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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 128007" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>David,</p><p></p><p>Please don't take this as a schooling or a lecture. I am someone with better than 4 years sober passing along what worked for me.</p><p></p><p>Get to an AA meeting. Meet other people that are going through what you are. We on this site help you with your issues with Justin because we have all been there done that. People at AA meetings have all been there done that. They have a proven program, with steps and everything, that works very well at keeping people sober.</p><p></p><p>Get a sponsor. That is someone of your gender with several years of sobriety. That is who you call when you need support. He will be your mentor and confidant. Bad report from Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? Give dude a call. Some witch type some nasty things to you on this site (ahem)? Tell dude, he'll help you through it. </p><p></p><p>Dating is not recommended in the first year of sobriety. It is way too easy to focus on your date and not on your problems. Alcoholics have issues that go beyond drinking. Drinking is just a symptom. We drink because of (fill in the blank). We spend the first year figuring out the blanks. We cannot do that if we are doting on a honey. That is also what a sponsor is for, to help work the steps so we get those blanks filled in.</p><p></p><p>I am so proud of you. I know how hard it is. I quit once for 5 years and went back out for 10 (I stopped going to meetings). You are doing Justin a great justice by taking care of yourself. And you deserve it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 128007, member: 3647"] David, Please don't take this as a schooling or a lecture. I am someone with better than 4 years sober passing along what worked for me. Get to an AA meeting. Meet other people that are going through what you are. We on this site help you with your issues with Justin because we have all been there done that. People at AA meetings have all been there done that. They have a proven program, with steps and everything, that works very well at keeping people sober. Get a sponsor. That is someone of your gender with several years of sobriety. That is who you call when you need support. He will be your mentor and confidant. Bad report from Residential Treatment Center (RTC)? Give dude a call. Some witch type some nasty things to you on this site (ahem)? Tell dude, he'll help you through it. Dating is not recommended in the first year of sobriety. It is way too easy to focus on your date and not on your problems. Alcoholics have issues that go beyond drinking. Drinking is just a symptom. We drink because of (fill in the blank). We spend the first year figuring out the blanks. We cannot do that if we are doting on a honey. That is also what a sponsor is for, to help work the steps so we get those blanks filled in. I am so proud of you. I know how hard it is. I quit once for 5 years and went back out for 10 (I stopped going to meetings). You are doing Justin a great justice by taking care of yourself. And you deserve it. [/QUOTE]
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