Nevyn

I should be close to 90 clean days now. I have been telling everyone that my clean date is June 12. Then I read the thread about counting the days and the niggling voice that has been telling me it is a lie started yelling. So I admit it, my clean date is July 20. I do not deserve this 60 day tag no matter how much I try to justify it. Thanks for listening.

CarolD

Brad..
Look at my signature please!

Congratulations on your clean days!

best

Brad, are you clean and sober today?
Today is the only day I worry about.

Honesty is always the best way as well.
A good proper choice of coming clean there also.

Arura

No worries, at least you have a clean date from... july 20th...!

NEEDTOBESOBER

I also realized I was only lieing to myself so I am starting over with 9-05-06 as my new sobriety date and today is day 2 for me.

Grasshopper

Congrats to you both.
Thats how it works.
Honesty.Openmindness and willingness.
You both have been honest.Your on your way to recovery,
way to go,
keep on,keeping on.
No one can change the past.What happened.Happened.But one can learn from it,and,keep, striving.

Nevyn

Just wanted to thank everyone who responded to this. Was not really expecting a response, just had to get it out there. But thanks.

UnusedPortion

Everyone at some point has lied about something, I trust people who admit it because that shows their concience, and that they truly value honesty. You deserve every bit of respect for your time and for coming clean!!! So do you, Ineedtobesober!
Congratulations on the time you do have! I wish both you all the best!

Done_With_It

Good for you for doing what is right! It will make you that much stronger!
Your clean and that is what is most important, be proud of that foremost!

BSPGirl

Sober/clean time means very lil to me, it's no competition.

Marte

Nevyn

Time means alot to me. The less time I have the easier it is to use again. So in a way I think I did the right thing for me. If I would have gone back to day 1 right away I would never have reached day 2.

REZ

Good for you for being honest. The only person who really counts in all this is you. You need to be honest with yourself. If you don't have that, this recovery thing won't work. What did you use/drink that you didn't consider to be a problem (at the time). Maybe you should look more closely at that as a potential excuse to use that you don't want make again. For example, some alcoholics consider themselves sober if they use a little pot. Personally, that does not work for me.

Dreamz

Good on you for being honest - takes alot of courage to do that!!!

djfriedm

Even though I have been clean for over 580 days....I still feel like my clean date is the day I started attending an NA group.

Nevyn

I think NA gives you the ability to recognize when you are acting like an addict even though you are not using anything. Both a blessing and a curse IMO. If I was counting from my first day at NA, this would be day 90 after all.

REZ - I used tramadol.