What has been the most supportive thing you've done on your sobriety journey?

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Meditation

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Meditation and inventory

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Russel brands book on addiction helped me a lot.

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The weirdest thing about addiction isn’t just the drug but rather isolation. When you have company you have a social contract to be tolerable. So op in addition to taking the steps like reading I hope you build a community of people around you.
Best wishes!

Setting boundaries and STICKING TO THEM

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For myself or others?

Myself: Setting boundaries. My mantra is I have to say in my lane. And others need to stay out of it.

Others: Helping other alcoholics by talking openly about my recovery. I just found out a friend from college (many moons ago) has followed my story and it encouraged him to get help. Ultimately, that choice was between him and whatever his higher power is. But at least my story nudged him in the right direction.

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Powerful. I'm also fighting stimga everywhere it crops up. You never know what the people around you are going thru

Attending AA meetings

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Working the steps with a sponsor

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Sponsored other ladies. Held different positions GSR and etc.

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