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sylandad · 05-01-2007, 10:03 AM

I haven't been here for over a month and it is good to be back.......

My last post was at 2 days sober and I am now over a month sober.....

I am grateful today for my sobriety. Without the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, friends in recovery, and my higher power I would not be sitting here with a sense of being "ok" with my life as it is today.

After 10 years of being sober I relapsed last fall and I started coming back into sobriety in January. After several slips I now have over a month sober. In less then a few months I went from a drink to a crack pipe. This disease DOES wait for us. It is cunning, baffling, and powerful.

I am grateful for all of my recovery today. I don't see my slip as a setback; it was and is a part of my recovery today! I certainly don't want to do it again; and if I look to my higher power on a daily basis for guidance it won't.

I get a daily reprieve contingent on my spiritual condition........

Recovery Is Possible; and Attainable!

parentrecovers · 05-01-2007, 10:29 AM

great news, sylandad! i appreciate your positive attitude and admire your hard work. keep posting, you're an inspiration to all of us. blessings, k

1_day@_a_time · 05-01-2007, 10:36 AM

STRONG message, glad you are back!!!!

Nuno · 05-01-2007, 12:57 PM

Thank you for believing and showing that the past time of sobriety is not wasted.It is power.

tink360 · 05-01-2007, 01:01 PM

Thanks for the inspiring post. Keep your head up and remember days like this when things start to seem cloudy. It will help.

**Rowan** · 05-01-2007, 03:08 PM

I'm glad you made it back - please keep posting here. Well done on the clean and sober time.

Surlyredhead · 05-01-2007, 03:12 PM

Thank you for the reminder...indeed, the disease in cunning, baffling and POWERFUL.

Cathy

Astro · 05-01-2007, 03:48 PM

You are an inspiration, sylandad. Thank you for sharing that, I'm glad you're back!

hope3 · 05-01-2007, 04:26 PM

You made my day, bless you.........

Hope3

ayla zaire · 05-01-2007, 04:32 PM

syland dad......i'm so glad to see you.......you have such a positive attitude, it's really great....we all slip, and if we learn from it as you did, we have so much more chance at lasting sobriety......i'm sure you have helped many people today with your positive message....

IO Storm · 05-01-2007, 05:13 PM

Yes..sylandad....

My 6 relapses have contributed to a strong recovery today...almost a year!

Welcome back!

Love,

:

Sherry

livefree · 05-01-2007, 06:35 PM

Thank you so much for your post. It is a heartening message. Congrats on your continued sobriety. You really seem to have a good perspective on your recovery. Thank you for reminding me to be grateful for my sobriety.

xXBacktoBlackXx · 05-01-2007, 07:33 PM

Thanks for the post. Truly inspirational. I understand what you mean about relapse as I have relapsed before. It was inspirational for me to read that you don't see this as time wasted. I'm aspiring for more days sober so your post was an inspiration to me. Thanks again.

Hope4life · 05-02-2007, 05:55 PM

That was very powerful and inspiring!

sylandad · 11-25-2007, 12:09 PM

Hello All!!!!

Well today I have 8 months sober!!!!

I have hope today and see light at the end of the tunnel. I am grounded again in a program of recovery from drugs and alcohol. I am once again working on areas of my life that have caused me to get into a relapse cycle.

I have a host of problems in my life; financial, relationship, self-esteem, other addictions, but I am willing to look at those areas so that I don't drink and drug again.

These type of sites have helped me at various times in my sobriety....Thanks for being there!!!!!

David D

**CarolD** · 11-25-2007, 01:35 PM

Wonderful!

**51anna** · 11-25-2007, 01:37 PM

Hi David,

That's a great post and I agree with you that we just need to take it day by day. That's the best we can do.

lostmdboy · 11-25-2007, 02:17 PM

Sobriety is definately a learning expierence. Way to go on 8 months.

**Rowan** · 11-25-2007, 02:26 PM

Well done!

05-01-2007, 10:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
sylandad Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: ellensburg, WA Posts: 12	Recovery is the Answer I haven't been here for over a month and it is good to be back....... My last post was at 2 days sober and I am now over a month sober..... I am grateful today for my sobriety. Without the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, friends in recovery, and my higher power I would not be sitting here with a sense of being "ok" with my life as it is today. After 10 years of being sober I relapsed last fall and I started coming back into sobriety in January. After several slips I now have over a month sober. In less then a few months I went from a drink to a crack pipe. This disease DOES wait for us. It is cunning, baffling, and powerful. I am grateful for all of my recovery today. I don't see my slip as a setback; it was and is a part of my recovery today! I certainly don't want to do it again; and if I look to my higher power on a daily basis for guidance it won't. I get a daily reprieve contingent on my spiritual condition........ Recovery Is Possible; and Attainable!

05-01-2007, 10:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
1_day@_a_time Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 956	STRONG message, glad you are back!!!!
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05-01-2007, 12:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
Nuno believer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 2,210	Thank you for believing and showing that the past time of sobriety is not wasted.It is power.
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05-01-2007, 01:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
tink360 Think Happy Thoughts Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: cHiCaGo iL Posts: 238	Thanks for the inspiring post. Keep your head up and remember days like this when things start to seem cloudy. It will help.
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05-01-2007, 03:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
Rowan ¢нαт/вℓσg мσ∂єяαтσя Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: near Newfoundland Posts: 7,381	I'm glad you made it back - please keep posting here. Well done on the clean and sober time.
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05-01-2007, 10:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
parentrecovers in my windex friday costume! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 9,724	great news, sylandad! i appreciate your positive attitude and admire your hard work. keep posting, you're an inspiration to all of us. blessings, k

05-01-2007, 03:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
Surlyredhead Life is Grand Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Detroit Posts: 906	Thank you for the reminder...indeed, the disease in cunning, baffling and POWERFUL. Cathy
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05-01-2007, 03:48 PM	#8 (permalink)
Astro Codaholic Alcodependant Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ, in a home filled with love Posts: 4,383	You are an inspiration, sylandad. Thank you for sharing that, I'm glad you're back!
	__________________ "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty, and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming---WOW-What a ride"

05-01-2007, 04:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
hope3 Hope3 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Upstate, NY Posts: 1,971	You made my day, bless you......... Hope3
	__________________ If I focus on the solutions, the problems won't seem impossible!

05-01-2007, 04:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
ayla zaire Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: pass the bon bons Posts: 2,370	syland dad......i'm so glad to see you.......you have such a positive attitude, it's really great....we all slip, and if we learn from it as you did, we have so much more chance at lasting sobriety......i'm sure you have helped many people today with your positive message....

05-01-2007, 05:13 PM	#11 (permalink)
IO Storm IO Storm Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 4,981	Yes..sylandad.... My 6 relapses have contributed to a strong recovery today...almost a year! Welcome back! Love, : Sherry
	__________________ "God holds me still in the eye of the Storm"

05-01-2007, 06:35 PM	#12 (permalink)
livefree Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 295	Thank you so much for your post. It is a heartening message. Congrats on your continued sobriety. You really seem to have a good perspective on your recovery. Thank you for reminding me to be grateful for my sobriety.
livefree Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 295

05-01-2007, 07:33 PM	#13 (permalink)
xXBacktoBlackXx tangled up in blue Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: IN Posts: 376	Thanks for the post. Truly inspirational. I understand what you mean about relapse as I have relapsed before. It was inspirational for me to read that you don't see this as time wasted. I'm aspiring for more days sober so your post was an inspiration to me. Thanks again.
	__________________ "I don't ever wanna drink again/I just need a friend." ~ Amy Winehouse, "Rehab"

05-02-2007, 05:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hope4life Getting Better All The Time Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Recovering Posts: 2,513	That was very powerful and inspiring!
	__________________ Recovery is a journey, not a destination.

11-25-2007, 12:09 PM	#15 (permalink)
sylandad Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: ellensburg, WA Posts: 12	Hello All!!!! Well today I have 8 months sober!!!! I have hope today and see light at the end of the tunnel. I am grounded again in a program of recovery from drugs and alcohol. I am once again working on areas of my life that have caused me to get into a relapse cycle. I have a host of problems in my life; financial, relationship, self-esteem, other addictions, but I am willing to look at those areas so that I don't drink and drug again. These type of sites have helped me at various times in my sobriety....Thanks for being there!!!!! David D

11-25-2007, 01:35 PM	#16 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dallas, Ga. USA Posts: 11,718	Wonderful!
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11-25-2007, 01:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
51anna Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 8,963	Hi David, That's a great post and I agree with you that we just need to take it day by day. That's the best we can do.
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11-25-2007, 02:17 PM	#18 (permalink)
lostmdboy Lurker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Western NC Posts: 763	Sobriety is definately a learning expierence. Way to go on 8 months.
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11-25-2007, 02:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
Rowan ¢нαт/вℓσg мσ∂єяαтσя Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: near Newfoundland Posts: 7,381	Well done!
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