4 months + clean. - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

emmer · 07-04-2009, 05:07 PM

See, I told ya I could do it !!!! lol

I think about using everyday, but i dont act on it.

I have a secret weapon............ it;s called H.O.W.

Honesty openminded-ness and willingness.

I go to meetings and i open my "doughnut hole" and try to be as honest as i can

I keep my self open to learning a new way to live

....and i am willing to go to meetings, no matter how much I don't think I need one, or don't want to go.

Staying clean is not a piece of cake for me, but it's better than being F-ed up

.........and the rewards are plenty.

Peace and love
Joe

northbelle · 07-04-2009, 05:36 PM

misspellWhat is this "donut hole" of which you speak.??

Thank the gods you are clean today Joe!! You have given me alot of stregnth from the things you have gone through. Sharing your experience stregnth and hope is pretty much our lifes work when we gt clean..it is what we have to offer to others...
Its that "gift of sobriety"...you can't just GET IT..it is somthng htat is given to you...yup..its a gift all right!
love north

emmer · 07-04-2009, 07:54 PM

No misspell hun, it really is spelled like that

Doughnut hole = mouth.

...also called.... "word-hole" .... "pie-hole"

Thanks Norty

Cherybaby66 · 07-04-2009, 10:37 PM

Joe...that is absolutely fantastic. Your HOW theory has gotten me through a lot of meetings where I felt I was going to be a tad dishonest about wanting to use again. I do, everyday...and I didn't want to admit that. But I am being more honest, more willing to open up to a room full of addicts who are suffering the same way I am. It feels good to share that emotion with others who really get it. I am so happy for you and your four months. You must feel on top of the world. What a great milestone! I don't want to sound condescending...but I am really proud of you! You're definately an inspiration. Can't wait to say I have 4 months under my belt! Great job!

krissypissy · 07-05-2009, 02:50 AM

{{{JOE}}} congrats on 4 months...congrats on every single day that you have stayed clean! you are a real inspiration to people here on SR and i thank you for your contributions...way to go buddy! YAY!!!! take care

Stagebear · 07-05-2009, 04:02 AM

Way to go, Joe!

christin1225 · 07-05-2009, 05:08 AM

((Joe))
CONGRATULATIONS, MY FRIEND!
You know that I love you. So, I am nothing less than thrilled that you have four+ months -- OMG, that equals 120+ days of clean time (while still wanting to use)! I'm flabbergasted. Right now, I'm about 110 steps behind you. So, like I said, absolutely flabbergasted.
Please, keep amazing me!

vicodaniel · 07-05-2009, 05:13 AM

Great job you've come a long way since i started posting last fall.

change4penny · 07-05-2009, 08:43 AM

Joe....what can I say, other than, I'm so proud of you. You have been such an inspiration to me and others. You are a very strong and wise person.
You're right, I think that we are only as sick as our secrets, and it's very important to tell on ourselves when we are feeling weak. I know it's helped me. For me, it's amazing that I open up at all. I've always stuffed my feeling down...never shared them with anyone. I only dealt with them by using drugs. Sometimes it's still very hard for me to open up, but I know how important it is to share. That helps me heal.
Congratulations on your 4 months. You're doing great!!!
Love and hugs,

Penny

Timebuster · 07-05-2009, 09:43 AM

Congrats Joe,

Keep up the good work.

Ivan

Wantingit · 07-05-2009, 10:08 AM

Joe,

Right on bro. I have see you posting here for years and I'm so proud you have 4 months

bvaljalo · 07-05-2009, 10:32 AM

Congratulations Joe!

I'm proud of you, brother.

And allow me to remind you ... it was US that told YOU that you could do it ... not the other way around

Keep on doing what you're doing

emmer · 07-05-2009, 11:28 AM

Thanks so much ,guys!

Yeah, I know BV........just a bit of irony

windysan · 07-05-2009, 11:29 AM

you're doing good, joe. we is proud of you.

TTOSBT · 07-05-2009, 11:35 AM

Congrats Joe! That is fantastic!!!

***Impurrfect*** · 07-05-2009, 12:53 PM

(((Joe)))

I am so very proud of you!!!! Thanks for being my friend, and for finally caring enough about yourself to do what we always knew you could do

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

Sugah · 07-05-2009, 01:59 PM

Peace & Love,
Sugah

SteppingItUp · 07-06-2009, 07:04 AM

YAY!

WTG! Huge congratulations Joe!

Nallabelle · 07-06-2009, 07:24 AM

Good job. This is the beginning of peace for the rest of your life, if you choose it to be. Or, at least for today.

lunarise · 07-06-2009, 07:25 AM

fantasmic!!

DSoT4Ever · 07-06-2009, 07:52 AM

Good work my friend, keep fighting the good fight!!!

jkm1201 · 07-06-2009, 09:09 PM

congrats Joe,

I'm grinning from ear to ear.. for you...

Keep up the great work and be VERY, VERY proud of yourself.

Jules62 · 07-06-2009, 09:56 PM

Proud of you, Joe!

Jules xox

**Dee74** · 07-06-2009, 09:59 PM

that's really great Joe

Well done, mate!

D

**Rowan** · 07-06-2009, 10:03 PM

Joe - I'm real proud of you. You're putting in the work, and reaping the rewards.

I'm just thrilled for you - you've always meant a lot to me.

07-04-2009, 05:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
emmer The lion sleeps tonight Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,725 Blog Entries: 10	4 months + clean. See, I told ya I could do it !!!! lol I think about using everyday, but i dont act on it. I have a secret weapon............ it;s called H.O.W. Honesty openminded-ness and willingness. I go to meetings and i open my "doughnut hole" and try to be as honest as i can I keep my self open to learning a new way to live ....and i am willing to go to meetings, no matter how much I don't think I need one, or don't want to go. Staying clean is not a piece of cake for me, but it's better than being F-ed up .........and the rewards are plenty. Peace and love Joe

07-04-2009, 10:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cherybaby66 crazy vampire addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: just north of hell. Posts: 425	Joe...that is absolutely fantastic. Your HOW theory has gotten me through a lot of meetings where I felt I was going to be a tad dishonest about wanting to use again. I do, everyday...and I didn't want to admit that. But I am being more honest, more willing to open up to a room full of addicts who are suffering the same way I am. It feels good to share that emotion with others who really get it. I am so happy for you and your four months. You must feel on top of the world. What a great milestone! I don't want to sound condescending...but I am really proud of you! You're definately an inspiration. Can't wait to say I have 4 months under my belt! Great job! __________________ blackbird singing in the dead of night... take these broken wings and learn to fly. all your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arrive. ~ The Beatles

07-05-2009, 02:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
krissypissy mi vida loca Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: the desert Posts: 336	{{{JOE}}} congrats on 4 months...congrats on every single day that you have stayed clean! you are a real inspiration to people here on SR and i thank you for your contributions...way to go buddy! YAY!!!! take care __________________ krissy sometimes we tend to be in despair when the person we love leaves us...but the truth is its not our loss but theirs for they left the only person who wouldnt give up on them

07-05-2009, 04:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
Stagebear Now with fewer opiates! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,203 Blog Entries: 2	Way to go, Joe! __________________ *Da "Stagebear"* -------- One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time- André Gide

07-05-2009, 05:13 AM	#8 (permalink)
vicodaniel Free since 10/22/08 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Upstate,NY Posts: 437	Great job you've come a long way since i started posting last fall. __________________ Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963),.

07-04-2009, 05:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
northbelle Dopeless Hope Fiend Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: anchorage Alaska Posts: 2,282	misspellWhat is this "donut hole" of which you speak.?? Thank the gods you are clean today Joe!! You have given me alot of stregnth from the things you have gone through. Sharing your experience stregnth and hope is pretty much our lifes work when we gt clean..it is what we have to offer to others... Its that "gift of sobriety"...you can't just GET IT..it is somthng htat is given to you...yup..its a gift all right! love north

07-04-2009, 07:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
emmer The lion sleeps tonight Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,725 Blog Entries: 10	No misspell hun, it really is spelled like that Doughnut hole = mouth. ...also called.... "word-hole" .... "pie-hole" Thanks Norty

07-05-2009, 05:08 AM	#7 (permalink)
christin1225 Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 1,371 Blog Entries: 24	((Joe)) CONGRATULATIONS, MY FRIEND! You know that I love you. So, I am nothing less than thrilled that you have four+ months -- OMG, that equals 120+ days of clean time (while still wanting to use)! I'm flabbergasted. Right now, I'm about 110 steps behind you. So, like I said, absolutely flabbergasted. Please, keep amazing me!

07-05-2009, 08:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
change4penny Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Midland, NC Posts: 1,123	Joe....what can I say, other than, I'm so proud of you. You have been such an inspiration to me and others. You are a very strong and wise person. You're right, I think that we are only as sick as our secrets, and it's very important to tell on ourselves when we are feeling weak. I know it's helped me. For me, it's amazing that I open up at all. I've always stuffed my feeling down...never shared them with anyone. I only dealt with them by using drugs. Sometimes it's still very hard for me to open up, but I know how important it is to share. That helps me heal. Congratulations on your 4 months. You're doing great!!! Love and hugs, Penny __________________ *"Through many dangers, toils, and snares...We have already come. Twas Grace that brought us safe thus far...And Grace will lead us home."-Amazing Grace*

07-05-2009, 09:43 AM	#10 (permalink)
Timebuster Recovering Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ocean County NJ Posts: 1,055	Congrats Joe, Keep up the good work. Ivan __________________ One Addict Helping Another…Towards Freedom From Active Addiction...

07-05-2009, 10:08 AM	#11 (permalink)
Wantingit Jesus Freak Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Out West Posts: 141	Joe, Right on bro. I have see you posting here for years and I'm so proud you have 4 months __________________ If nothing changes, NOTHING changes Wantingit!!

07-05-2009, 10:32 AM	#12 (permalink)
bvaljalo YES WE DID!!! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: East Bay, California Posts: 2,299	Congratulations Joe! I'm proud of you, brother. And allow me to remind you ... it was US that told YOU that you could do it ... not the other way around Keep on doing what you're doing __________________ i got green and i got blues and everyday there's a little less difference between the two ... i belly-up and disappear but i ain't really drownin' cause i see the beach from here ...

07-05-2009, 11:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
emmer The lion sleeps tonight Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,725 Blog Entries: 10	Thanks so much ,guys! Yeah, I know BV........just a bit of irony

07-05-2009, 11:29 AM	#14 (permalink)
windysan Big Idiot Man Child Join Date: May 2004 Location: La Posts: 5,218	you're doing good, joe. we is proud of you. __________________ ZigZaggin through Weirdland

07-05-2009, 11:35 AM	#15 (permalink)
TTOSBT To Thine Own Self Be True Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,859	Congrats Joe! That is fantastic!!!

07-05-2009, 12:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
*Impurrfect* Community Greeter Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 10,366	(((Joe))) I am so very proud of you!!!! Thanks for being my friend, and for finally caring enough about yourself to do what we always knew you could do Hugs and prayers! Amy __________________ "I'm not where I want to be, but thank God I'm not where I used to be" - Joyce Meyer

07-05-2009, 01:59 PM	#17 (permalink)
Sugah Om, Aum, Ohm... 12 Many Champion! Mah Jongg Solitaire Champion! mahjong Champion! Mini Pool 2 Champion! MiniPool Champion! Pool Jam Champion! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Punxsutawney/Pittsburgh Posts: 4,042	Peace & Love, Sugah __________________ There's a train leaving nightly called when all is said and done Keep me in your heart for awhile ~WZ ANS 01/29/86 - 08/04/08

07-06-2009, 07:04 AM	#18 (permalink)
SteppingItUp Joie de Vivre Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tuscany Posts: 466	YAY! WTG! Huge congratulations Joe! __________________ When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. ~ Emerson

07-06-2009, 07:24 AM	#19 (permalink)
Nallabelle Go Browns! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 576 Blog Entries: 1	Good job. This is the beginning of peace for the rest of your life, if you choose it to be. Or, at least for today.

07-06-2009, 07:25 AM	#20 (permalink)
lunarise lunarlovelunar Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 674 Blog Entries: 10	fantasmic!! __________________ LIVE!

07-06-2009, 07:52 AM	#21 (permalink)
DSoT4Ever Marooned Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 46	Good work my friend, keep fighting the good fight!!!

07-06-2009, 09:09 PM	#22 (permalink)
jkm1201 little darlin' Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: great lakes state Posts: 114	congrats Joe, I'm grinning from ear to ear.. for you... Keep up the great work and be VERY, VERY proud of yourself. __________________ ...here comes the sun, little darlin'...

07-06-2009, 09:56 PM	#23 (permalink)
Jules62 member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,300	Proud of you, Joe! Jules xox

07-06-2009, 09:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
Dee74 Forum Leader Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 16,488	that's really great Joe Well done, mate! 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.

07-06-2009, 10:03 PM	#25 (permalink)
Rowan Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12,102	Joe - I'm real proud of you. You're putting in the work, and reaping the rewards. I'm just thrilled for you - you've always meant a lot to me.

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