Spent last years 4th drunk...
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Spent last years 4th drunk...
Spent last 4th of July drunk on whiskey and woke up in my driveway and thought it was the only way to spend it because I couldn't remember one sober.
It's 2am and I just hosted a party with people drinking and couldn't help to think of last year and where I'm at now, how much fun I had tonight, how much better I feel and how thankful I am that is not me this year.
Happy 4th of July everyone!
It's 2am and I just hosted a party with people drinking and couldn't help to think of last year and where I'm at now, how much fun I had tonight, how much better I feel and how thankful I am that is not me this year.
Happy 4th of July everyone!
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Thanks for sharing...had a nice sober 4th myself. Kids did some fireworks, had a great meal on the grill and feel a heck of a lot better than I would have during my drinking days on a morning like this.
At one point last evening I heard a helicopter approaching, we live within a couple miles of a hospital that has a helipad and deals with many of the severe trauma/accident injuries in the area. It's not uncommon to hear it over the weekend, but i sat there thinking...that could have been me getting hauled in after a drunk wreck/accident etc so many times in the past. And sure enough this morning on the local it was yet another drunk driving accident that took a life an injured others, far to common around here.
At one point last evening I heard a helicopter approaching, we live within a couple miles of a hospital that has a helipad and deals with many of the severe trauma/accident injuries in the area. It's not uncommon to hear it over the weekend, but i sat there thinking...that could have been me getting hauled in after a drunk wreck/accident etc so many times in the past. And sure enough this morning on the local it was yet another drunk driving accident that took a life an injured others, far to common around here.
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The 4th of July weekend in 2010 was the beginning of the end for me, I drank non-stop for 3 days and wound up in the hospital Monday morning for detox. Went off work on disability and then entered a medical outpatient program, which eventually led to me quitting for good. The long 4th of July weekend in 2011 was very triggering but I managed, and every year since the holiday has been a kind of re-affirmation of sobriety for me. Congratulations on enjoying yours, too! 
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Thanks to all of you too! Can't say enough how much this site and all of you here have kept me going!
I would also like to add that the few people who were drinking drank nothing like I used too. I watched closely, their pace, what they did and how it affected them, they even drank water in between the few alcohol drinks they had.
I was never like that, I could never do that, I was full throttle from the start to finish and would be the same again.
I would also like to add that the few people who were drinking drank nothing like I used too. I watched closely, their pace, what they did and how it affected them, they even drank water in between the few alcohol drinks they had.
I was never like that, I could never do that, I was full throttle from the start to finish and would be the same again.
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