Prayers needed, recently entered recovery towards sobriety

Prayers said. Attagirl! No judgements either.

Please be careful, OP, I recall the recent post where a loved one died from alcohol withdrawal, and others commenting on how common that was. Serious addicts may require hospitalization to safely get through the beginning.

Stay safe, and continue to seek assistance, many have been where you are now, and come out the other side.

Prayers for you, you are not alone, we are all broken in some way, and on a path of learning.

Stay strong, you have already made a good start to your recovery.

Love, from another green eyed lady.



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I am sober 3 years now, it can only be done with a close relationship to Papa our Heavenly Father.

Hang in there and surender completly to Him...

He loves you and so do I.

Prayer for you

You have already accomplished the first several steps to becoming sober! That is wonderful! Praying for you now!

Heavy beer drinker for decades. Ending up in an orange jumpsuit and a nice pair of braclets slowed me down.

I still drink but only a few times a year and have been that way sometime. Many cant handle that i wouldnt advise it.

When you finally reach the point you dont crave it and can take it or leave it is when you know youve beat it. Took me awhile. Good luck.

Prayers for you my friend, you are not alone out there...

Alcohol and Benzo withdrawals can be very dangerous. Best to come off alcohol with some librium, and best to wean slowly on benzo's...

Good luck...

Oh Father take you loving arms and surround this child that You created. You know exactly what she needs. May her days be one at a time. May her heart return the love too You that You have shown her.

In Jesus Holy Name.

21 yrs for me. Went to a meeting last night.

Go to meeting
Get a sponsor
Read the big book
Pray
And.....
DON'T DRINK

Prayers said for your complete recovery, OP.

Be strong and vigilant. I wish you success

You are not alone.
Many are struggling and overcoming these problems right along side you.

I wish you health, happiness and the best life possible.
May your higher power make itself known to you and care for you from now on.

Many prayers and blessings for all whom are struggling with pain and addiction.

OP you must get rid of the pain, not the addiction.
Addiction is only the result of trying to silence and get rid of the pain.

Type in youtube
Robert Smith FasterEFT

Your pain will be gone,
your life will be new!

Try it, FasterEFT helped me out of addiction pain,
it really works
.

For peace and silence in your mind
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At the end there is a short exercise in awakening
and quiet mind.

OP stop your thoughts ...
.

Wish you all the best.

Good for you!!! Best wishes and I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers...

I'm July, I'll be five years sober. I was addicted to crystal meth, opiates, alcohol, and benzos. Listen to what I have to say.

Work the 12 step program. Live it, breathe it. Get a sponsor.
I know, you're thinking "all that crap is nonsense". But in reality, the thoughts in your mind stemming resistance to treatment is the same mind that got you into this mess. Your thoughts don't work anymore. The way you think keeps you intoxicated.

You need to relearn how to think, act, respond, feel. A sponsor is a person that overcame addiction and has found happiness. They will guide you on the same path of recovery they took.

Its not easy. THE REAL QUESTION IS - WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE? if the answer is anything and everything, you are ready. Take advantage of your desperation while it's here, if you don't, the desperation will be followed by intoxication and you will continue in the loop of destruction.

May God bless you to a path of self discovery and recovery.

Prayers and good fortune. God bless you.

Prayed for your continued success. Will be a wonderful feeling to find yourself healthy pursuits that fill you with joy and you can work towards.

He will be by your side. You are doing the right thing. I will keep you in my prayers and I really mean that.

I will be 13 years sober this year. Don't give up!!!! It sucks at first because it is so hard. Your disease mindfucks you constantly but like they say...take it literally 60 seconds at a time...make thos 60 anddo another. Before you know it...you will have 13 years!

The difference for me was rehab. I did it on my own for 5 months but every day was so close to relapse. Rehab gave me what I needed. I jumped in with both feet and never looked back. Then I got a sponsor...a good sponsor that I worked the steps with. Those steps...they are magical.

If I can do this...I KNOW you can do this.

and stop talking about your drugs of choice, that only puts the drug/alcohol in your mind. and the disease only needs a second before it has you on the way to relapse.

Great and true post!

Prayers for OP.

I forgot the most important part of my recovery..

God!

I go to AA/NA meetings but I also go to Celebrate REcovery, which is faith based and AMAZING!!!! My church also has a little recovery group I belong to as well.

My friends laugh at me and tell me I'd go to meetings for everything if they had them lol. They really help me but more important, I just really like going.

Find you a good men only group in AA. They are the best groups and really open up to other men in ways they won't in open meetings. Every man I know in early recovery, I take to a certain men's group.

alright 2 things:

1) You don't need prayers or a higher power to use as a crutch

2) You only need will power.

If you are too weak to get over addiction, then you have no will power. Simple as that. Nothing to do with superstitious beliefs...

!0 years here

Take it one day at a time

You will still have to deal with the ups and downs of life, but you will manage to get through them

In my first year of sobriety I lost my oldest son, he committed suicide in my sisters house 500 miles away from me.

In my fifth year I won 75 thousand on a scratch ticket, bought a house to finish raising my 3 other children. After a couple of years living there I was worried about my end of life and made the horrid error of transfering the house in to my next sons name. I wanted to move to find a job and wanted to sell the house that son told me to get the Fu-- out of his house...his little sister to kicked her to the curb...

If you are wondering why i am telling you this instead of pray as you seek. SOBER..Son of a Bitch everything is REAL....REAL life will still happen you just need to get a tool belt and when life deals you blow after blow, pull out your tools and move forward...one day at a time

Amen