Old 08-08-2015, 04:51 AM
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MesaMan
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Man, it's great to read of your successful Strategy! Rinse and repeat...

Eons ago, I read this explanation about how Christmases seem so far apart when you're a Kid, but the years seem to fly by when you're older. As we live longer, each year is a smaller increment of all the time we've lived. So, any individual year can seem to really blow by sometimes.

Fast forward to continued Sobriety... Once we've surfed through momentary urges - as you did so well - and the number of such successes add up, I find that any given individual 'Urge Event' represents a smaller bump in continued Sobriety. The first few such Events/Challenges can seem like a big damned deal. After we knock through 20 or 50 of them, each one represents a smaller fraction of all the successful Events we've mastered, and remained Sober through. I just 'chill' through them.

Glad to hear of your successes! It ain't easy. But, it is simple...
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