1,000 Days
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: UK
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1,000 Days
Hi all.
I visited this forum over many years with many different usernames, I haven't checked in for a long time. It's a great place that helped me out at many different times in my life, the work you guys do and the community spirit is fantastic for people in need. I still read often.
I, today, am quietly celebrating 1,000 days sober. I had my last drink Sunday night 07/07/2013. I had drank for pretty much all of the June and the first week of July. Eventually had terrible DTs where I heard things, saw things, pretty much lost my mind. I stopped drinking, doctor gave me valium (I hadn't slept for weeks), woke up clean, sober, exhausted, free.
It has not been easy. I'm not really here to spread anything new or spout the best theories or practices, there are many people here more devoted and far more knowledgeable than me to help you with that.
What I do represent, however, is the proof of a happier, free, sober life. I have went from hallucinations, unemployment, vomit, diarrhoea, itchiness, self loathing, loneliness, worthlessness to employment, a fantastic partner, health, laughter, worth, becoming a step father and six weeks ago a biological father. I am now in a position where I am there for my partner and my kids, something I could never have dreamed of when I was drinking.
This isn't a post for self congratulation, I just want people to read this and to know that there is a future. It's not perfect, there are bad days, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
I will forever be in debt to this forum as well as my other sobriety tools.
Much love.
I visited this forum over many years with many different usernames, I haven't checked in for a long time. It's a great place that helped me out at many different times in my life, the work you guys do and the community spirit is fantastic for people in need. I still read often.
I, today, am quietly celebrating 1,000 days sober. I had my last drink Sunday night 07/07/2013. I had drank for pretty much all of the June and the first week of July. Eventually had terrible DTs where I heard things, saw things, pretty much lost my mind. I stopped drinking, doctor gave me valium (I hadn't slept for weeks), woke up clean, sober, exhausted, free.
It has not been easy. I'm not really here to spread anything new or spout the best theories or practices, there are many people here more devoted and far more knowledgeable than me to help you with that.
What I do represent, however, is the proof of a happier, free, sober life. I have went from hallucinations, unemployment, vomit, diarrhoea, itchiness, self loathing, loneliness, worthlessness to employment, a fantastic partner, health, laughter, worth, becoming a step father and six weeks ago a biological father. I am now in a position where I am there for my partner and my kids, something I could never have dreamed of when I was drinking.
This isn't a post for self congratulation, I just want people to read this and to know that there is a future. It's not perfect, there are bad days, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.
I will forever be in debt to this forum as well as my other sobriety tools.
Much love.
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Midwest
Posts: 4,860
That's wonderful, Silence12!
It's so great to hear from people who may not have remained active on SR but have achieved a life in sobriety and recovery. I also appreciate you sharing the transitions in your life made possible in recovery. Congratulations on the new baby and the other accomplishments in your life.
Thank you for sharing this inspirational milestone.
It's so great to hear from people who may not have remained active on SR but have achieved a life in sobriety and recovery. I also appreciate you sharing the transitions in your life made possible in recovery. Congratulations on the new baby and the other accomplishments in your life.
Thank you for sharing this inspirational milestone.
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Grand Rapids MI
Posts: 6,435
Congrats.
There truly is light at the end of the tunnel. In the beginning we are not sure there is any hope. We see no light. Then one day we see a tiny pinprick of light. On goods days it seems to grow a little brighter on bad it all but vanishes. Then there comes a time that we can not deny the light. It is there everyday and it just keeps getting brighter. Eventually the light is all around us and the darkness is a thing of the past.
There truly is light at the end of the tunnel. In the beginning we are not sure there is any hope. We see no light. Then one day we see a tiny pinprick of light. On goods days it seems to grow a little brighter on bad it all but vanishes. Then there comes a time that we can not deny the light. It is there everyday and it just keeps getting brighter. Eventually the light is all around us and the darkness is a thing of the past.
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