# New to the group071314

**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/new-to-the-group071314/129691
**Category:** Life in Recovery
**Created:** [November 8, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-to-the-group071314/129691 "2021-11-08T05:34:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Jsnow](https://talkingsober.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@Jsnow](https://talkingsober.com/u/Jsnow)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-to-the-group071314/129691/1 "2021-11-08T05:34:04Z")

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Just got sober again for the 3rd time.I usually don’t get any outside help other then family. I thought I’d give this a try.

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### Author: ![AimeeLeigh](https://talkingsober.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@AimeeLeigh](https://talkingsober.com/u/AimeeLeigh)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-to-the-group071314/129691/2 "2021-11-08T05:40:11Z")

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It took me a few go arounds too. Just take it easy… one day at a time. I know it’s super cliché but it really works

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### Author: ![Smitty97](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/smitty97/32/275522_2.png) [@Smitty97](https://talkingsober.com/u/Smitty97)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-to-the-group071314/129691/3 "2021-11-08T06:06:24Z")

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Glad you’re here! The more things we surround ourselves with to keep focus the better. Meetings help too! See ya around.

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### Author: ![anon10035965](https://talkingsober.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anon10035965](https://talkingsober.com/u/anon10035965)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 8:26am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-to-the-group071314/129691/4 "2021-11-08T08:26:20Z")

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Welcome here and stick around!  
This app has helped me tremendously to become and stay sober. It’s hard work but you don’t have to do it all alone: we are here to help!

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### Author: ![TigerMatriarch](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/tigermatriarch/32/260561_2.png) [@TigerMatriarch](https://talkingsober.com/u/TigerMatriarch)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-to-the-group071314/129691/5 "2021-11-08T17:13:03Z")

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Welcome Jenna! I hope you’ll find the support of this community to be a great help.

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### Author: ![siand](https://talkingsober.com/user_avatar/talkingsober.com/siand/32/100530_2.png) [@siand](https://talkingsober.com/u/siand)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/new-to-the-group071314/129691/6 "2021-11-08T19:10:07Z")

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Hi and welcome to the forum! 👋😊

There is so much support here, all freely given from people who just get it. I hope you find it as helpful as I have.

Some of the links are old now but I put this together at the start of the year and there is some useful stuff there \>\>

> [@Welcome to Talking Sober! 2023 update!](https://talkingsober.com/t/welcome-to-the-forum-2021-edition/106378):
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> Hello wave and welcome hugs With more than 49,000 topics, 1.6 million posts and 38,700 members, it can be hard to know where to start. This topic has been put together to help you with that. We are people from all over the world who are working out how to do life sober - from alcohol, other drugs, sex and love addictions, self harm . . . we all have different stories and are at different places in our journey, but we are all here today and that’s what matters! First and foremost, please t…
