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SeekingPeace01 · 11-08-2009, 07:22 PM

I'm holding firm on my 6th day sober, and ahhhh . . . so happy. Haven't made it to a day 6 more than 3 or 4 times in the last 7 years, so a hurdle has definitely been jumped.

Going on vacation for days 8-16 . . . back home on day 17. Realized that in July, I did not make it to three weeks. Only made it to day 16, so, if I can make it through vacation, I will be coming back to my 3rd all-time days sober in about 9 years. Once I hit day 22, it'll be second all time high in probably 17 years or something . . .

Hmmmmm. Am I getting ahead of myself?? In more ways than one? LOL

Much love to you all!!! Thanks for everything and all the support, again!!

Gonna try to quit the 17 year cig habit while on vacation as well . . . time to cut all self-destructive tendencies loose.

barb dwyer · 11-08-2009, 07:35 PM

congratulations on six days!

txsar · 11-08-2009, 07:40 PM

Congratulations!

ViciousCycle · 11-08-2009, 09:02 PM

WTG Seeking Peace!! Sounds like you are more like Finding Peace!! Keep up the strong work.

mariechi · 11-08-2009, 09:52 PM

It's terrific that you are looking forward with anticipation and not backward. You're goin' strong. Congrats and keep it up!

SeekingPeace01 · 11-08-2009, 10:15 PM

Thanks everyone! I was a strong, level-headed, rational person once, and with every minute sober that ticks by, I feel more and more like that person again. Just thinking of going back to feeling like a mess again brings me to tears.

I really want to find out what I am capable of as a human being. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to do so . . . never want to give that blessing up again.

Thank you all for helping me see the light get brighter. Thank you all for showing me that Day 7, Day 15, Day 938, Day 7645 is possible . . . someday, I hope to be at 7645 . . . wow, that made me choke up a bit.

much love all. stay sober tonight and sweet dreams always.

thirtybubba · 11-08-2009, 10:32 PM

Keep at it, woman...

TB

nelco · 11-09-2009, 04:18 AM

one thing at a time. Try giving up the cigs when you are stronger. If you give up to much at one time your cravings with become too much. I gave up drink and when time had passed and I was stronger I gave up cigs. I found it impossible to just give up drink on my own. Do you have any support? Congrats on 6 days. Its probably better to make the days count instead of counting the days ...at the start. at least that was my experience.

Good luck.

SeekingPeace01 · 11-09-2009, 06:23 AM

nelco, I'm an extremist. I guess I'll have to work on giving that up after the cigarettes, huh?

My thinking is that I will have very little to zero stress on my vacation, so it may be the perfect time to slip out of my destructive, conditioned stress-reliever habits and slip into some new, healthier ones. I never smoke around the people I'm going to be with, so I figure I can just breathe, focus on the positive and enjoy every moment with them instead of sneaking outside for a cig . . . lol . . . fingers crossed.

Sikkisirus · 11-09-2009, 06:31 AM

Congratulations on your sober time SeekingPeace

Payton · 11-09-2009, 06:33 AM

Congrats! I am on Day 6 today and it feels really good.

Good luck quitting cigarettes - I recently quit caffeine (was very physically dependent on it) and I feel so much better!

Horselover · 11-09-2009, 06:48 AM

Congratulations on 6 days of sober time. You can do this. As far as cigs, I gave them up when I became pregnant with my son and that was easy because the thought made me sick to my stomach. LOL! Also stopped drinking, but continued after he was born. Luckily, didn't continue with the cigs.

I look forward to your sober return from vacation.

Missymae737 · 11-09-2009, 11:36 AM

You have just proved to yourself that you can do this...

Congrats on your sober time...

Beard82 · 11-09-2009, 12:06 PM

Well done on day 6. Keep up the good work

coming_clean · 11-09-2009, 01:18 PM

just keep on truckin´

SeekingPeace01 · 11-19-2009, 03:29 PM

Didn't quit the cigs, but . . . today is Day 17. I was very close a few times, inches close physically, millimeters close mentally, but I made it.

Thank you all for everything! Though I wasn't really on here while I was away, I was still blessed with fantastic support in my life . . . thank the universe. Back here, at home, I realize that these preceding days had a lot to do with white-knuckling and just getting through the obvious. Now I feel like the real work must begin . . .

Still very solid in my desire to stay sober, but that desire is almost scaring me as much as not drinking! Very interesting paradox. Be well all!

***51anna*** · 11-19-2009, 04:36 PM

Good for you!

And, I completely understand the desire to be sober and the fear it causes. I had no idea how I could manage life without numbing myself and hiding from my emotions. Just know that you can do it, and it will be worth it.

thirtybubba · 11-20-2009, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SeekingPeace01

Still very solid in my desire to stay sober, but that desire is almost scaring me as much as not drinking! Very interesting paradox.

Yeah, interesting paradox...

... that's what keeps me coming back. I don't recommend the backsliding, of course, but I have come to the equally twisted conclusion that the desire to stay sober is as addicting as the whiskey...

It's just a new thing, that's why it's scary. Sobriety can look scary--well, for me it is--but the benefits offset that fear. Even in my insane life, so you gotta figure those benefits are pretty dang good.

Take care,
TB, sober too

**Dee74** · 11-20-2009, 02:39 PM

Congratulations on your sober time SeekingPeace

I too know what you mean about the desire to be sober being so intense it can be scary...I think many alcoholics are all or nothing people...and without alcohol to numb us out, it can be even more scary...

But like Anna says it's all for a great purpose...the best....

I knew I was onto something when I eventually realised I was focusing on just living life rather than drinking or not drinking...

it does all level out...

D

11-08-2009, 07:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
SeekingPeace01 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 27	DaySix I'm holding firm on my 6th day sober, and ahhhh . . . so happy. Haven't made it to a day 6 more than 3 or 4 times in the last 7 years, so a hurdle has definitely been jumped. Going on vacation for days 8-16 . . . back home on day 17. Realized that in July, I did not make it to three weeks. Only made it to day 16, so, if I can make it through vacation, I will be coming back to my 3rd all-time days sober in about 9 years. Once I hit day 22, it'll be second all time high in probably 17 years or something . . . Hmmmmm. Am I getting ahead of myself?? In more ways than one? LOL Much love to you all!!! Thanks for everything and all the support, again!! Gonna try to quit the 17 year cig habit while on vacation as well . . . time to cut all self-destructive tendencies loose.

11-08-2009, 07:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
barb dwyer same planet...different world Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: butte mt Posts: 7,973 Blog Entries: 3	congratulations on six days! __________________ Menopause ~ puberty with experience.

11-08-2009, 09:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
ViciousCycle Member Bubble Bugs Champion! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montana Posts: 986	WTG Seeking Peace!! Sounds like you are more like Finding Peace!! Keep up the strong work. __________________ If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through.

11-08-2009, 09:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
mariechi Well, I'm on my way Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: El Paso, Texas Posts: 274 Blog Entries: 1	It's terrific that you are looking forward with anticipation and not backward. You're goin' strong. Congrats and keep it up! __________________ One foot in front of the other; one step at a time "Anne stopped drinking and never looked back." That's my story. I read it every morning, and I'm sticking to it.

11-09-2009, 06:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
Sikkisirus Rockstar Classic Frogger Champion! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 518	Congratulations on your sober time SeekingPeace __________________ Standing in a church makes you no more of a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. The past is a strange place. They do things differently there.

11-08-2009, 07:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
txsar Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 108	Congratulations!

11-08-2009, 10:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
SeekingPeace01 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 27	Thanks everyone! I was a strong, level-headed, rational person once, and with every minute sober that ticks by, I feel more and more like that person again. Just thinking of going back to feeling like a mess again brings me to tears. I really want to find out what I am capable of as a human being. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to do so . . . never want to give that blessing up again. Thank you all for helping me see the light get brighter. Thank you all for showing me that Day 7, Day 15, Day 938, Day 7645 is possible . . . someday, I hope to be at 7645 . . . wow, that made me choke up a bit. much love all. stay sober tonight and sweet dreams always.

11-08-2009, 10:32 PM	#7 (permalink)
thirtybubba Person... Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,253	Keep at it, woman... TB

11-09-2009, 04:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
nelco Living in sobriety Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,457	one thing at a time. Try giving up the cigs when you are stronger. If you give up to much at one time your cravings with become too much. I gave up drink and when time had passed and I was stronger I gave up cigs. I found it impossible to just give up drink on my own. Do you have any support? Congrats on 6 days. Its probably better to make the days count instead of counting the days ...at the start. at least that was my experience. Good luck.

11-09-2009, 06:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
SeekingPeace01 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 27	nelco, I'm an extremist. I guess I'll have to work on giving that up after the cigarettes, huh? My thinking is that I will have very little to zero stress on my vacation, so it may be the perfect time to slip out of my destructive, conditioned stress-reliever habits and slip into some new, healthier ones. I never smoke around the people I'm going to be with, so I figure I can just breathe, focus on the positive and enjoy every moment with them instead of sneaking outside for a cig . . . lol . . . fingers crossed.

11-09-2009, 06:33 AM	#11 (permalink)
Payton Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA Posts: 84	Congrats! I am on Day 6 today and it feels really good. Good luck quitting cigarettes - I recently quit caffeine (was very physically dependent on it) and I feel so much better! __________________ Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is. - Mary Anne Radmacher

11-09-2009, 06:48 AM	#12 (permalink)
Horselover Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: NM Posts: 3,916 Blog Entries: 3	Congratulations on 6 days of sober time. You can do this. As far as cigs, I gave them up when I became pregnant with my son and that was easy because the thought made me sick to my stomach. LOL! Also stopped drinking, but continued after he was born. Luckily, didn't continue with the cigs. I look forward to your sober return from vacation. __________________ Sober date: May 13, 2008

11-09-2009, 11:36 AM	#13 (permalink)
Missymae737 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: MA. Posts: 1,701	You have just proved to yourself that you can do this... Congrats on your sober time... __________________ "He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have". Socrates

11-09-2009, 12:06 PM	#14 (permalink)
Beard82 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 13	Well done on day 6. Keep up the good work

11-09-2009, 01:18 PM	#15 (permalink)
coming_clean Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: the netherlands Posts: 416	just keep on truckin´ __________________ Every human being is the author of his own health or disease. -Buddha- There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth: 1.) not going all the way; and 2.) not starting. -Buddha-

11-19-2009, 03:29 PM	#16 (permalink)
SeekingPeace01 Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 27	Didn't quit the cigs, but . . . today is Day 17. I was very close a few times, inches close physically, millimeters close mentally, but I made it. Thank you all for everything! Though I wasn't really on here while I was away, I was still blessed with fantastic support in my life . . . thank the universe. Back here, at home, I realize that these preceding days had a lot to do with white-knuckling and just getting through the obvious. Now I feel like the real work must begin . . . Still very solid in my desire to stay sober, but that desire is almost scaring me as much as not drinking! Very interesting paradox. Be well all!

11-19-2009, 04:36 PM	#17 (permalink)
*51anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 14,739	Good for you! And, I completely understand the desire to be sober and the fear it causes. I had no idea how I could manage life without numbing myself and hiding from my emotions. Just know that you can do it, and it will be worth it. __________________ Anna And I dont know what the future is holding in store I dont know where Im going, Im not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the living, I dont need to see the end. John Denver

11-20-2009, 02:39 PM	#19 (permalink)
Dee74 Forum Leader Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 14,671	Congratulations on your sober time SeekingPeace I too know what you mean about the desire to be sober being so intense it can be scary...I think many alcoholics are all or nothing people...and without alcohol to numb us out, it can be even more scary... But like Anna says it's all for a great purpose...the best.... I knew I was onto something when I eventually realised I was focusing on just living life rather than drinking or not drinking... it does all level out... D __________________ May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received and pass on the love that has been given to you.

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