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

bval · 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!!!

bugsmum · 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 Guest Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,716 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: 427	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: 351	{{{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 __________________ I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing. — Agatha Christie

07-05-2009, 04:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
Stagebear Now with fewer opiates! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Southern New Jersey, USA Posts: 1,406 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: 463	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: 2,503	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 Guest Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,716 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: 1,369 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: 1,266	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: NJ Posts: 1,823	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: Right in the center!! Posts: 225	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)
bval Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: CA Native Posts: 2,509	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

07-05-2009, 11:28 AM	#13 (permalink)
emmer Guest Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,716 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: 5,774	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: 1,948	Congrats Joe! That is fantastic!!!

07-05-2009, 01:59 PM	#17 (permalink)
Sugah Om, Aum, Ohm... Mini Pool 2 Champion! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Punxsutawney/Pittsburgh Posts: 4,596	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 TheMostSordidSpotOnEarth Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ParadiseOnEarth Posts: 748	YAY! WTG! Huge congratulations Joe! __________________ Alcoholism is an obsession of the mind that condemns one to drink and an allergy of the body that condemns one to die. - Dr. William D. Silkworth * Big Book quotes cited from the 1st edition

07-05-2009, 12:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
Impurrfect Social Network Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 18,242	(((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 "You got what it takes you can win, today is your day to begin. Don't give up here, don't you quit, the moment is now, this is it I know that you can then you will, get to the top of the hill. Part of the fun is the climb, you just gotta make up your mind" - Shania Twain (Tinker, Elvis, Patches and Mots - Mouth Of The South)

07-06-2009, 07:24 AM	#19 (permalink)
Nallabelle Go Browns! Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 643 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: 673 Blog Entries: 10	fantasmic!! __________________ LIVE!

07-06-2009, 07:52 AM	#21 (permalink)
DSoT4Ever Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 45	Good work my friend, keep fighting the good fight!!!

07-06-2009, 09:09 PM	#22 (permalink)
bugsmum little darlin' Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: great lakes state Posts: 217	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: 2,301	Proud of you, Joe! Jules xox

07-06-2009, 09:59 PM	#24 (permalink)
Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 42,349	that's really great Joe Well done, mate! D __________________ “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be”Lao Tzu

07-06-2009, 10:03 PM	#25 (permalink)
Rowan Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12,138	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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