My 1st AA Birthday
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My 1st AA Birthday
Hello All,
It's my 1st AA Birthday today
I thought I would drop by and let everyone know, below was the original thread I had posted when I first visited SR.
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...alcoholic.html
It's not been an easy journey, but has it been worth it? your dam right!! Nothing compares to be honest, being on the brink of taking my own life because of the turmoil and mental hell I was going through to this, wow what a difference!
I attend meetings on a regular basis, joined a group from week #1 of sobriety and have two sponsors. I speak with AA members on a daily basis and have a strong desire to stay stopped. I've never struggled with being 'desperate' for a drink but have struggled with the following:
- Depression
- Countless sleepless nights
- Racing mind
- Wondering what to do with my time?
Needless to say none of the above apply now, these were all issues during the first 4 months and problems I had. The depression has gone, I now sleep like a baby at night, my mind rarely races now and now there's not enough time in the day :-D). There's been so many things I've achieved in sobriety it's hard to list them all but I will try:
- No compulsion to pick up a drink
- Won the love & respect of my family back
- Met loads of new 'TRUE' friends in AA
- Been on 4 sober holidays with my wife, had a great time
- Took up SLR Photography (This was my saviour when I stopped, just getting out with the camera for a day took my mind off everything)
- Setup my own Business 4 months into recovery and this is doing rather well now
- No fear in my life
- Most importantly I'm sober, without this I would have nothing and strongly believe I would be dead by now if I had carried on drinking
I'm grateful for the life I have today and this is all down to AA, support of my family & friends without them I would have nothing. I still now and never will have a belief in God, I've always had a scientific outlook to evolution and this remains the same now and always will, I do however respect other peoples beliefs. This does not weaken my resolve for Sobriety and the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking, my desire nowadays is to stay stopped.
Love & Best wishes
William & Family
P.S. A special thanks to my son who gave me the strength to pick the phone up to AA 1 year ago today xx
It's my 1st AA Birthday today
I thought I would drop by and let everyone know, below was the original thread I had posted when I first visited SR.http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...alcoholic.html
It's not been an easy journey, but has it been worth it? your dam right!! Nothing compares to be honest, being on the brink of taking my own life because of the turmoil and mental hell I was going through to this, wow what a difference!
I attend meetings on a regular basis, joined a group from week #1 of sobriety and have two sponsors. I speak with AA members on a daily basis and have a strong desire to stay stopped. I've never struggled with being 'desperate' for a drink but have struggled with the following:
- Depression
- Countless sleepless nights
- Racing mind
- Wondering what to do with my time?
Needless to say none of the above apply now, these were all issues during the first 4 months and problems I had. The depression has gone, I now sleep like a baby at night, my mind rarely races now and now there's not enough time in the day :-D). There's been so many things I've achieved in sobriety it's hard to list them all but I will try:
- No compulsion to pick up a drink
- Won the love & respect of my family back
- Met loads of new 'TRUE' friends in AA
- Been on 4 sober holidays with my wife, had a great time
- Took up SLR Photography (This was my saviour when I stopped, just getting out with the camera for a day took my mind off everything)
- Setup my own Business 4 months into recovery and this is doing rather well now
- No fear in my life
- Most importantly I'm sober, without this I would have nothing and strongly believe I would be dead by now if I had carried on drinking
I'm grateful for the life I have today and this is all down to AA, support of my family & friends without them I would have nothing. I still now and never will have a belief in God, I've always had a scientific outlook to evolution and this remains the same now and always will, I do however respect other peoples beliefs. This does not weaken my resolve for Sobriety and the only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking, my desire nowadays is to stay stopped.
Love & Best wishes
William & Family
P.S. A special thanks to my son who gave me the strength to pick the phone up to AA 1 year ago today xx
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Originally Posted by DayTrader 
Congrats.....
Would be nice to see ya around here more often - there are lots of ppl who could use your help.
Would be nice to see ya around here more often - there are lots of ppl who could use your help.
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wow thank you so much for your post. I got a little teary reading it
it is so inspiring for me at the begining of my journey (almost three weeks). I struggle with all the things you listed first, and hearing you say how much better they get and how much better you feel gives me so much motivation. Thank you
congratulations and happy birthday!
it is so inspiring for me at the begining of my journey (almost three weeks). I struggle with all the things you listed first, and hearing you say how much better they get and how much better you feel gives me so much motivation. Thank you
congratulations and happy birthday!
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hey William!!!!
great to see you posting and im glad you are ok! i come through to inverness to the odd meeting but we must go to different ones.
me and a few others started a new meeting on a saturday afternoon in Elgin and it would be great to see you! pm me and i will give you the details if you would like to come and visit us William!
my first AA birthday was one of the best days of my life.
as day trader said,it would be great to see you here a bit more!
:day6
great to see you posting and im glad you are ok! i come through to inverness to the odd meeting but we must go to different ones.
me and a few others started a new meeting on a saturday afternoon in Elgin and it would be great to see you! pm me and i will give you the details if you would like to come and visit us William!
my first AA birthday was one of the best days of my life.
as day trader said,it would be great to see you here a bit more!
:day6
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