Way to go, Mommy. You can do this.

If I could get sober, you can. I will have four years tomorrow.

There is hope!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Hayes and Wyodiva. Having someone to talk to whenever I need it is so great. I am doing this more for my son than for me, if I'm honest. He doesn't deserve to have drunks for parents (albeit high functioning ones). For the life of me I'm amazed at how awsome he's turning out. He's 13. Maybe it's because I've always been honest with him about my struggle and told him it was okay to talk about it with his Nana (who's a family counsilor); that he wasn't betraying me in any way. I've experienced what it's like to grow up in a family where problems are ignored or hidden. Anyway, I'm really glad you're here.

Congratulations WyoDiva!! 4 years, that's great!

Hello Wyo and happy birthday! I have relapsed in both LC and AA. I have about 1 week sober and I am working on getting the LC going too. My ex has been diagnosed my stage 3 lung cancer and I wasn't working a program and I just went down. I'm here tho and your message came right at the time I needed it. That's the thing about us alkies/addicts...we know how to reach out. Thanks you!
Please pray for Bob everyone.
Happy New Year
Julia

Thanks for the congrats, gang.

Glad to see you, Julia...we can do this together.

Glad to see all of you here! this February 20th I will have 16 years, with God's help.
it just keeps getting better.
With the Cancer, just live one day at a time. My sweetheart only has 10% heart function and could go at any time, but for today we are happy and together, and tomorrow isn't here yet, so to worry over it would just ruin the time we have left.

You guys are the best and thank you for the encouragement. I am here and "here" is "home".

Julia

I'm a newbie and an alcoholic....just found this forum. I've only got 4 months sober trying for my 6th or 7th time in the past 5 years. Thanks for being here.

Anyone else here from my part of the country?

well, I'm north of you in Pa.

Congrats for making the decision to stop. After having been sober for a while I'm not sure it matters WHY we do it, so much as that we DO it. WTG!

Sounds to me like your son is lucky to have a mom who won't ignore the elephant in the middle of the room and is OK about him talking about it. That's a great gift to give your kid.

And WyoDiva, Congrats on that 4 years!

Happy New Years Eve to everyone..... Liddie, what you said was so "right on". I am going to consintrate on today. One day at a time, my friend is still here with us. What is everyone doin g tonight?

We are going to my son and daughter in laws house, My sweetheart has made pork and saurkraut for it, which is low carb, later there are marathon AA meetings so we will go to a few.

our new puppy is house broken already, we got her just before Christmas, early, because the mother weaned her early. she was just 7 weeks old on the 27th.

Happy New Year to all my new friends. Went to bed early and woke up with a smile. I'm in the process of making my list for shopping to start the induction program. I'm completely confused. If I get an email message that someone has posted, how do I get to the posting? I thought I knew it all. This is a trial of humbleness....

There should be a link within the email that you can click on.
Also, you can go to the user CP tab in the top left hand corner and it will have all your subscribed posts there.
Good luck with your induction!
Hope this helps.