Sunny27

I am in this state because in six days I will be five years sober.

New Years Day 2012 I came to this site a very sad and frightened woman. I had finally admitted to myself I was an alcoholic and I needed help.

Through the help of this forum (particularly in the early months) I was able to get sober and stay sober. I spent so much time on here, made friends, read stories of success and of despair. I logged into SR religiously. It kept me sane and it kept me focused.

Five years on, I have a First Class Honours Counselling/ Psychotherapy degree and am in private practice. I have also co-wrote and published my first book and I am in the happiest abd healthiest relationship I have ever been in in my life.

I don't come on here often these days and I am not sure where many of those friends that I made are. I hope they are doing OK. I have come on here over the years and looked for them, but I haven't been able to find many of them.

I want to thank every person on here that helped me on my road to sobriety. Even the poster in the very early days that told me to come back when I am 5 years sober because that would be the real achievement. To me, every day I didn't drink was an achievement.... but I am here now. Five years is just around the corner and I am so grateful to this site for saving me.

If anyone is reading this and is just starting on their journey to sobriety, know that we all had to start at day one. There would be no five years sober if there had not first been a day one, a week one and a three months sober.

I am finally living. And it feels bloody amazing.

Love and best wishes to you all,



Sunny xxx

steve-in-kville

^^^ That there is pure inspiration in itself. Thank you!

Ariesagain

Doug39

That is great.

Happy Anniversary.

Sunny27

Thanks, Dave. I was 38 when I came on here (27 is my lucky number not my age). I had been drinking heavily for 20 years.

I couldn't have done it without SR. I will be forever grateful to this site and the incredible people I met on here. I wouldn't have been able to do it on my own -I know because I tried for years. I'm blessed.

PhoenixJ

Delilah1

Congratulations on five years.

Emmi123

Congratulations on the 5 years! It gives me hope for my situation as a newcomer.

Hevyn

Sunny, It's wonderful to read your good news. 5 yrs. sober is fabulous.

I feel the same way about SR. Not feeling alone any more meant everything to me. I'm so happy you found the courage to change your life.

Sunny27

You can do it, Emmi. Of course you can. I will never regret the decision to change my life. I cannot begin to describe how different my life is now that I am not a slave to the bottle.

Stay on here, get into the chat room and make some friends.

I remember when I first joined SR and reading stories of people 6 months sober, a year sober.... I was in awe of them because I could barely go a few days. Believe in yourself

I wish you the very best.

Sunny27

I owe you so much xxx

Dee74

Really glad to read this update Sunny - congratulations!

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Mountainmanbob

Congratulations on your upcoming 5 years sober.
I also had some tears when I hit 5.
It's an amazing thing.
M-Bob

zjw

Awesome to hear! Feels good I bet.

Congrats!

Opivotal

Sunny!! So nice to see your post. I'm thrilled to hear your great news both in sobriety and your practice.

Congratulations on both fronts! I personally want to express my gratitude for all the members you helped along the way.

Wishing you Happy Holidays and a joyous New Year!

Notimetoloose

So wonderful, congratulations, I love it when people come back and let us know and share their milestones, it really gives me a sense of doability!

ScottFromWI

That is fantastic news, congratulation on half a decade of sobriety sunny!

EndGameNYC

Such a wonderful role model!

fini

thanks for posting, Sunny, great to read your post. congratulations!

least

Congrats on five years sober! And thank you for your inspiring post.