Dani's story

[danib]

i want to keep my story very simple, more details are all over the board now as i am enjoying jumping into the discussions - but pared down it goes like this...
at about age 17 i started drinking. i quickly starting using drugs as well. i was in my first rehab at 17 (though sober at the time, having found my first group). i did well with my sobriety after that for about 9 months, i was very active & sponsored many people & was the counselor's pet. my beloved counselor moved away, & i had taken on too many sponsees & became overwhelmed. i slipped, & it would be many years before i returned to the program. at age 26 i od'ed & ended up in the hospital but even this didn't stop me. about age 21 i met my partner in crime, a beautiful artist who was a bigger drunk than i was. we drank together for about a decade. i had always said i would quit when i was 30, i had an aunt who had as an example. sure enough at age 30 my partner/boyfriend went into rehab (i could tell he was serious this time) & i knew i would lose him if i didn't quit too. i went in, & when i walked out one month later it was no longer about him. i was clear headed & had regained my wits. now any alcohol or drug is poison to me. i was restored to sanity. it didn't come easily, i had rehab romance, slipped, had my partner as a sponsor, did everything wrong really - & met my husband a year to the day after getting sober! haha! i wasted no time after that one year rule was up! but today i am free, 39 years old & happy, & married to a wonderful stable man. my problems were all solved in ways that i never could have seen. even though i have chronic pain issues, my life could not be much better. thanks!