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nonblondechef · 09-28-2012, 05:36 AM

You know, this sober thing works. I love being calm, serene, and happy. A year ago I had a broken ankle caused from being drunk. Not intoxicated. Down right, blackout D R U N K. Today, I'm happy with my life, my job, have been promoted, and am rekindling and nurturing my relationship with my family. Negative Nancy is now Tickled Tammi. I am really liking her! Thank you, SR. The wisdom and encouragement here has blown away the storm clouds. Life is soberliciously wonderful!

Sapling · 09-28-2012, 06:25 AM

That's awesome NBC!!....Have a great sober day!!

Change4good · 09-28-2012, 06:33 AM

So very happy for you! I had a stretch of sobriety a couple of months ago, and it was glorious. I don't know why I ever went back.

Again, glad that thinks have turned around for you!

Itchy · 09-28-2012, 07:29 AM

NBC,
Thanks for remining those of us who are sober to be grateful just for that. Terrific work you have done getting your life back on track. Thanks for sharing.

sixfive12 · 09-28-2012, 08:31 AM

Good for you NBC! Your post is inspirational, thanks for sharing.

Purplecatlover · 09-28-2012, 11:16 AM

Amen sister!
I have been thinking lately of how amazing life is now.
I will NEVER go back to that miserable existence.
I'm proud to share my sobriety date, class, & journey with you.

You are MEGA awesome!!! I'm so happy for you

Vladimir · 09-28-2012, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by nonblondechef

You know, this sober thing works. I love being calm, serene, and happy. A year ago I had a broken ankle caused from being drunk. Not intoxicated. Down right, blackout D R U N K. Today, I'm happy with my life, my job, have been promoted, and am rekindling and nurturing my relationship with my family. Negative Nancy is now Tickled Tammi. I am really liking her! Thank you, SR. The wisdom and encouragement here has blown away the storm clouds. Life is soberliciously wonderful!

I needed to read this today. Congratulations on your amazing accomplishment. Stay happy and keep living well.

Sugarfix · 09-28-2012, 11:21 AM

well done you - you are doing great! excellent post

**Dee74** · 09-28-2012, 02:05 PM

Have a great weekend Tickled Tammi

thanks for your post

D

***Hevyn*** · 09-28-2012, 02:28 PM

Way to go, NBC. It's amazing how we keep insisting drinking is making us happier and helping us to relax, have more fun, etc. What a lie. In the end, I was anxious, paranoid, anti-social, and miserable. Good times! So proud of you for what you've accomplished.

Jeni26 · 09-28-2012, 02:29 PM

Thanks for the great post. Really happy in sobriety is awesome xx

EternalQ · 09-28-2012, 02:46 PM

Here, Here! Happiness is... the clarity and serenity sobriety brings.

FormerBeerLover · 09-28-2012, 02:50 PM

Living the sober life is even more amazing than I could've imagined. Thanks for the uplifiting post!

IndaMiricale · 09-28-2012, 03:12 PM

First I will thank you for the big smile you just put on this face

And congrats on your growth Tammi. Its a wonderful thing to have today

I wise sober chef likes to tell me this keep it up" your a non slip soul. "

nonblondechef · 09-28-2012, 07:12 PM

Inda....good love!!
It is just such a nice feeling to read the words of people I care so deeply for. I am just utterly amazed at this process.

Pondlady · 09-28-2012, 07:21 PM

Congratulations! It is nice to be serene, calm and happy

nonblondechef · 09-29-2012, 05:37 AM

You said it, Pondlady - happy sober, serene Saturday, sweetie!

Zebra1275 · 09-29-2012, 05:43 AM

Thanks for the post, congratulations on your sober time!

frances2011 · 09-29-2012, 05:45 AM

I hear gratitude and appreciation in your UPLIFTING post. Those are two of the gifts of sobriety that I couldn't have imagined were possible for me either. Thanks for the smile. I'm so happy for you.

09-28-2012, 05:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
nonblondechef Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Home - there's no place like Home Posts: 974	Happy - really, truly happy! You know, this sober thing works. I love being calm, serene, and happy. A year ago I had a broken ankle caused from being drunk. Not intoxicated. Down right, blackout D R U N K. Today, I'm happy with my life, my job, have been promoted, and am rekindling and nurturing my relationship with my family. Negative Nancy is now Tickled Tammi. I am really liking her! Thank you, SR. The wisdom and encouragement here has blown away the storm clouds. Life is soberliciously wonderful! __________________ "God bless the broken road that led me straight to you." - Jeff Hanna and Matraca Berg

09-28-2012, 06:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
Change4good Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 741	So very happy for you! I had a stretch of sobriety a couple of months ago, and it was glorious. I don't know why I ever went back. Again, glad that thinks have turned around for you! __________________ Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.

09-28-2012, 07:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Itchy Re-Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Louisiana Posts: 4,003	NBC, Thanks for remining those of us who are sober to be grateful just for that. Terrific work you have done getting your life back on track. Thanks for sharing. __________________ "Here's to the few who forgive what you do, and the fewer who don't even care" — Leonard Cohen Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten. -- G. K. Chesterton

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Sugarfix Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Liverpool Posts: 174	well done you - you are doing great! excellent post __________________ Quit date: 14/09/2012

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Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 65,421	Have a great weekend Tickled Tammi thanks for your post D __________________

09-28-2012, 06:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sapling AA Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Between Meetings Posts: 9,004	That's awesome NBC!!....Have a great sober day!!

09-28-2012, 08:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
sixfive12 Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Denver Posts: 27	Good for you NBC! Your post is inspirational, thanks for sharing.

09-28-2012, 11:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
Purplecatlover Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Sober State Posts: 1,114	Amen sister! I have been thinking lately of how amazing life is now. I will NEVER go back to that miserable existence. I'm proud to share my sobriety date, class, & journey with you. You are MEGA awesome!!! I'm so happy for you

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*Hevyn* Learning to live again Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 11,089	Way to go, NBC. It's amazing how we keep insisting drinking is making us happier and helping us to relax, have more fun, etc. What a lie. In the end, I was anxious, paranoid, anti-social, and miserable. Good times! So proud of you for what you've accomplished. __________________ You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done. - Fr. Gregory Boyle, Homeboy Industries Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - Emerson

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Jeni26 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: South East England Posts: 3,913	Thanks for the great post. Really happy in sobriety is awesome xx __________________ 25th May 2012 was the last time I took a drink. I will never forget it. I don't EVER have to feel like that again.

09-28-2012, 02:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
EternalQ A Member of the Living Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: East Coast, USA Posts: 7,499	Here, Here! Happiness is... the clarity and serenity sobriety brings. __________________ "There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.".~Louis L'Amour "Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect."~Alan Cohen Sanity restored on 2/09/12

09-28-2012, 02:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
FormerBeerLover non-drinker Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 864	Living the sober life is even more amazing than I could've imagined. Thanks for the uplifiting post! __________________ Happily sober since June 22, 2009

09-28-2012, 03:12 PM	#14 (permalink)
IndaMiricale Powerless over Alcohol Join Date: May 2011 Location: Trudging the Road to Happy Destiny! Posts: 4,020	First I will thank you for the big smile you just put on this face And congrats on your growth Tammi. Its a wonderful thing to have today I wise sober chef likes to tell me this keep it up" your a non slip soul. " __________________ "The only real thing in life are dreams, which nature cant touch with decay." Bob Dylan "Each day,somewhere in the world ,recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic , sharing experience,strength and hope."

09-28-2012, 07:12 PM	#15 (permalink)
nonblondechef Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Home - there's no place like Home Posts: 974	Inda....good love!! It is just such a nice feeling to read the words of people I care so deeply for. I am just utterly amazed at this process. __________________ "God bless the broken road that led me straight to you." - Jeff Hanna and Matraca Berg

09-28-2012, 07:21 PM	#16 (permalink)
Pondlady Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,328	Congratulations! It is nice to be serene, calm and happy __________________

09-29-2012, 05:37 AM	#17 (permalink)
nonblondechef Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Home - there's no place like Home Posts: 974	You said it, Pondlady - happy sober, serene Saturday, sweetie! __________________ "God bless the broken road that led me straight to you." - Jeff Hanna and Matraca Berg

09-29-2012, 05:43 AM	#18 (permalink)
Zebra1275 Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,408	Thanks for the post, congratulations on your sober time!

09-29-2012, 05:45 AM	#19 (permalink)
frances2011 Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,599	I hear gratitude and appreciation in your UPLIFTING post. Those are two of the gifts of sobriety that I couldn't have imagined were possible for me either. Thanks for the smile. I'm so happy for you. __________________ "Sobriety is action. We must live a sober life, not think a sober life!" March 1, 2011 ~ Proud to Be a Marcher

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