Goodbye 2007, hello 2008

[Pony]

I want to say Happy New Year to all of you here in this forum. I truely hope that this next year brings wonderful new things into your lives.

I want to thank all of you who come and share of yourselves in this forum. It is important to the recovery efforts of all to recieve support and share in the experiences of others so as to add growth to our own recovery programs. We learn from each other, and we gain hope from each other that there is a light at the end of the long dark tunnel of addiction.

I came here many years ago looking for support and something that I cannot descibe......friendship is my best way of saying it. I found it through many that have been here and moved on and many that are still here. Thank you for being a huge part of my journey. Although I still struggle greatly with much of the same issues, I am still ahead of when I first came to this forum. My thinking and my physical are all improved because of the support and friendship that I have recieved here.

I hope it will always continue throughout the years that this board is here, that we all can make in difference in each others lives for a better tomorrow.


I know that I have been so overwhelmed with life the past couple of years and have not been doing what I need to for my growth to move forward. What I have done though is used what tools I had to maintain what I had. That can be good also....because not all is lost during my relapsing behaviors. hanging in here, reading and sharing, has kept me afloat and creeping along in a forward motion.

They say, fake it til you make it.....well, it can even get to the point where it is even hard to fake it and feels like it is slipping away. I will not allow everything I have learned and everything I have accomplished thus far to just slip away. It's my own attitude that must change, and my own actions or reactions that need to be improved. Only I can do that.

Thanks for the support to hang in here and the hope that life can get better.

[dave47]

Thanks Pony, happy new year to you also and thanks for all your efforts. Glad that you can still see that far off light at the end of the tunnel and that even though it is hard going, you are not at the beginning of the tunnel. I kind of feel that this is like an assault course that i will eventually conquer, i can't think any other way, best wishes this year.

[Gambaru]

Best wishes to you in your recovery Pony. You are so worth it!!

[historyteach]

Happy New Year, Pony!!!

Thanks for everything you do here at SR!
Don't think for one minute that you can't succeed. Life can get better!
Though we may take a step back once in a while, it's only after we've taken three forward! So remember to count the positives you've accomplished, and you'll see just how good life can be!

I just know that 2008 is gonna be GREAT!!!

L'Chaim!
(To Life!)

[Nina Kay]

Happy New Year to you too, Pony !!!! I really hope that this first day of this New Year was a very positive experience for you. I decided to make sure that it was for me. I do agree with Teach, that I just know that 2008 is gonna be Great !!!! Lets just keep on keepin' on here. I'm so happy to have you for my friend. You always keep coming back and I know that I can count on you for that. You are always here for me and others and I can rest secure in that. Thank you and I love you, Friend.
(((((((((((((((((Loving Hugs)))))))))))))))

[Pony]

Thanks Nina, you are a sweet lady. I'm glad you keep coming back because I need the kick in the pants to keep the hope and not give up or in to this crap that I do. I need to stay out of head more than I do....it lies to me and I buy into it all. I know somehwere in the back of my mind the words, YOU are worth it are talking, but the feeling of not being worthy comes out stronger at times. It's a fight. I have been lax here and in my personal life to make anything better so it just intensifies that feeling.

Progress not perfection should be tatoo'd on me somewhere I can read it over and over. lol

[Paulie]

Progress not perfection should be tatoo'd on me somewhere I can read it over and over. lol

LOL we can get the tatoos together my friend.

Lets take this new year, just one day at a time

[lightseeker]

Pony -

thanks for all of your posts and all that you do. I thought that getting a handle on alcoholism was hard until this popped up as well. I've been way more unhappy in recovery than makes sense......I've been using food to tide me over. I'm working the steps with a new vengance and seeing now that my true DOC today is food. It's an instant mood change for me and I've got to change the cycle.

Thanks for all of your posts.

Donna