expenguin has 22 years of sobriety TODAY! - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Rowan · 01-01-2008, 02:18 PM

Congratulations and Happy Birthday!! 22 years is a miracle!

Pilgrim · 01-01-2008, 02:20 PM

OMG. I have 5 months tomorrow. This is hard to imagine. You are an inspiration.

Krissy41 · 01-01-2008, 02:59 PM

WOW what a milestone 22 Years!

***Anna*** · 01-01-2008, 03:30 PM

Congratulations Expenguin!

***nandm*** · 01-01-2008, 04:17 PM

Outstanding! Thanks for sticking around to share your experience, strength, and hope.

gypsytears · 01-01-2008, 04:27 PM

Congratulations Penguin

. You are so inspiring in so many ways!!!

historyteach · 01-01-2008, 04:53 PM

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Thank you for being a model and a source of inspiration for us all!!!

L'Chaim!
(To Life!)

***cmc*** · 01-01-2008, 05:07 PM

Congratulations!!!!

CarolD · 01-01-2008, 05:16 PM

Way To Go!

Surlyredhead · 01-01-2008, 07:09 PM

WOW!!!! Congratulations!!!!

swamijapa · 01-01-2008, 07:18 PM

What an accomplishment (sp?). You are showing us all that if we really want it, it can be done. THANK YOU. Swamijapa

madscientist · 01-01-2008, 07:20 PM

Wow! Congratulations on your anniversary!

indigo · 01-02-2008, 02:44 AM

Is'nt that wonderful? you are a shining example to us all. Many congratulations and many more years of sobriety my friend.

hugs indie

missyouso9167 · 01-02-2008, 04:53 AM

TALK ABOUT AN INSPIRATION, 22YRS THAT IS TRULEY REMARKABLE!!!! GIVE YOURSELF A BIG PAT ON THE BACK YOU DEFINATELY DESERVE TODAY, I HAVE 3YRS MYSELF CANT WAIT TO CATCH UP, GO AND HAVE YOURSELF A WONDERFUL DAY YOU'VE DEFINATELY EARNED IT...

dalaimama · 01-02-2008, 06:21 AM

Congratulations! Your ESH has helped, and will help countless others....thank you, thank you , thank you! Have a rockin year, and be well!

expenguin · 01-02-2008, 06:30 AM

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL THE WISHES........I HAD A GREAT DAY WITH MY LITTLE ONE..................AND CELEBRATED WITH HER BY HEADING TO THE CRAFT STORE AND MUCH MORE................

A COIN IS PROMISED TO ME LATER ON THIS MONTH........SEEMS NO ONE REALLY HAS ONE FOR THAT MANY YEARS.....................GUESS i AM AN "Old Timer" AND NOT REALLY THAT OLD.........

i AM STILL YOUNG IN MANY WAYS AND YET GLAD TO HAVE 22 YRS UNDER MY BELT IN AA RECOVERY...........................I JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND NEVER STOP GOING................KINDA LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY........HE JUST KEEPS MOVING........

LITTLE PENGUIN

Paulie · 01-02-2008, 07:30 AM

That is awesome!!!!!!!!!! thank you for sharing your recovery with us.

expenguin · 01-02-2008, 07:37 AM

I am happy to share.......you all keep me going here and for that I am grateful.................

Little Penguin

expenguin · 01-03-2008, 06:58 AM

Keep moving forward now that the new year has started.........

Have to think recovery for the moment and do things I have never done before...............One craft project will keep my busy with my past start in recovery.......a Quilt of my Recovery......What a project this will be.

One day at a time with this and many other thoughts to get going ......

I am proud to have 22 years in AA and I just keep moving forward one day at a time..............I couldn't do anything else.........or I would fall apart.......

Love you all and thanks again for being my support..........

Little Penguin

01-01-2008, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rowan Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12,136	expenguin has 22 years of sobriety TODAY! Congratulations and Happy Birthday!! 22 years is a miracle!

01-01-2008, 02:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pilgrim Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,623	OMG. I have 5 months tomorrow. This is hard to imagine. You are an inspiration. __________________ ************************************ 3 August 2007 Be a fisher of men. You catch them. He’ll clean them! Cliff B (Texas)

01-01-2008, 02:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
Krissy41 Captain Lurker Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,367	*WOW what a milestone 22 Years!* __________________ "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." Buddha

01-01-2008, 03:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
*Anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 27,830	Congratulations Expenguin! __________________ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Marianne Willianson

01-01-2008, 04:17 PM	#5 (permalink)
*nandm* Life the gift of recovery! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Home is where the heart is Posts: 6,777	Outstanding! Thanks for sticking around to share your experience, strength, and hope. __________________ NOTE: All BB quotes are from the 1st Edition of the Big Book Depression is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of being too strong for too long.

01-01-2008, 04:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
gypsytears not a greeter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: padmasana Posts: 12,538 Blog Entries: 2	Congratulations Penguin . You are so inspiring in so many ways!!! __________________ Yoga teaches us to cure what need not be endured and endure what cannot be cured. ~B.K.S. Iyengar

01-01-2008, 04:53 PM	#7 (permalink)
historyteach To Life! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 9,300	CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Thank you for being a model and a source of inspiration for us all!!! L'Chaim! (To Life!) __________________ IMAGINE

01-01-2008, 05:07 PM	#8 (permalink)
*cmc* Community Greeter Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: FL Posts: 14,239	Congratulations!!!! __________________ We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. ~Albert Einstein

01-01-2008, 05:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
CarolD Forward we go...side by side Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 37,601	Way To Go! __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!

01-01-2008, 07:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
Surlyredhead Life is Grand Word Lab Champion! Battleship Champion! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,612	WOW!!!! Congratulations!!!! __________________ Every Saint has a past and every Sinner has a future!

01-01-2008, 07:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
swamijapa Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: melbourne Victoria Australia Posts: 50	What an accomplishment (sp?). You are showing us all that if we really want it, it can be done. THANK YOU. Swamijapa

01-01-2008, 07:20 PM	#12 (permalink)
madscientist Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: VA Posts: 111	Wow! Congratulations on your anniversary! __________________ Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Churchill

01-02-2008, 02:44 AM	#13 (permalink)
indigo Community Greeter Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Mid-Life Express Posts: 9,928	Is'nt that wonderful? you are a shining example to us all. Many congratulations and many more years of sobriety my friend. hugs indie __________________ When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself." Namasté

01-02-2008, 04:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
missyouso9167 MISSYOUSO0167 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: myrtle beach SC. Posts: 31 Blog Entries: 4	Congratulations!!!!! TALK ABOUT AN INSPIRATION, 22YRS THAT IS TRULEY REMARKABLE!!!! GIVE YOURSELF A BIG PAT ON THE BACK YOU DEFINATELY DESERVE TODAY, I HAVE 3YRS MYSELF CANT WAIT TO CATCH UP, GO AND HAVE YOURSELF A WONDERFUL DAY YOU'VE DEFINATELY EARNED IT...

01-02-2008, 06:21 AM	#15 (permalink)
dalaimama Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: somewhere out there, on the road again Posts: 30	Congratulations! Your ESH has helped, and will help countless others....thank you, thank you , thank you! Have a rockin year, and be well!

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01-02-2008, 06:30 AM	#16 (permalink)
expenguin Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A place of special Dreams.... Posts: 3,007	THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL THE WISHES........I HAD A GREAT DAY WITH MY LITTLE ONE..................AND CELEBRATED WITH HER BY HEADING TO THE CRAFT STORE AND MUCH MORE................ A COIN IS PROMISED TO ME LATER ON THIS MONTH........SEEMS NO ONE REALLY HAS ONE FOR THAT MANY YEARS.....................GUESS i AM AN "Old Timer" AND NOT REALLY THAT OLD......... i AM STILL YOUNG IN MANY WAYS AND YET GLAD TO HAVE 22 YRS UNDER MY BELT IN AA RECOVERY...........................I JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND NEVER STOP GOING................KINDA LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY........HE JUST KEEPS MOVING........ LITTLE PENGUIN __________________ One day at a time.......Just for today..... Believe in yourself

01-02-2008, 07:30 AM	#17 (permalink)
Paulie It is what it is!!! Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sobriety Posts: 5,785	That is awesome!!!!!!!!!! thank you for sharing your recovery with us. __________________ I know more about how to live than I did yesterday, but not as much as I'll know tomorrow. Today, Ill learn something new~JFT, 1/27/06 The difference between a good day and a bad day, is about 2 days~Ann of SR

01-02-2008, 07:37 AM	#18 (permalink)
expenguin Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A place of special Dreams.... Posts: 3,007	I am happy to share.......you all keep me going here and for that I am grateful................. Little Penguin __________________ One day at a time.......Just for today..... Believe in yourself

01-03-2008, 06:58 AM	#19 (permalink)
expenguin Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A place of special Dreams.... Posts: 3,007	Keep moving forward now that the new year has started......... Have to think recovery for the moment and do things I have never done before...............One craft project will keep my busy with my past start in recovery.......a Quilt of my Recovery......What a project this will be. One day at a time with this and many other thoughts to get going ...... I am proud to have 22 years in AA and I just keep moving forward one day at a time..............I couldn't do anything else.........or I would fall apart....... Love you all and thanks again for being my support.......... Little Penguin __________________ One day at a time.......Just for today..... Believe in yourself