I can't believe
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I can't believe
I can't believe 5 years ago yesterday,I drank my last beer. 
A lot of things have happened in those 5 years. And I remember way more that happened in those 5 years than I do during my 30 years drinking.
I remember the first 30 to 90 days,and how intense it was. I remember almost walking into a beer store at 6 months and almost giving in. But staying sober got a lot easier after that. Yea,I think I gave serious thought to drinking again at 9 months. I was helping someone move,and was tired and hungry,which is something we shouldn't let happen. After that I never really looked back. I knew I was done,and rid of the monkey on my back.
Now when I have a bad day. I wonder how the hell I thought getting good and drunk was going to help anything. It now makes about as much sense as hitting myself over the head with a 2X4. Except the board is cheaper.
I still keep the beer that was next in line the night I quit right by the TV set. That way I can see it every day and not forget the prison that beer had me trapped in. I still log onto SR almost every day,also so I don't forget. I honestly don't know if I would have made it without SR.
In some ways 5 years seems like a lifetime ago,and others it seems like yesterday. All I know is I am grateful to live and be sober yet another day,and grateful to be free from Booze.
Fred
A lot of things have happened in those 5 years. And I remember way more that happened in those 5 years than I do during my 30 years drinking.
I remember the first 30 to 90 days,and how intense it was. I remember almost walking into a beer store at 6 months and almost giving in. But staying sober got a lot easier after that. Yea,I think I gave serious thought to drinking again at 9 months. I was helping someone move,and was tired and hungry,which is something we shouldn't let happen. After that I never really looked back. I knew I was done,and rid of the monkey on my back.
Now when I have a bad day. I wonder how the hell I thought getting good and drunk was going to help anything. It now makes about as much sense as hitting myself over the head with a 2X4. Except the board is cheaper.
I still keep the beer that was next in line the night I quit right by the TV set. That way I can see it every day and not forget the prison that beer had me trapped in. I still log onto SR almost every day,also so I don't forget. I honestly don't know if I would have made it without SR.
In some ways 5 years seems like a lifetime ago,and others it seems like yesterday. All I know is I am grateful to live and be sober yet another day,and grateful to be free from Booze.
Fred
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Wow! Congratulations and thank you!
Tomorrow will mark my first month of sobriety and honestly I need SR while I'm doing this as well, but I don't feel like I'm in any danger. I feel sorry for the people around me struggling, and you know, you really hit the nail on the head.
Why do we feel like getting drunk will help anything at all?
I wish I had the guts to say how I really feel to someone very close to me whom I'm watching go very quickly down a black hole.
The sad thing is he is choosing to take this route. I heard him say it and it saddens me, and I worry he is going to die from alcoholism either directly by falling down a staircase and breaking his neck, or by destroying his body slowly.
I commend you for kicking the drink. What a satisfying feeling it must be to have five years of sobriety!
I thank you for your reinforcement!
Tomorrow will mark my first month of sobriety and honestly I need SR while I'm doing this as well, but I don't feel like I'm in any danger. I feel sorry for the people around me struggling, and you know, you really hit the nail on the head.
Why do we feel like getting drunk will help anything at all?
I wish I had the guts to say how I really feel to someone very close to me whom I'm watching go very quickly down a black hole.
The sad thing is he is choosing to take this route. I heard him say it and it saddens me, and I worry he is going to die from alcoholism either directly by falling down a staircase and breaking his neck, or by destroying his body slowly.
I commend you for kicking the drink. What a satisfying feeling it must be to have five years of sobriety!
I thank you for your reinforcement!
2. Thank you for sharing Fred. I really like to hear about how life is today, how you handle situations. Congratulations! Bobbi
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Much congratulations Fred! That was a great amount of willpower you showed in those times you almost gave in. I hope a lot of others will read this and know that we can all do it. I know I did. I would say good luck, but it doesn't seem like you need it anymore. Either way though, good luck for the next fie years.
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Fabulous post Fred - we're so proud of you.
Many of your thoughts are the same as mine. I drank 30 yrs. too - and now I don't understand how I could've allowed myself to be in a fog all the time. Life was going on all around me and I wasn't even present - it's frightening. We are free now though - congratulations on 5 years.
Many of your thoughts are the same as mine. I drank 30 yrs. too - and now I don't understand how I could've allowed myself to be in a fog all the time. Life was going on all around me and I wasn't even present - it's frightening. We are free now though - congratulations on 5 years.
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As time passes you won't need that beer
next to the tv set because you will have
replaced it with healthier tools of recovery
as a constant reminder and blessing of times
in early recovery that were tough as you
continue forward learning, absorbing and
applying it each day you remain sober.
next to the tv set because you will have
replaced it with healthier tools of recovery
as a constant reminder and blessing of times
in early recovery that were tough as you
continue forward learning, absorbing and
applying it each day you remain sober.
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