Day one for me and figured that maybe for it to stick this time I should reach out for some help and realize I’m not alone on this journey. Not a daily user, more of a binge user. currently found myself in a cycle of soberity from Monday to Friday and throw it all to the wind from Friday night till Sunday. Hoping to find some support here and as much as I’m excited to turn this page in my book of life I’m very much nervous and scared. Thanks for having me.
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Welcome to the community and the start of your sobriety.
The community has many addicts going through the same struggles and hurdles so you will not be alone and you will be understood. Loads of great support and advice here.
Join us on the Checking in daily to maintain focus #72 thread. Here members check in as often as needed to stay on course and seek support.
It’s normal to feel scared …stick with it! It is hard but it does get easier and better. Sobriety has many great gifts to offer 
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Welcome to the forum 
Glad you’re here!
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Hi and welcome to the forum! 
This group can certainly be of huge help to you, quitting is very hard doing it alone. Keep checking in with us!
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Welcome to the forum.
You’ll find plenty of supportive and friendly people here.
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Welcome I’m new here too
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What a crazy sequence of events in the last 12 hours or so. So proud of myself for having downloaded this app and starting my journey, I went in to give my older dog a big kiss. Ended up scaring the living 
out of him that he ended up biting my nose. Blood everywhere, tears, what a horrible evening. Woke up this morning sore, nose swollen. In a way it’s kind of perfect because my nose is out of service for the next while so I can take this time to work on myself a bit. For those wondering, I am ok, my dog is fine. He’s old and losing it a bit. No stitches for me but I will go to the doc to get it checked to avoid infection and hopefully avoid scarring.
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Glad you and dog are ok! Wow that is a crazy experience for sure. Glad you are seeing this as a time to work on yourself 
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Ouch, not a good way to kick off the week! It’s good to read that both of you are fine in the end… 
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Hey everyone,
I’ve also recently joined and today is my first day. I’ve realized that I need to get better at looking for other people when I need a bit of support.
Just looking to make more connections with people in this community. I know it might be difficult at times but I want to see what happens if I truly stay committed.
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Welcome Amna and congrats on your day 1. This is a wonderful place to make connections and get support. Glad you found us. 
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Welcome @JMS19. Glad your 
is ok. This community has been a life saver for me, too. Read a round and build your 
. And let’s stay sober together, today!
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@JMS19 and @AmnaR welcome to the forum.
JMS19 sorry to here you got bitten, I hope it heals quickly.
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For anyone wondering, all is good. No stitches mostly because by the time I actually went to the ER it was too late so just have some of those steri strips holding it the wound together. There’s a 0% chance that anything will go up this nose even if I tried so it’s a bit of a blessing in disguise.
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So starting over day 1, relapsed last night. Today is a new day.
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Hey friend… great job on getting right back to it! Just keep fighting the good fight.
Do you know what led to the relapse and how you may be able to avoid in the future?
Just take it one moment at a time
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It is a new day! May the end of your day find your head on your pillow sober tonight.
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How’s the day going?
Yesterday was a bit of a mess with my nose situation (since the dog bite I can’t really blow my nose but with the weather it’s non stop leaking). I started experiencing severe back pain out of no where which really brought me down. But I decided to do something really simple for myself, I change my bedding and took a nice bath and got into bed. Not gonna lie I wanted to go to the bar. There was a hockey game on but I knew if I went things would go south.
Stayed home, was in bed by 7pm (mostly due to my back hurting so much) watched TV and fell asleep. My biggest concern is this upcoming week. I am taking a week off of work, and idle hands are the devils playground. I will check in here as much as possible.
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Way to go! Dog bit you good, sorry! Don’t worry about the weekend. Just focus the current day, do whatever it takes to get to bed sober. Remember how good it feels not to wake up hangover.
Great job on today be proud of your self.
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