6 years Sober.
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6 years Sober.
Today I feel incredibly grateful and blessed. That’s another year where I’ve beaten the bottle and the crazy thinking that made me continue to pick up the poison, despite the hell that I was putting myself and my loved ones through. To anyone struggling with alcohol and/or other drugs, you’re not alone and help is out there. It takes guts to acknowledge you have a problem and admit it to yourself, let alone others. But there IS a better life waiting for you, I promise. Like anyone's life, it might be far from easy at times (to this I can definitely testify - I’m not going to sugar-coat it) but a day will come when you will feel it is definitely worth it. Anything worth having in life usually comes with hard work but rewards will be reaped. This can be done and I am (literally) living proof of that.
Emma - 6; Alcoholism - 0.
Emma - 6; Alcoholism - 0.
You are an inspiration. 
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Originally Posted by emmsie 
Today I feel incredibly grateful and blessed. That’s another year where I’ve beaten the bottle and the crazy thinking that made me continue to pick up the poison, despite the hell that I was putting myself and my loved ones through. To anyone struggling with alcohol and/or other drugs, you’re not alone and help is out there. It takes guts to acknowledge you have a problem and admit it to yourself, let alone others. But there IS a better life waiting for you, I promise. Like anyone's life, it might be far from easy at times (to this I can definitely testify - I’m not going to sugar-coat it) but a day will come when you will feel it is definitely worth it. Anything worth having in life usually comes with hard work but rewards will be reaped. This can be done and I am (literally) living proof of that.
Emma - 6; Alcoholism - 0.
Emma - 6; Alcoholism - 0.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
I dread thinking of how scary life will be if I can't lose my mind in drunkenness so often.
But the pain this short term pleasure brings afterwards is so not worth it.
Regret
Ashamed
Angry
Disappointed and a Loss of self Identity..
Reading your post gave me inspiration.
All the best ✌️
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Emma, super duper, 6 years! It brings me back to the time I had 5/6 years and how I looked at things then. I recall after that amount of time, listening to others, living life on life's terms, helping others who wanted to stay sober, that I realized my whole outlook on life had changed. I could live life without using alcohol as a solution. I married and unfortunately got divorced in that span of time. Man, when that divorce was happening I hurt so badly. But, praise God and thanks to AA, I never once thought about drinking. That is what we truly are after here in recovery from alcohol, and that is "How to live without it", how to deal with not only the occasional pain of life, but also the joys of life. Anyone ever feel like drinking to "celebrate"? The old is gone, behold all things have become new. Thanks for reminding me how grateful I am, thanks for YOUR recovery!
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