http://www.spiritualriver.com/living-sober/ Non-traditional recovery from addiction Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:15:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.spiritualriver.com/living-sober/comment-page-1/#comment-49402 Ron Sun, 20 Dec 2009 15:02:14 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=383#comment-49402 Brian,I too was on anxiety meds,6 months sober and they almost have disappeared,these anxieties we're alcohol induced as I suspect yours may be.Rehab and a good aa program will take care of it all.It's hard to start,read the twelve promises and know they are true.Ron Brian,I too was on anxiety meds,6 months sober and they almost have disappeared,these anxieties we’re alcohol induced as I suspect yours may be.Rehab and a good aa program will take care of it all.It’s hard to start,read the twelve promises and know they are true.Ron

]]> http://www.spiritualriver.com/living-sober/comment-page-1/#comment-39978 hang on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:25:18 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=383#comment-39978 just hang on... you can do it.. just hang on…
you can do it..

]]> http://www.spiritualriver.com/living-sober/comment-page-1/#comment-39946 20_year_old Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:56:41 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?p=383#comment-39946 I am very young. 20 years of age. I don't know if it us even possible to be an alcoholic at this age. I feel like I am. I started drinking near the end of my high school career. I did very well in high school in all aspects of life, sports, grades, girls, family, faith. I got into a good school. All of this went away when I started drinking. I immediately loved being drunk as soon as I started drinking. As soon as I moved out I began drinking 2-3 days a week. It quickly became 3-4, 4-5, and once in a while hit 5-6 or 6-7 days a week. The days I wasn't drinking I was hungover, trying to recover so I could drink again. Then it got to the point where I wouldn't be hungover unless i blacked out from hard liquor. Then I became used to being hungover and thought nothing of it. I stopped caring about school, my family, my faith, and I guess myself. I guess it is early enough for me to figure this out on my own. I decided to go sober about 6 weeks ago. Then I found myself smoking pot a few times, about 3-4 weeks into it. Then I started smoking pot a bit more often. Last week, my and my friend had tickets to a concert that we had bought about 6 months ago. I decided to drink because I had promised myself and my friend that I was going to be wasted at the concert. I was a bit hungover the next day but by nightfall I was fine. Then I ended up drinking with my buddies back in my hometown. Since then I have been reached by my younger cousin who I love and adore very much. He tried explaining to me that drinking is ruining my life. I went off on him and made him angry. I talked about this with a mutual friend later because I was disturbed by the situation. I finally realized that my younger cousin simply cares about me very much and looks up to me as his one and only idol. Before this, I would have said I loved my friends more than him. But now I feel like I love him more because he loves me more. My friends never told me to stop drinking. I have now been sober for 3 days. I know I want to stay sober for the rest of my life, it just seems very difficult right now. If anyone could offer any analysis, advice, or encouragement, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance. I am very young. 20 years of age. I don’t know if it us even possible to be an alcoholic at this age. I feel like I am. I started drinking near the end of my high school career. I did very well in high school in all aspects of life, sports, grades, girls, family, faith. I got into a good school. All of this went away when I started drinking. I immediately loved being drunk as soon as I started drinking. As soon as I moved out I began drinking 2-3 days a week. It quickly became 3-4, 4-5, and once in a while hit 5-6 or 6-7 days a week. The days I wasn’t drinking I was hungover, trying to recover so I could drink again. Then it got to the point where I wouldn’t be hungover unless i blacked out from hard liquor. Then I became used to being hungover and thought nothing of it. I stopped caring about school, my family, my faith, and I guess myself. I guess it is early enough for me to figure this out on my own. I decided to go sober about 6 weeks ago. Then I found myself smoking pot a few times, about 3-4 weeks into it. Then I started smoking pot a bit more often. Last week, my and my friend had tickets to a concert that we had bought about 6 months ago. I decided to drink because I had promised myself and my friend that I was going to be wasted at the concert. I was a bit hungover the next day but by nightfall I was fine. Then I ended up drinking with my buddies back in my hometown. Since then I have been reached by my younger cousin who I love and adore very much. He tried explaining to me that drinking is ruining my life. I went off on him and made him angry. I talked about this with a mutual friend later because I was disturbed by the situation. I finally realized that my younger cousin simply cares about me very much and looks up to me as his one and only idol. Before this, I would have said I loved my friends more than him. But now I feel like I love him more because he loves me more. My friends never told me to stop drinking. I have now been sober for 3 days. I know I want to stay sober for the rest of my life, it just seems very difficult right now. If anyone could offer any analysis, advice, or encouragement, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance.

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