Just like that, 2 years and beyond
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Just like that, 2 years and beyond
There was a time a few years ago where I began to believe I was a hopeless alcoholic. I was the 90 day King, going beyond that was a feat rarely achieved and never maintained. When I look back, my failure was really pretty simple. I never fully let go of the romance I had with alcohol, it always had a warm place in my conscience, a safe haven to survive and wait for the chance to return to the forefront.
It wasn't until I completely swore off the notion and deleted any reference of fondness I had in my brain that I began to heal. I had to make a conscious effort to stop thinking about it ever. I don't mean white knuckling either because we all know that doesn't work. I had to completely remove it from the equation. It just became a matter of fact that I no longer drank and the sooner I stopped thinking about it the better.
Pretty soon I was past the 90 day barrier and then beyond the 6 month one. Soon after that I just never looked back. Yes, I still had cravings at that point but they had become manageable. By the time I passed the one year mark I had begun to go into complete solid sobriety.
Two years though, I am amazed to see how much improvement I have in my mental psyche towards alcohol compared to one year. I truly have lost the impulses that brought me back to drinking time and time again. Now, that's not to say I don't still have glimmers of the shadow of alcoholism because sometimes I still have knee jerk reactions to things that bring alcoholic thought to the forefront. They are just so minimalistic and unimportant to my thoughts that I easily brush them aside.
It really does get better if you want it to, you just have to stick out those early months and get your mental attitude to a place where alcohol just doesn't exist and all things are possible.
I am living proof that there really is life after alcohol.
Have a great sober 2015 everyone.
It wasn't until I completely swore off the notion and deleted any reference of fondness I had in my brain that I began to heal. I had to make a conscious effort to stop thinking about it ever. I don't mean white knuckling either because we all know that doesn't work. I had to completely remove it from the equation. It just became a matter of fact that I no longer drank and the sooner I stopped thinking about it the better.
Pretty soon I was past the 90 day barrier and then beyond the 6 month one. Soon after that I just never looked back. Yes, I still had cravings at that point but they had become manageable. By the time I passed the one year mark I had begun to go into complete solid sobriety.
Two years though, I am amazed to see how much improvement I have in my mental psyche towards alcohol compared to one year. I truly have lost the impulses that brought me back to drinking time and time again. Now, that's not to say I don't still have glimmers of the shadow of alcoholism because sometimes I still have knee jerk reactions to things that bring alcoholic thought to the forefront. They are just so minimalistic and unimportant to my thoughts that I easily brush them aside.
It really does get better if you want it to, you just have to stick out those early months and get your mental attitude to a place where alcohol just doesn't exist and all things are possible.
I am living proof that there really is life after alcohol.
Have a great sober 2015 everyone.
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Congrats, Sudz, on two years 
I also found that I had to completely surrender to the decision that there was absolutely nothing positive in drinking for me and that I'm done with it forever. Before I accepted this totally, I could never put together even a week of sobriety. I can't imagine how I could do this had I still kept some of those warm fuzzy feelings about drinking.
Great post, thank you!
I also found that I had to completely surrender to the decision that there was absolutely nothing positive in drinking for me and that I'm done with it forever. Before I accepted this totally, I could never put together even a week of sobriety. I can't imagine how I could do this had I still kept some of those warm fuzzy feelings about drinking.
Great post, thank you!
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Originally Posted by Sudz No More 
There was a time a few years ago where I began to believe I was a hopeless alcoholic. I was the 90 day King, going beyond that was a feat rarely achieved and never maintained.
They can, as you did.
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Well done sudz no more!
These are the kinds of posts I can't get enough of lately! I'm a month into this sobriety adventure and this is the stuff I hold onto! Thank you so much for sharing this and for the encouragement it brings to the whole community!
These are the kinds of posts I can't get enough of lately! I'm a month into this sobriety adventure and this is the stuff I hold onto! Thank you so much for sharing this and for the encouragement it brings to the whole community!
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