinking/using that don’t work anymore. It’s embracing uncomfortable change for the better and deciding to not stay where you were. It’s learning to love yourself enough to say “I can’t live like this anymore and I need help”. Please add here the advice that you would like to gives to others. What tips and tricks has worked for your sobriety? What can someone newly sober expect on this journey?
I hope to see you around.
🙏🏻❤
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### Author:  [@Ray\_M\_C\_Laren](https://talkingsober.com/u/Ray_M_C_Laren)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 7:47am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/5 "2021-09-03T07:47:55Z")
Meet new friends at meetings wish you well
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### Author:  [@SinceIAwoke](https://talkingsober.com/u/SinceIAwoke)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/6 "2021-09-03T09:33:49Z")
> [@Rw65053](#):
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> I don’t know what my life looks like without alcohol.
It will be ok, that’s what I found. I had a hard time quitting and staying stopped, too, and largely because I didn’t know how I would live without it. But when I came to believe that everything was going to be alright, and only that, without knowing the details, when I came to have that minimum of faith in a better life, that’s when I was able to get sober and get help to stay sober.
I used Antabuse, individual counseling, and AA meetings to get myself turned around. If you are willing to try, despite any misgivings you may have, that willingness will get you through.
Blessings on your house 🙏 as you begin your sobriety.
Here’s a thread full of ideas for you :
> [@Resources for our recovery](https://talkingsober.com/t/resources-for-our-recovery/52812):
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> There are so many helpful resources available to us on our sober journeys. I wanted to share this list for those who are interested in non traditional resources. Please note: I created this thread with alcohol recovery in mind and it is U.S. based as well. As a straight white past middle age woman (SassyRocks), it is based on what resonated and helped me in my journey. Over time, I have added in resources for some other addictions (found at the end of this post), but it is heavy with resources …
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### Author:  [@Thirdmonkey](https://talkingsober.com/u/Thirdmonkey)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/7 "2021-09-03T10:49:41Z")
> [@Rw65053](#):
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> I don’t know what my life looks like without alcohol.
To be honest, a lot of us probably thought this in the beginning. For me, getting sober was more than not drinking. It was about re-learning how to live. I stayed super active on here, stayed busy, 90 days in, I went to AA.
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### Author:  [@Rw65053](https://talkingsober.com/u/Rw65053)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/8 "2021-09-03T12:33:03Z")
Yes. I’ve been to some. I haven’t found the right meeting.
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### Author:  [@Lulu23](https://talkingsober.com/u/Lulu23)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/9 "2021-09-03T12:46:29Z")
You’re off to a good start by being here. I am also struggling with kicking alcohol completely out of my life. I’m tired of feeling like shit, being unreliable because I’m hungover or drunk, unproductive, etc. for me the bad outweighs any good I thought it brings so I’m here trying everyday to remember that and build new, better habits! Just joined this platform and hoping it helps keep me on track with people that want the same thing as me because I quickly realized my “friends” and even family do not understand and unfortunately have selfish motives for keeping the drinking Lu!
One day at a time! ❤
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### Author:  [@Rw65053](https://talkingsober.com/u/Rw65053)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-around-here-can-not-seem-to-kick-the-habit-fully/125603/10 "2021-09-03T16:34:01Z")
Thank you!!!