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Old 03-18-2010, 08:42 AM
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separating things like 'celebrating' from 'drinking' is just something that will come with time, I would think.. After being sober for a while, I realized that holidays, weekends, bad days, boring days, parties, funerals.. all can be experienced much more fully when present and coherant.

How do I celebrate? By spending time with friends and family, enjoying them, having great conversations, eating wonderful food, listening to beautiful music.. I realized that what I thought was 'celebrating' (by drinking) was nothing close to the life experiences I have now.. and really I just think that comes with time, and hard recovery work to no longer connect drinking with things like that.. drinking has nothing to do with celebrating, really..
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