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Hello Everyone,
I am in need of online support these days. I was a member of a Yahoo Group, but for some reason, Yahoo is not working right, and I cannot access my groups.
I had some good sobriety, over 6 years, from 2001 till 2007. The relapse that followed was wicked. I did two years of outpatient treatment at two differenet facilities and I really struggled to get sober. I would accumulate a few months and then go on a week long binge. I am also bipolar and was not always compliant with my medications.
In January, I was taking Vicodin for pain, legitimate prescription, but the pill were not working. I ended up taking multiple pills at a time and then washing it down with a bottle of wine. I checked myself in to a psychiatric unit, and spent 6 days there. From there, I went to an inpatient rehab for 12 days.
Since then, I have worked on my steps, but am currently stuck, waiting to do my fifth step. One of the things I had never completed was all 12 steps under the guidance of a sponsor. I have the same sponsor I had in January, and I am going to meetings and trying to reach out. I need to do more, like be in service. On October 15, I will have nine months sober.
I hope there are people here that can share their story of how they got the steps completed, and also got through the first year of sobriety.
Trish
I am in need of online support these days. I was a member of a Yahoo Group, but for some reason, Yahoo is not working right, and I cannot access my groups.
I had some good sobriety, over 6 years, from 2001 till 2007. The relapse that followed was wicked. I did two years of outpatient treatment at two differenet facilities and I really struggled to get sober. I would accumulate a few months and then go on a week long binge. I am also bipolar and was not always compliant with my medications.
In January, I was taking Vicodin for pain, legitimate prescription, but the pill were not working. I ended up taking multiple pills at a time and then washing it down with a bottle of wine. I checked myself in to a psychiatric unit, and spent 6 days there. From there, I went to an inpatient rehab for 12 days.
Since then, I have worked on my steps, but am currently stuck, waiting to do my fifth step. One of the things I had never completed was all 12 steps under the guidance of a sponsor. I have the same sponsor I had in January, and I am going to meetings and trying to reach out. I need to do more, like be in service. On October 15, I will have nine months sober.
I hope there are people here that can share their story of how they got the steps completed, and also got through the first year of sobriety.
Trish
