About This Site « What Winners Do – An Addiction Recovery Blog

About This Site

This is a site that I created to deal with the topics and struggles that go along with addiction recovery. My main goal for this website is to have it become a community where recovering addicts/alcoholics can go and share their story or read the story of others who share. You know that you have heard the phrase used: Do What the Winners Do. If you have a place to go where people are talking about what works for them and you can take that advice and apply is to your own life you truly are: Doing What the Winners Do.

One of the biggest obstacle that people in early recovery face is their inability to reach out and ask for help. We have lived for so long isolating ourselves that it has now become part of our personality. In order for us to break that habit we really need to work at it.

The easiest way that a recovering addict can learn that it is ok to reach out is by seeing other people doing it. I have found that when I am at a narcotics anonymous or an alcoholics anonymous meeting and someone is speaking about their problems I am very empathetic. I feel for them, I don't judge them. The reason for that is because I can identify with them. So, if I am that way when I'm listening, others must be that way when they are listening to me. The same goes for you.

Lastly, some of the reasons for me creating this site are purely self serving. I benefit from sharing just as much as anyone else. I am still not great at it. I still tend to isolate myself but I am working on both these issues. There is another saying in NA/AA that "you only get what you give away". I honestly believe this to be true. By me trying to help others I will also receive help...that's what it's all about.

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Rebecca
April 14th, 2007 - 21:50

I just read your story and I cannot believe the similarities! I felt like I was reading about myself! I am now 35 days clean and sober and am starting to come alive again. I would love to talk more about our addiction. please feel free to email me anytime. take care of yourself and remember ” one day at a time”!

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Erin
April 15th, 2007 - 11:23

Congratulations on your clean time. Just think for 35 days you have woken up every morning and told yourself “today I’m not going to use” and every night you got to go to sleep knowing that you did exactly what you set out to do… not use.

I guess that is exactly what “One day at a time” really means.

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Brian
April 30th, 2007 - 20:50

I’m at ground zero and don’t know if I want to make that first step. I think I would be happy if it didn’t effect my wife so much. So it logically comes down to drugs / alcohol or her. Um… I’d like be super romantic here… but it doesn’t work like. Can’t we do both? Anyway, first therapy session is Thursday :-/

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The Junky's Wife
May 12th, 2007 - 18:49

I’m excited to see more about this site. Thanks for the effort to build it. I’m also seeking guest bloggers for my site, so if you’re interested in sharing your story, let me know!

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matthew bowman
November 4th, 2009 - 13:11

i had been sober 14 and a half months. i drank again. i go to meetings on a regular basis. i have a higher power i chose to call God. i pray daily. i take my will back often and i pay for it. knowing this i still repeat old behaviors. i dont have much today but what i do have is more than ive ever had before. i stand to lose things that today are better than ive ever had.things i wouldnt have without sobriety. i need help. suggestions. encouragement.i never wanted to live before. today i want to live and live happily, share, love. i am struggling. i dont even know if im doing this right so if no one gets this, i get no reply then i know God is here reading this. i hope to hear back from someone. thank you matt b.

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