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Old 12-19-2016, 10:37 AM
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Water441
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Sober a long time? Tell me about it

I think part of acceptance comes in hoping that sobriety will just be a matter of fact, life will go on, and the costs/shame/consequences/regret/embarrassment will become a motivation memory but not an all defining aspect of daily life.

I get one more chance at work, I'm in rehab now, and have an aftercare program, but I'm just day dreaming about being back at work and proving to myself and to those who gave me a last chance that I can stay sober and getting my good life back... it's confusing between acceptance that I'll always be an alcoholic and not letting that define me everyday because it's all I think about (that I am and that I have to stay sober.). At day 23, longest stretch (and last stretch with relapse god willing) of sobriety since self identifying as an alcoholic in Jan of 2016.
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