9 months today - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

emmer · 07-29-2007, 09:55 PM

I made it, I got 9 months clean. The first few tags seem to come quickly but this one was a long time coming. Whew....I made it.

hopefully tryin · 07-29-2007, 09:58 PM

That is soooo awesome!! Congrats on that. I know you must be proud and you should be! Just keep on going on and before you know it you will be holding that one yr tag!!!!!!!!!
Good luck and best wishes to you

2ala2 · 07-30-2007, 12:36 AM

Congratulations!! That is amazing. It's not easy at all but you're proof that it's possible. You must be feeling great. You deserve it.

ccgirl · 07-30-2007, 05:23 AM

Good for you emmer and welcome back! I hope you're feeling better.

northbelle · 07-30-2007, 06:14 AM

I am so glad you are sober Joe. I honestly can say...I do not think I would of made it without you...true dat!!!
love north

emmer · 08-02-2007, 07:31 AM

I collected my 9 month tag (a yellow one) last night. It sure felt good.
If someone had told me a year ago that I would have made it this far
I would probably have laughed at them, but here I am.

...Right on !

**deedee** · 08-02-2007, 08:26 AM

(((emmer)))

Congrats on 9 months

squirty · 08-02-2007, 09:40 AM

Good work Joe! You're amazing, an inspiration.

Thanks for being here.

Love Squirty x

NOMOMERLOTMAMMA · 08-02-2007, 09:50 AM

Congrats! Awesome!!

Karen

Sugah · 08-02-2007, 09:59 AM

Good job, Joe.

Peace & Love,
Sugah

northbelle · 08-02-2007, 12:07 PM

THANK GOD ..you are clean..of course I have my own selfish motive as usual..because you have helped me in my recovery sooooooo much Joe.
love north

Hmmm...did I say thank you?????

Alycia · 08-02-2007, 01:19 PM

Oh wow, Emmer!!! That must feel great!!! I am way behind u, but I'll get there. I will be collecting my 30 days on the 5th! I would be past 90 days but I dug into my methadone,

. Well, anyways, good luck and I am proud of you, Joe! Thanks for helping me!

. Did u read my message yet? Love ya, bye, Alycia

emmer · 08-02-2007, 02:44 PM

Gee thx you guys..I'm honored to have supportive friends like ya'll.

Jane63 · 08-02-2007, 08:59 PM

emmer...AWESOME! And a huge CONGRATS on the 9-months and here's to MANY more!!! :-)
Jane

emmer · 08-02-2007, 10:28 PM

Thank-you Jane. I appreciate that.

Brewster · 08-03-2007, 03:40 AM

I'm happy for you, very pleased. I remember my nine month mark felt like the first real piece of time sober. It was around christmas too. Holidays were my traditional time to get really off the hook with my drug use, so it was my first holiday period sober. It was a wholly different experience to be celebrating sober and celebrating sobriety.

It was kind of tough, but I was available full time to my family and friends and some remarked how stable and available I was. That was the best gift I could give my family and my self.

I love how uncomplicated my life had become, not pursuing drugs to feel normal. Life is difficult of course, like it is for everyone. But our maker provides us with the equipment we need to handle life, it's joy and tribulations. I love and live by this line - "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations". That's from James 1:2

- Brewster (not the bible thumper, but reading it more and understanding it)

07-29-2007, 09:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
emmer The lion sleeps tonight Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,641	9 months today I made it, I got 9 months clean. The first few tags seem to come quickly but this one was a long time coming. Whew....I made it.

08-02-2007, 08:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
deedee Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Faith~Hope~Love Posts: 922	(((emmer))) Congrats on 9 months __________________ ~ While the light lasts I shall remember and in the darkness I shall not forget ~

08-02-2007, 09:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
NOMOMERLOTMAMMA No more merlot, more mamma Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Hills, Ct Posts: 1,944 Blog Entries: 36	Congrats! Awesome!! Karen __________________ But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things. ~Vincent van Gogh

08-02-2007, 09:59 AM	#10 (permalink)
Sugah Om, Aum, Ohm... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Punxsutawney/Pittsburgh Posts: 2,262	Good job, Joe. Peace & Love, Sugah __________________ I don't know what happens when people die Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try It's like a song I can hear playing right in my ear That I can't sing I can't help listening ~JB

08-02-2007, 01:19 PM	#12 (permalink)
Alycia help123 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: winona, Mn Posts: 262	Oh wow, Emmer!!! That must feel great!!! I am way behind u, but I'll get there. I will be collecting my 30 days on the 5th! I would be past 90 days but I dug into my methadone, . Well, anyways, good luck and I am proud of you, Joe! Thanks for helping me! . Did u read my message yet? Love ya, bye, Alycia __________________ Please God grant me salvation, and give me the motivation,to stop using, and quick abusing, my mind, body, and soul.

07-29-2007, 09:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
hopefully tryin Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: A very HOT place, near the beach ;-) Posts: 88	That is soooo awesome!! Congrats on that. I know you must be proud and you should be! Just keep on going on and before you know it you will be holding that one yr tag!!!!!!!!! Good luck and best wishes to you

07-30-2007, 12:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
2ala2 Affiliate Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cairo Posts: 753	Congratulations!! That is amazing. It's not easy at all but you're proof that it's possible. You must be feeling great. You deserve it.

07-30-2007, 05:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
ccgirl Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Harwich, MA Posts: 2,593	Good for you emmer and welcome back! I hope you're feeling better.

07-30-2007, 06:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
northbelle Dopeless Hope Fiend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: anchorage Alaska Posts: 1,674	I am so glad you are sober Joe. I honestly can say...I do not think I would of made it without you...true dat!!! love north

08-02-2007, 07:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
emmer The lion sleeps tonight Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,641	I collected my 9 month tag (a yellow one) last night. It sure felt good. If someone had told me a year ago that I would have made it this far I would probably have laughed at them, but here I am. ...Right on !

08-02-2007, 09:40 AM	#8 (permalink)
squirty Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Posts: 376	Good work Joe! You're amazing, an inspiration. Thanks for being here. Love Squirty x

08-02-2007, 12:07 PM	#11 (permalink)
northbelle Dopeless Hope Fiend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: anchorage Alaska Posts: 1,674	THANK GOD ..you are clean..of course I have my own selfish motive as usual..because you have helped me in my recovery sooooooo much Joe. love north Hmmm...did I say thank you?????

08-02-2007, 02:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
emmer The lion sleeps tonight Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,641	Gee thx you guys..I'm honored to have supportive friends like ya'll.

08-02-2007, 08:59 PM	#14 (permalink)
Jane63 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,899 Blog Entries: 8	emmer...AWESOME! And a huge CONGRATS on the 9-months and here's to MANY more!!! :-) Jane __________________ ~Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all.~ Emily Dickinson Rest In Peace My Sweet Sammy...2-24-08

08-02-2007, 10:28 PM	#15 (permalink)
emmer The lion sleeps tonight Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,641	Thank-you Jane. I appreciate that.

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Brewster Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Gatlinburg, TN Posts: 245	I'm happy for you, very pleased. I remember my nine month mark felt like the first real piece of time sober. It was around christmas too. Holidays were my traditional time to get really off the hook with my drug use, so it was my first holiday period sober. It was a wholly different experience to be celebrating sober and celebrating sobriety. It was kind of tough, but I was available full time to my family and friends and some remarked how stable and available I was. That was the best gift I could give my family and my self. I love how uncomplicated my life had become, not pursuing drugs to feel normal. Life is difficult of course, like it is for everyone. But our maker provides us with the equipment we need to handle life, it's joy and tribulations. I love and live by this line - "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations". That's from James 1:2 - Brewster (not the bible thumper, but reading it more and understanding it)

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