tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post2717342851945141626..comments2024-03-29T03:15:31.121-04:00Comments on Soberbia: Time to Decideamyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611431855409976777noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-83048338743529108152013-12-12T09:01:06.631-05:002013-12-12T09:01:06.631-05:00I am so relieved when I read about women like me. ...I am so relieved when I read about women like me. Stories I can relate to. I have been to 12 step meetings over the years with friends and I know they work for some but they never spoke to me. I wasn't someone who was lying in the gutters, lost my family, and job. I wasn't selling myself for booze or begging in the street. But in a way, on another level I WAS doing all that. I like that I have heard MY story. I love the support you all give and have.<br /><br />I would start into a half case of beer and by the fourth would be off to the store in my pj's to make sure I had enough to finish all my shows I wanted to watch. Oh the lure of bending an elbow and drawing that smoke into my lungs. I am starting to miss that part of it now and I never smoked a cigarette until after 7 pm. Al la booze.Nameless Herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824979171246605861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-13405885545981534402013-11-26T19:40:18.698-05:002013-11-26T19:40:18.698-05:00Now you're almost to day two. I knew when I qu...Now you're almost to day two. I knew when I quit that I could never moderate. Ever. That when I quit I quit forever. I wish you continued sober days! I hope that we can get rid of the stigma of alcoholism and that we can hold our heads high. I'm holding mine way up. You can too. Feel free to email me. amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-5329363664528922112013-11-26T19:38:11.830-05:002013-11-26T19:38:11.830-05:00Thank you. xoxoxoThank you. xoxoxoamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-83430719813233634892013-11-24T21:22:51.152-05:002013-11-24T21:22:51.152-05:00Thanks Amy! I happened to read your article today ...Thanks Amy! I happened to read your article today and it was an answer to a prayer. I emailed Belle and today will be day 1. I was sober for a year and thought I could be a social drinker. I was wrong. Two years have passed and I am back to drinking on my back porch. Your post todAy was eerie. I never thought that others really went through what I am doing. People think everything is fine but you live each day with a secret and feel so ashamed and bad about yourself Having all of you out there hopefully will keep me strong. <br />Thanks for being out there!<br />DeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-42415501047003869722013-11-24T20:18:19.864-05:002013-11-24T20:18:19.864-05:00This was tough to read. Must have been a bitch to...This was tough to read. Must have been a bitch to write. But then I remember it was no picnic for our families either.<br /><br />Bravo my friend...this was a fantastic post.SoberMomWriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845259535764391849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-47942521858402143322013-11-24T12:33:07.053-05:002013-11-24T12:33:07.053-05:00Jenny G. Sober woman extraordinaire. Xoxoxo
p.s....Jenny G. Sober woman extraordinaire. Xoxoxo <br /><br />p.s. I cried too. :)amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-88592522903644340412013-11-24T12:32:13.828-05:002013-11-24T12:32:13.828-05:00We can all do it. I'm glad you are. :)We can all do it. I'm glad you are. :)amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-89161368623908067102013-11-24T12:31:40.121-05:002013-11-24T12:31:40.121-05:00Em!!!!!!!! Your first sober birthday! A whole fres...Em!!!!!!!! Your first sober birthday! A whole fresh new year to be sober and to actually live it like you mean it. Yay Em!!!!!!!<br /><br />6 days yesterday means you have one week today. A whole week is big! <br /><br />The not knowing what to do with yourself is hard at first. You just sort of naturally ease into things to do and then suddenly you think "How did I ever spend so much time drinking????"<br /><br />Reading about being sober took up a lot of my time at first. That and looking around in amazement when I was doing regular stuff like watching a movie with the kids. :) <br /><br />Sober- best birthday gift ever. amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-81786889872774734312013-11-24T12:25:16.858-05:002013-11-24T12:25:16.858-05:009 days means double digits today. Way to go Laurel...9 days means double digits today. Way to go Laurel! Email me if you need extra support. :)amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-72565694328355956812013-11-24T12:24:10.323-05:002013-11-24T12:24:10.323-05:00Thank you. Life can go on, and be so amazingly reg...Thank you. Life can go on, and be so amazingly regular. Being honest and taking responsibility are natural progressions of concious sobriety. I find the more honest I am- even when it's really hard the more I heal. Xoxoxoamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-43332798096144537552013-11-24T12:21:33.909-05:002013-11-24T12:21:33.909-05:00Oh, hangovers. What a sucky way to spend life. Way...Oh, hangovers. What a sucky way to spend life. Way to go on your 160+ days. :)amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-74081061404256009972013-11-24T12:20:00.520-05:002013-11-24T12:20:00.520-05:00Thank you. I'm glad you're here too.Thank you. I'm glad you're here too. amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-24297042254223442322013-11-24T12:19:30.563-05:002013-11-24T12:19:30.563-05:00Agh, trying to hide my smoking cigarette behind th...Agh, trying to hide my smoking cigarette behind the laptop while little ones want a drink of water or a snuggle. Probably the best part of being sober is the end of the relentless "you suck at life" soundtrack. Even when I do "SAL" I can still say "but I'm sober" and things feel better. I'm so glad you're sober too. :)amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-78241641291708638172013-11-23T22:53:48.269-05:002013-11-23T22:53:48.269-05:00Beautiful Post, Amy! I cried!
I AM going doing th...Beautiful Post, Amy! I cried!<br /><br />I AM going doing this! Saturday night and sober.<br /><br />Jenny G.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-6391060842243986842013-11-23T22:19:38.266-05:002013-11-23T22:19:38.266-05:00Right behind you Laurel, 6 days for me. We can do ...Right behind you Laurel, 6 days for me. We can do this & support eacother!! Em Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928149173802403479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-19142054092687574602013-11-23T22:16:18.539-05:002013-11-23T22:16:18.539-05:00With a few minor changes, my kids are grown, grand...With a few minor changes, my kids are grown, grandchildren now, that was me. I'm not going back there either. What a great reminder Amy. We can all do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-86116279277871309182013-11-23T22:15:50.223-05:002013-11-23T22:15:50.223-05:00I'm so thankful for this blog & all of you...I'm so thankful for this blog & all of you unconditionally supporting each other. I'm amazed with all of you. To read all the kind words , encouragement , understanding warms my heart & gives me hope. I certainly have not thought good of myself & starting hating myself. Sounds like we all did . This is day 6. I've dreaded my first weekend not drinking...much less celebrating my birthday on Friday. I actually didn't know what to do, how do I enjoy the freakin weekend & my birthday not getting drunk??? When I was walking to my car leaving work in Friday I felt like I lost my best friend..." what will I do without you??" This is the first year I haven't woke up from my birthday without a horrid hangover ...and the first weekend in at least 7 years I'm not drinking my evenings away. It feels strange, like I have all this extra time & don't know what to do with it. Even though I have 2 children to keep me busy, a house to clean, laundry ...ugh hate laundry!! Several books I want to read. But wow... I'm still sober & awake instead if being passed out in bed by now, sitting watching a movie with my boys that I will actually remember watching it in the morning!! Feels strange...but good!!Em Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928149173802403479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-21609518157612145632013-11-23T15:44:24.244-05:002013-11-23T15:44:24.244-05:00I just wonder how many millions of us are out ther...I just wonder how many millions of us are out there. I can totally relate, only I was much worse. I sure wish I would have had this support 40 years ago! Well, better late than never I say! 9 days sober:)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11141827172860402326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-80822856923409108102013-11-23T15:09:21.853-05:002013-11-23T15:09:21.853-05:00Such raw honesty here. That is always such a touch...Such raw honesty here. That is always such a touchingly beautiful thing to me. YOU are beautiful in your honest appraisal of how things were for you, of the personal responsibility you take for your broken actions. You were acting our your brokenness like so many of us have done in so many various ways...and now you are healing and you are sharing your journey with all of us to shine hope out that it can happen. Life can go on after an addiction. Bless your heart... <3Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326425173333184401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-22835062240026757452013-11-23T11:24:24.658-05:002013-11-23T11:24:24.658-05:00Thanks for this. I'm about 160 days sober and ...Thanks for this. I'm about 160 days sober and tek o much comfort in your nd other over blogs. Remembering hangovers, wincing, getting nervous shaky feeling, feeling out of Control, if always helps me when I'm starting to feel like, "ah today would be a good time to just drink again." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-51795958400980401842013-11-23T09:32:58.791-05:002013-11-23T09:32:58.791-05:00I saw the article in Good Housekeeping and I looke...I saw the article in Good Housekeeping and I looked you up last night. Be assured that many others did as well. Its really good to know you are here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8136268241054850544.post-81213424800609662542013-11-23T08:15:10.598-05:002013-11-23T08:15:10.598-05:00Thank you for this post. It helps me to remember w...Thank you for this post. It helps me to remember where I was just 14 short months ago. The look of hurt in my daughter's eyes as I would yell, "go back in the house, I'm smoking out here!" That guilt, that "you suck at life" soundtrack. Projecting my shortcomings on to others, all of it. My last hangover was the worst of my life. What a relief I never have to feel that way again. The soundtrack still plays once in a while but now I can face my issues head on, I no longer have to hide from them in a bottle of Pinot. What a relief, indeed!<br />Peace-<br />LynneLO - Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10835593808232736091noreply@blogger.com