Hi, checking in for 2008 +

[Rosem1111]

Hi everybody.

I am checking in here for 2008 plus of sobriety. I haven't been drinking too badly for years but I know I've been edging back. And I know I'm seriously wanting to be back drinking. And I can't seem to feel ok the day after even if I haven't drunk heaps.

I've been to AA and Alanon in person years back and have a basic understanding of how it works. I look forward to refreshing my memory on this. I was glad to see this site has the info on it. Thanks for that.

I got a scare today after drinking last night, and not that much really. So it suddenly hit me to make a vow to go on the wagon. Later on this evening, Australian time, I got a message from a person in a web community group I have just joined. She mentioned how her partner was a fantastic guy who had "chosen sobriety" for 4 years. And I got this idea to see if I could find a web AA group.

I then did a Google search and here I am.

I can't believe this site. Wow ! Am I dreaming ? I feel at home already even knowing that has got to be silly. But it feels that way and that's a fact. And it's not based on nothing really. If nothing else, it's a good start.

I'm going to need your help and I hope that is ok. I feel such a BIG temptation to start drinking again. And that would lead to nothing but trouble. If I can help in return, I'll be glad to.

Thanks for having me :smile:.

Rosie

[celticgrey]

Hi Rosie:29: Glad you're here. This is quite a place isn't it? I don't get on here everyday, but need to in order to follow everything that's going on. I've decided to not drink today also and have made that decision for awhile now. One decision is not enough, like one drink was not enough, so I drank every day and now I make a decision every day not to. Living this one day at a time has been the best thing that has ever happened to me. Keep coming back!
Terry:D

[Rosem1111]

Hi Terry,

I really appreciated that welcome and its wise words. Many thanks. I need encouragement right now and you gave it to me. The new year has just started here and that is a good way to start it. I particularly liked the idea of choosing every day not to drink. I shall work on that.

All the best to you.

Rosie

[Bronx850]

Hi-Welcome and keep coming back:42:

[admin]

:324: Rosie! :17: Glad to have you join us. Like Terry mentioned, it's a decision we all make every day to stay sober and clean and with the help of our Higher Power. Please make yourself at home here. I look forward to getting to know you better. Keep coming back. :42:

[Rosem1111]

It's a new day here - 1 Jan, 2008. I feel better than yesterday and am feeling hopeful if at the same time anxious and rather despairing. Guess I need check out this site and work on my "stuff". But I do think I may have turned a corner :195:.

Thanks for settling me in. Those cats helped :smile:. I love them and have five (among other small critters).

Rosie

[admin]

I have 3 Siamese - 2 Bluepoint Females and 1 Chocolate point Male. We also have a forum on the board here for Online Journals. Some members use that in their everyday recovery and to fellowship with each other. Feel free to start a journal of your own there and to share with others in their journals. If you need help with anything on here just let us know. Happy New Year! I am in the eastern United States. It is 7:08pm Dec. 31, 2007 here. :42:

[Misselle]

Hi Rosie! Nice to meet you and happy new year!!

[Rosem1111]

Hi Bluidkiti.

I have:

1. a big black black cat, like a panther; awesome and so gentle, but skitty as he was a stray kitten one of the cats brought home; a heavy head butter (ouch !)

2. an almost blind (since we got her) and spunky little, rounded black miss; can be very pushy; likes to sunbake and sleep in the garden; often to be found trawling along slowly, trailing cobwebs;

3. an oriental type orange and white guy with short thick fur and a talent for killing (beats me where he finds the rats) and athletics; picks on the other cats; demands cuddles; very clever; very dominant;

4. an ever ailing black and white guy who knows how to look after himself and manages to get the choicest food from me; cries like a kitten

5. An impressive Turkish van (auburn and cream) guy with attitude and bad markings so we got him for almost free; my son's cat officially; we all adore him; he is the king, but the oriental keeps injuring him as he is not a fighter and lives on another planet; runs instead of walking; likes to fly; drinks out of sinks; walks in puddles; has had two very serious wounds for unknown reasons and that cost a lot to fix.

Thanks for telling me about the journalling. I am nowhere like on top of what is on this site. I may try that. I need to do some more serious work on myself. I gained from AA when I went before some years back, but I couldn't get a mentor and sort of bottomed out of AA after that - felt I needed to go elsewhere to work on some things that were drawing me. I know I need to change things about me. Am also in a very bad marriage.

Happy new year.

Rosie