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10-21-2018, 12:20 AM

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Spybee007

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Join Date: Apr 2012

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghostlight1

Yeah, I drank for that long and escaped with good health.
Longer actually. I started drinking when I was fourteen and quit for good (I hope) at thirty nine.
Only it was binges for years until that progressive to most every day.
I drank a LOT. I should be dead. Not just from booze. Reckless behavior, accident or violence.
I honestly don't know how I survived.

Being sober nine and a half years has totally changed me. Now I'm a nice guy, or try my best to be. I try and help people. I'm active. I enjoy life and people.
God must have a plan for me and I'm actively searching for it.

Congratulations on day three. And remember you can look back and have a year. You never have to drink again.

Thanks Ghost! It’s really helpful to hear that and also huge congratulations on over 9 years sober. That is a massive achievement. I have done some wreckless things while drunk and am sometimes amazed nothing worse happened. I’m looking to be less selfish moving forward. “I never have to drink again” sounds like freedom