Tips for sobriety

[Matt]

Welcome @antonenicole910 - tips for sobriety are always welcome

There’s lots of good tips on some threads put together by longtime members here, for example (these are in no particular order):

What's YOUR plan?

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…

What it was like then and what it's like for us now. For those with a year of sobriety

There are a lot of us who have over a year of sobriety and I thought it may be helpful to those who are trying to get sober or newly sober to hear what is was like when we were actively using and what it is like for us now and most importantly how we got here. I imagine you will see a story that is very similar to yours. Since I am not a wordsmith and my views on sobriety can be viewed as harsh I would like to elect @DowntroddenGoat to share if he would like to and if not pass it on to someone…

Relapse Prevention

Top 14 red flags of an impending relapse. Exhaustion: Becoming overly tired – heads up, workaholics. Dishonesty: Little lies and deceits – making excuses. Impatience: Things do not happen fast enough – others not doing what they should. Road rage and driving dangerously are signs also. Argumentativeness: Arguing ridiculous points of view – looking for an excuse to drink, use drugs, gamble, or other “acting-out” addictions. Depression: Unreasonable despair – Problems not being talk…

Tell Us Something You Did To Stay SOBER Today!

For me, I took some time for myself today and had a nice long bath, I drew a little bit with the intention of building up a bunch of illustrations to put up across the subdivision to make people smile when they’re walking by. Getting outside of my head is key. Being in the first week of sobriety again I’m wondering what everyone else did today to stay sober… Please share your experience strength and hope to help the next suffering alcohol to stay sober tonight.

What Are You (yes, YOU) Doing TODAY For Your RECOVERY?

[1000003533] I’m on the train with my bike, headin’ 10 miles outta town for a Men’s Meeting. Then, I’m ridin’ the 10 miles back.

To the newbies

Hello! There are a lot of you new here. We will see more in the coming weeks as well. You are going to ask a lot of questions, get a lot advice, and hopefully have a lot of fun and fellowship while you are here. Before I get into my journey…lets talk about what us “old timers” see here…every year at this time. Some of you will make it. Some of you will not. Some of you will listen, ask questions, seek help from us. Some of you wont. Some of you will be passive watchers learning. Some o…

Your #1 tip for sobriety (over 2 years sober)

How many days sober are you and what is your #1 tip for people if you could only give 1. I’ll go first. I have 1,832 days sober today and my best tip is work on your sobriety every single day. If that’s spending time here, going to meetings, reading sobriety literature, listening to sobriety podcasts whatever it is do it every day.