Happy Birthday Gooch - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

tramp · 02-02-2006, 05:27 AM

congrats on another year

BillJ · 02-02-2006, 07:12 AM

I love birthdays! They're proof that recovery is possible, and well worth celebrating! Congrats, Gooch!

hopealwayz · 02-02-2006, 07:14 AM

Gooch, I'm inspired by your recovery!
Thanks for the great ESH!!

recoveringnky · 02-02-2006, 07:22 AM

Happy Birthday Gooch! It's amazing what we can do by just taking it 24 hours at a time!!!

Gooch · 02-02-2006, 07:28 AM

Thanks for the kudo's!

I must be darn near coming up on being straight as long as I spent gettting wasted.

Does this mean I'm "normal" ?

**Ann** · 02-02-2006, 07:32 AM

Congratulations, Gooch, you're an inspiration to all of us and a beacon of hope for me.

Hugs and Love

Ann

recoveringnky · 02-02-2006, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooch

Does this mean I'm "normal" ?

I don't think we'll ever be "normies" LOL!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, I think we are blessed in that we have tools to help us be more tolerant, patient and loving toward our fellows... able to handle life on life's terms...etc. Again, congrats on another year of doing it the right way.....ODAT!!!!!!!!!!

***Morning Glory*** · 02-02-2006, 09:46 AM

Congratulations Gooch!!

Thank you for all the years of service to others.

In memory of miracle · 02-02-2006, 10:06 AM

Happy Birthday to the Goocher!!! Ya still da "bomb" ! Normal? Isn't that a setting on the washing machine?
Bless, Trish

BillJ · 02-02-2006, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooch

I must be darn near coming up on being straight as long as I spent gettting wasted.
Does this mean I'm "normal" ?

Gooch, if that equation worked, I'd be coming up on "normal times three," and God knows that ain't happenin'!

No, for folks like us, it doesn't matter how we add, multiply, or subtract. The answer still comes out "In Recovery"!!!

Thank God, eh? Can you imagine a whole world full of folks like us?

Rarly Harley · 02-02-2006, 05:16 PM

Gooch: Happy 15th my friend. A sober milestone indeed. Isn't it a miracle that the HP gave us this second chance at it? I'll bet you'll agree that the last 15 years of sober ridin' are far better that the drinking and using ones. Looks good on ya!

Hurricane · 02-02-2006, 06:25 PM

Congratulations on your 15 years of sobriety Gooch, and thanks for sharing your recovery with us all.

TonyB · 02-02-2006, 10:49 PM

Gooch:
Cool beans.... Congrats man. Gives me hope. Hope that someday I may be sober in the mind. It's the steps man, took me a long time to figure that out. But all the old timers I know that are truly happy, joyous and free; got that way by working the 12 steps! Hell, it took me over 19 years to figure that out. Guess it takes what it takes. But now that I get it... I got it! I'm just glad that there are people out there like you to help to guide me in my recovery. People like my sponsor that shoot me strait and tell me what I need to hear and not what I want to hear. That keeps me honest with myself. That too is something new to me as I suffered from self-justification to the 10th power!
My sponsor told me that some people don't get this program, but if they hang around long enough this program will get them! Good thing. Because 19 years ago, that's about all I was doing was hanging around. But the seed was planted. Guess I didn't want what you people had and I wasn't willing to go to any length. This Sunday will be 4 months for me and that makes me grateful. Grateful for knowing people like you, that walk the walk and have shown me the way to the light.
Thank God for AA. Saved my f'ing life and that's no joke. I was on a path of self-destruction and couldn't stop. An AA reached out to me and then introduced me to the steps and so my journey to happy destiny began. So, I will add a thank you to you, and that's enough out of me.
UT

**best** · 02-02-2006, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooch

I must be darn near coming up on being straight as long as I spent gettting wasted.

Does this mean I'm "normal" ?

Balanced

Normal is a thing of the mind *LOL*
You use, it is normal that things are going to get screwed up
You don't use and it is normal that things will start to fall into line.

Gooch · 02-03-2006, 05:39 PM

lol I expected just such a reaction..

"I have always heard the expression Normal people" and cringed.

For some reason I can just picture 2 dimensional cardboard cutouts of a family of 3.8 with cheesy grins staring from the porch of the modest boxy little house with the white picket fence.

I'm bout as normal as they come < said with just a smidge of sarcasm > lol

blessed2 · 02-21-2006, 04:49 PM

Well, well, well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Guess who..............
[b][i]CONGRATULATIONS GOOCHIE..............MISSED YA BUT I AM BACK AND WILL CHAT LATER .................ONCE AGAIN .....CONGRATS........YOU ARE DABOMB......!!!!

BillJ · 02-22-2006, 08:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by best

Balanced.

There's a line in a John Mellencamp song that describes me to a T. He says "I know there's a balance. I see it when I swing past."

**best** · 02-22-2006, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillJ

There's a line in a John Mellencamp song that describes me to a T. He says "I know there's a balance. I see it when I swing past."

*LOL*
I find a bit of humor in that line. It is so much like life.
But
Sooner or later, even a yo-yo will stop swinging and rest at the mid point.

**best** · 02-22-2006, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooch

a family of 3.8 lol

I guess I must be the .8 part *LOL*
Not all there at all times.

02-02-2006, 05:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
tramp Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: my own little world Posts: 257	Happy Birthday Gooch congrats on another year

02-02-2006, 07:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
BillJ Casual Hero and Raconteur Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Austin, TX, USA Posts: 1,123	I love birthdays! They're proof that recovery is possible, and well worth celebrating! Congrats, Gooch! __________________ Bill J. from Austin Evo FXR (AKA "The Banshee") Rigid rat shovel (AKA "The Bitch") Ratted-out Evo FLT (AKA "The Bagger") The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom, and I'm trying to get there as fast as I can!

02-02-2006, 07:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
hopealwayz Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: somewhere Posts: 3,514	Gooch, I'm inspired by your recovery! Thanks for the great ESH!! __________________

02-02-2006, 07:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
recoveringnky Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The beautiful mountains of Kentucky Posts: 604	Happy Birthday Gooch! It's amazing what we can do by just taking it 24 hours at a time!!! __________________ Kym P. Keeping it Simple Life is too short for drama & petty things, so kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.

02-02-2006, 07:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
Ann ~Sharing Our Light~ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,513	Congratulations, Gooch, you're an inspiration to all of us and a beacon of hope for me. Hugs and Love Ann __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

02-02-2006, 07:28 AM	#5 (permalink)
Gooch Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: out there... Posts: 2,668	Thanks for the kudo's! I must be darn near coming up on being straight as long as I spent gettting wasted. Does this mean I'm "normal" ?

02-02-2006, 09:46 AM	#8 (permalink)
*Morning Glory* Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: CA Posts: 1,284	Congratulations Gooch!! Thank you for all the years of service to others.

02-02-2006, 10:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
In memory of miracle In Memory Of Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Connecticut. Posts: 3,740	Happy Birthday to the Goocher!!! Ya still da "bomb" ! Normal? Isn't that a setting on the washing machine? Bless, Trish __________________ In Memory Of Teach only love...

02-02-2006, 05:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
Rarly Harley Have we seen a person fail... Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: S.S. Marie, Ont. Can. Posts: 710	Gooch: Happy 15th my friend. A sober milestone indeed. Isn't it a miracle that the HP gave us this second chance at it? I'll bet you'll agree that the last 15 years of sober ridin' are far better that the drinking and using ones. Looks good on ya! __________________ Rarly 2002 FLHTC "Annie" " as we let our own light shine, we unconciously give other people permission to do the same"... Nelson Mandela

02-02-2006, 06:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
Hurricane Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Missouri Posts: 266	Congratulations on your 15 years of sobriety Gooch, and thanks for sharing your recovery with us all.

02-02-2006, 10:49 PM	#13 (permalink)
TonyB Requires Adult Supervision Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sons Of God MC - Maine Chapter Posts: 340	Gooch: Cool beans.... Congrats man. Gives me hope. Hope that someday I may be sober in the mind. It's the steps man, took me a long time to figure that out. But all the old timers I know that are truly happy, joyous and free; got that way by working the 12 steps! Hell, it took me over 19 years to figure that out. Guess it takes what it takes. But now that I get it... I got it! I'm just glad that there are people out there like you to help to guide me in my recovery. People like my sponsor that shoot me strait and tell me what I need to hear and not what I want to hear. That keeps me honest with myself. That too is something new to me as I suffered from self-justification to the 10th power! My sponsor told me that some people don't get this program, but if they hang around long enough this program will get them! Good thing. Because 19 years ago, that's about all I was doing was hanging around. But the seed was planted. Guess I didn't want what you people had and I wasn't willing to go to any length. This Sunday will be 4 months for me and that makes me grateful. Grateful for knowing people like you, that walk the walk and have shown me the way to the light. Thank God for AA. Saved my f'ing life and that's no joke. I was on a path of self-destruction and couldn't stop. An AA reached out to me and then introduced me to the steps and so my journey to happy destiny began. So, I will add a thank you to you, and that's enough out of me. UT __________________ Live Free. Ride Free

02-03-2006, 05:39 PM	#15 (permalink)
Gooch Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: out there... Posts: 2,668	lol I expected just such a reaction.. "I have always heard the expression Normal people" and cringed. For some reason I can just picture 2 dimensional cardboard cutouts of a family of 3.8 with cheesy grins staring from the porch of the modest boxy little house with the white picket fence. I'm bout as normal as they come < said with just a smidge of sarcasm > lol

02-21-2006, 04:49 PM	#16 (permalink)
blessed2 Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Banner Elk NC Posts: 22	Well, well, well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Guess who.............. [b][i]CONGRATULATIONS GOOCHIE..............MISSED YA BUT I AM BACK AND WILL CHAT LATER .................ONCE AGAIN .....CONGRATS........YOU ARE DABOMB......!!!! __________________ Blessed2

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