Occasionally I (we) just like to count our days sober - Pt 24
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Oxnard (The Nard), CA, USA.
Posts: 14,083
Sober 50 days today because of 'one addict helping another (me).
Congrats to the ones with decades and days of sober time. YEA!
Congrats to the ones with decades and days of sober time. YEA!
Life is Grand
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,041
10,391 days.
Lot on my plate at this time, biggest stress is my elderly Mom who is miserable (and has always been) and taking it out mostly on me. I will always be there to help her, her treatment of me is irrelevant. I thank God for my Sober days, without them, I would not be there for her, but FIRST and foremost, there would be no Cathy. My sobriety MUST come FIRST always. Grateful for Sober Recovery, it is a constant in my life, even when I am not able to be here consistently. Thank You all.
Lot on my plate at this time, biggest stress is my elderly Mom who is miserable (and has always been) and taking it out mostly on me. I will always be there to help her, her treatment of me is irrelevant. I thank God for my Sober days, without them, I would not be there for her, but FIRST and foremost, there would be no Cathy. My sobriety MUST come FIRST always. Grateful for Sober Recovery, it is a constant in my life, even when I am not able to be here consistently. Thank You all.
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 14,982
Congratulations on 10,000 plus sober days. I'm also having challenges with my 94 year old mother, and have been doing all of the work associated helping her manage her life. I have two sisters who live out of state, who have been non-existent as far as helping out over the last 4 years. And one of them is continually playing on my mothers emotions in order to con significant amounts of money (which she doesn't really have) out of her. It's a pain in the butt, but it's easier to deal with this sober.
Sober since October 24, 1997
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Otero County, New Mexico
Posts: 108
9,120 days, on October 24 it will be 25 years. I've finally been sober longer than I wasn't!
It isn't about 9,120 days, it is about day 1 and day 2. I've told this story before. When I took my last drink, I didn't know it was going to be my last drink. When I felt okay the next day, I just kept on going and going and going - - -
After about 24 years of being a professional drunk, I turned into a professional former drunk.
Just a word of warning, the battle is never over. I very rarely think about drinking, and haven't for decades, but every once in awhile, something comes up that reminds me about what I used to do. I never feel tempted, but I know that possibility exists within me. Even after a quarter of a century, I'm still an alcoholic, just a sober one.
It isn't about 9,120 days, it is about day 1 and day 2. I've told this story before. When I took my last drink, I didn't know it was going to be my last drink. When I felt okay the next day, I just kept on going and going and going - - -
After about 24 years of being a professional drunk, I turned into a professional former drunk.
Just a word of warning, the battle is never over. I very rarely think about drinking, and haven't for decades, but every once in awhile, something comes up that reminds me about what I used to do. I never feel tempted, but I know that possibility exists within me. Even after a quarter of a century, I'm still an alcoholic, just a sober one.
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: US
Posts: 16,999
Congrats Lautca! 
That is a great message….I always have to remind myself to not let my guard down….the thought of how easy it would be to relapse scares the crap outta me! Thanks again for sharing…hope you’re able to do something cool to celebrate!
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That is a great message….I always have to remind myself to not let my guard down….the thought of how easy it would be to relapse scares the crap outta me! Thanks again for sharing…hope you’re able to do something cool to celebrate!
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