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What do people think of Loudermilk?

I get that it's an entertainment show, but I watched with interest and it made me think a bit as I got sober (and it's quite funny). Do you think it just...

I get that it's an entertainment show, but I watched with interest and it made m...

•8 days ago

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Day 31. I really want to beat my personal best and get past two months. The Good - I have told the two people I dreaded telling most that I am AF. During a...

Day 31. I really want to beat my personal best and get past two months. The Good...

•9 days ago

this is new to me so not sure how to approach it 🥺

hi guys, I have been using healthunlocked and it's lovely community in support of me stopping smoking & vaping.. which I have succeeded with 7 months + and...

hi guys, I have been using healthunlocked and it's lovely community in support ...

•18 days ago

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Hope everyone is well.Sometimes a reminder to ones self is required.I have been doing great over the last few months hardly touching alcohol. Attended a...

Hope everyone is well.Sometimes a reminder to ones self is required.I have been ...

•22 days ago

Hello everyone

I've been on the vape on and off for a year now I have had the odd cigarette hear and there but I want to quit I plan to quit Sunday night. As for drinking...

I've been on the vape on and off for a year now I have had the odd cigarette hea...

•26 days ago

Just checking in.

Hi all, It's been a while since I last contributed to the group but I have been looking in from time to time to see how others are doing. What I have noticed...

Hi all, It's been a while since I last contributed to the group but I have been...

•26 days ago

Doing well

Hello. I'm doing well. 1 month in and still maintaining my drink free promise. At times I lament my decision to stop drinking. At times I miss the "fun" part...

Hello. I'm doing well. 1 month in and still maintaining my drink free promise. A...

•1 month ago

8 days !

Morning 😊 on my 8th day! First time I have not drank everyday for over 2 years. But I feel soo tired with headaches in the morning. Not sleeping great . Any...

Morning 😊 on my 8th day! First time I have not drank everyday for over 2 years....

•1 month ago

Need help

Hi I am a male in my late 50sDrink is starting to take over my life 😭 so my family keep telling me I am a binge drinker got no stop button

Hi I am a male in my late 50sDrink is starting to take over my life 😭 so my fam...

•1 month ago

Looking to open up about my drinking problem

Hi There, I'm 33 and had an issue with drink for pretty much the last 15 years. I have really struggled to quit and my drinking habit is gradually getting...

Hi There, I'm 33 and had an issue with drink for pretty much the last 15 years....

•1 month ago

Reason for the Book AA:

This is from preface to the book Alcoholics Anonymous: If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the...

This is from preface to the book Alcoholics Anonymous: If you have a drinking p...

•2 months ago

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Here’s to the next part and the best part of my life!

I had an issue with binge drinking from being a young girl, I would say 13/14. At the time I didn’t see this as an issue because it seemed everybody did this...

I had an issue with binge drinking from being a young girl, I would say 13/14. A...

•2 months ago

Here are some of the methods we tried:

This was written about 80 years ago, we humans still do the same: Here are some of the methods we have tried: Drinking beer only, limiting the number of...

This was written about 80 years ago, we humans still do the same: Here are some...

•2 months ago

The old me came back.

Everything was going so well! I was going through long periods of abstinence and on the odd occasions when I did have a drink it was never in excess. I even...

Everything was going so well! I was going through long periods of abstinence an...

•2 months ago

Fighting the good fight

It's been just about a week since I decided to put an end to my drinking habit. I finally faced the fact that alcohol affects me differently than others. I am...

It's been just about a week since I decided to put an end to my drinking habit. ...

•2 months ago

Changes

how’s it going everyone. Hope you’re all well. just wanted to to post and ask people about their experiences when they became sober. Did you lose friends?...

how’s it going everyone. Hope you’re all well. just wanted to to post and ask ...

•2 months ago

enough is enough!

I cant deal with waking up and worrying how I got home. I drink to get drunk and it’s s as ll or nothing with me most of the time. I want to change my...

I cant deal with waking up and worrying how I got home. I drink to get drunk an...

•2 months ago

Just started.

I went to an AA meeting tonight for the first time. It does not surprise me that I have taken this step. Throughout my life, I have engaged in social and binge...

I went to an AA meeting tonight for the first time. It does not surprise me that...

•2 months ago

Any nutritionists on here?

Is there any food or drink or over the counter medicine I can take to lessen/curb my alcohol cravings? Thanks.

Is there any food or drink or over the counter medicine I can take to lessen/cur...

•2 months ago

Dry January

Well on 1 January I wasn't sure how far I'd get going AF, although I did start earlier on 29 December. I surprised myself by actually smashing it! Not one...

Well on 1 January I wasn't sure how far I'd get going AF, although I did start e...

•2 months ago

I’m starting my quitting alcohol journey…

hello, I cannot sleep as I’ve had too much too drink today from 11am until about 4pm. Also, I feel ashamed, stupid and anxious because of the drinking. I...

hello, I cannot sleep as I’ve had too much too drink today from 11am until abou...

•2 months ago

Answering the question Why aren't you drinking?

I was listening to a podcast by a lady who had addictions to drugs and alcohol. She has evolved into a life coach and nutritionist. She says she has learnt so...

I was listening to a podcast by a lady who had addictions to drugs and alcohol. ...

•2 months ago

Dry January, success or failure?

In one way I failed dry January because I've had a drink on two occasions, the first time was an evening at my sisters house and again last night. I could...

In one way I failed dry January because I've had a drink on two occasions, the f...

•3 months ago

Dry January ends and Sober Spring Looms

End of dry January is scary. I loved my daily emails from try dry and knowing 1 in 5 drinkers in the UK were also trying not to drink. I want my home to be my...

End of dry January is scary. I loved my daily emails from try dry and knowing 1 ...

•3 months ago

I’m worn out with the AF journey

I throw the towel in!! 🤦🏼‍♀️

I throw the towel in!! 🤦🏼‍♀️

•3 months ago

hi everyone

I have really cut down on drinking in the last year after a withdrawal scare and panic about liver damage. I managed several months sober but kept relapsing...

I have really cut down on drinking in the last year after a withdrawal scare and...

•3 months ago

New Here

Hello all- I am a recovering alcoholic with 8 and a half years sober. I am a member of both AA and Recovery Dharma. I have noticed a distinct mental decline...

Hello all- I am a recovering alcoholic with 8 and a half years sober. I am a me...

•3 months ago

Dry Jan update

24 days AF. Doesn’t seem like a major milestone but for me, it is. Last time I went this long was October, the other year. Like the rest, I wouldn’t consider...

24 days AF. Doesn’t seem like a major milestone but for me, it is. Last time I w...

•3 months ago

Help Please

I am helping someone with Alcohol Misuse started 20 month ago. Right now the Alcohol has taken over basically. He don't like hospitals and he also cancelled...

I am helping someone with Alcohol Misuse started 20 month ago. Right now the Alc...

•3 months ago

Half Way.

How many of you who started the year with good intentions and vowed to yourself that you would begin the year with Dry January are still with it and how many...

How many of you who started the year with good intentions and vowed to yoursel...

•3 months ago

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