hi Footcrazy
I think each of us has our time. If yours was first time out, then I'm very glad for your 'luck'.
I'm certainly lucky in a lot of ways too but I had to work hard to change myself. The booze had me by the throat.
I made my own luck in that respect and I'm assuming you did too.
I'm not one for accolades either but they're deserved I reckon
I'm an Aussie as well - since I got sober is that not everyone drinks the way I assumed they did.
There's a lot of normal sensible drinkers, and a lot of folks who don't drink at all.
They never registered on my radar before - I surrounded myself with drinkers like me - and it still astounds me.
There's a fairly decent sized Aussie contingent here.
Congrats on your year and welcome to SR
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