KAD

On this day last year, Easter Sun - Easter was the first Sun in April then - I was admitted to the hospital to detox. By evening, I was hallucinating and all hell broke loose. Strapped to a bed for 3 days. Absolutely amazing how much has changed since then, and especially after the wreck that happened a week-and-a-half later. I can never allow myself to forget how I have been blessed, or take any of it for granted.

sleepie

It is wonderful that you are realizing the benefits of sobriety. Those anniversaries are good, when you can look back and think of how different it is now, knowing you are making sober memories every day now

Aellyce

So good to read about all the changes, GMO. Now you are giving me some much needed inspiration

KAD

Many of the things you told me at that time stuck with me, like not making excuses, going to rehab, giving AA a serious try, and learning to be a bit more humble. I took your advice and it worked. Thank you!

OldTomato

Thank you for your inspirational post.

ScottFromWI

Amazing how things can change in such a short time. While you've had struggles you've also accompished a lot...congratulations and thanks for the time you spend sharig here on SR.

waynetheking

Keep it up, you're doing FANTASTIC!

airwick

Always glad to hear you are doing well

zjw

Good job always enjoy your posts

Dee74

congrats on your sober time GMO

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leviathan

Congrats!

thomas11

Hi GetMeOut, I remember you very well and went back and read some threads. I am really glad to hear things are going well. Good job.

KAD

Thanks thomas! Hope you're doing well. I read some of those old threads a few days ago, too. All I can say is, "Wow..." I was a train wreck!

KAD

On this day last year, I was drunk behind the wheel...again...and totaled my car. I don't remember anything between driving down the road and then waking up in the hospital hours later. A doctor told me I broke my neck, and a highway patrolman asked if I remembered what happened. I did not, and still don't. I was told by the office that witnesses reported that I was driving erratically, left the road, flipped twice, and was thrown out of the car. I regained consciousness when people woke me, but it's all a blank to me. And then I was told I was being charged with DWI.

I don't look back on these things to dwell on the past. I look back, first, to be amazed at how far I've come and, second, to remember where I never want to be ever again.

Aellyce

Probably good that you don't remember the accident. I was once mugged on the street intoxicated and while I do remember all of it, it remains a fuzzy memory with not much emotional content and detail associated. More like a memory of a movie or something.

I agree it's not useful to dwell on all the horrible things we had done drunk, but good not to deny it either. You have indeed come very far from that state!