12 months sober
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12 months sober
Today marks the one year anniversary of my last drink. It's been quite the year, and I feel quite emotional looking back over it. Absolute hell at times, can't even put into words how bad I have been at points during the year. Especially up to the 6 month mark.
Things are much better now though. Am I cured? No. Can I ever drink again? No.
But I am at peace with that now.
I have still got lots to improve on. Diet, exercise, sleep, finances, all have fallen somewhat by the wayside as I concentrated on the only thing I could manage. Staying sober. However, I'm not beating myself up about any of those things, as I did what I needed to do to get clean.
Year 2 is where I am going to now try and address some of those things. As a bonus, despite eating far too much sugar over the last year, I go into year 2 weighting 21lbs less than I did a year ago. Just from not drinking. So plenty of reasons for optimism, and life feels pretty good right now.
And that, my friends, is something I never thought I would say 12 months ago.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. Stay strong and reach out if you need to, take care everyone!
Things are much better now though. Am I cured? No. Can I ever drink again? No.
But I am at peace with that now.
I have still got lots to improve on. Diet, exercise, sleep, finances, all have fallen somewhat by the wayside as I concentrated on the only thing I could manage. Staying sober. However, I'm not beating myself up about any of those things, as I did what I needed to do to get clean.
Year 2 is where I am going to now try and address some of those things. As a bonus, despite eating far too much sugar over the last year, I go into year 2 weighting 21lbs less than I did a year ago. Just from not drinking. So plenty of reasons for optimism, and life feels pretty good right now.
And that, my friends, is something I never thought I would say 12 months ago.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. Stay strong and reach out if you need to, take care everyone!
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Congratulations on a year of sobriety, Sherlock! That is an awesome achievement and you should be very proud. Thanks for posting.
I believe that you can use this accomplishment to reach all the other goals that you have in life. If you can overcome this, there aren't many challenges that you cannot take on! Most of us developed a whole toolbox full of crap that kept us drinking - denial, lies, bargaining, etc. Sobriety gives us an opportunity to toss that old toolbox in the trash and build a new one that is filled with methods to maintain our sobriety and soar higher than we ever thought possible. Good luck. Congrats again!
I believe that you can use this accomplishment to reach all the other goals that you have in life. If you can overcome this, there aren't many challenges that you cannot take on! Most of us developed a whole toolbox full of crap that kept us drinking - denial, lies, bargaining, etc. Sobriety gives us an opportunity to toss that old toolbox in the trash and build a new one that is filled with methods to maintain our sobriety and soar higher than we ever thought possible. Good luck. Congrats again!
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Congratulations. Thank you for inspiring me today. I am 9 months sober and I have been beating myself up this weekend for letting things like finances and exercise fall by the wayside but I have to remember and be proud of, that i am sober! Which is no mean fear for an alcoholic like me.
Thank you for sharing and keep going! Sounds like you are on the right path 😀😀😀
Thank you for sharing and keep going! Sounds like you are on the right path 😀😀😀
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Originally Posted by sherlockholmes2 
Things are much better now though. Am I cured? No. Can I ever drink again? No.
And congratulations. One year is indeed a milestone. I'm happy you stopped by to tell us.
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