sylandad

I haven't been here for over a month and it is good to be back.......

My last post was at 2 days sober and I am now over a month sober.....

I am grateful today for my sobriety. Without the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous, friends in recovery, and my higher power I would not be sitting here with a sense of being "ok" with my life as it is today.

After 10 years of being sober I relapsed last fall and I started coming back into sobriety in January. After several slips I now have over a month sober. In less then a few months I went from a drink to a crack pipe. This disease DOES wait for us. It is cunning, baffling, and powerful.

I am grateful for all of my recovery today. I don't see my slip as a setback; it was and is a part of my recovery today! I certainly don't want to do it again; and if I look to my higher power on a daily basis for guidance it won't.

I get a daily reprieve contingent on my spiritual condition........

Recovery Is Possible; and Attainable!

parentrecovers

great news, sylandad! i appreciate your positive attitude and admire your hard work. keep posting, you're an inspiration to all of us. blessings, k

1_day@_a_time

STRONG message, glad you are back!!!!

Alive

Thank you for believing and showing that the past time of sobriety is not wasted.It is power.

tink360

Thanks for the inspiring post. Keep your head up and remember days like this when things start to seem cloudy. It will help.

Rowan

I'm glad you made it back - please keep posting here. Well done on the clean and sober time.

Surlyredhead

Thank you for the reminder...indeed, the disease in cunning, baffling and POWERFUL.

Cathy

Astro

You are an inspiration, sylandad. Thank you for sharing that, I'm glad you're back!

hope3

You made my day, bless you.........

Hope3

ayla zaire

syland dad......i'm so glad to see you.......you have such a positive attitude, it's really great....we all slip, and if we learn from it as you did, we have so much more chance at lasting sobriety......i'm sure you have helped many people today with your positive message....

IO Storm

Yes..sylandad....

My 6 relapses have contributed to a strong recovery today...almost a year!

Welcome back!

Love,

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Sherry

livefree

Thank you so much for your post. It is a heartening message. Congrats on your continued sobriety. You really seem to have a good perspective on your recovery. Thank you for reminding me to be grateful for my sobriety.

xXBacktoBlackXx

Thanks for the post. Truly inspirational. I understand what you mean about relapse as I have relapsed before. It was inspirational for me to read that you don't see this as time wasted. I'm aspiring for more days sober so your post was an inspiration to me. Thanks again.

Hope

That was very powerful and inspiring!

sylandad

Hello All!!!!

Well today I have 8 months sober!!!!

I have hope today and see light at the end of the tunnel. I am grounded again in a program of recovery from drugs and alcohol. I am once again working on areas of my life that have caused me to get into a relapse cycle.

I have a host of problems in my life; financial, relationship, self-esteem, other addictions, but I am willing to look at those areas so that I don't drink and drug again.

These type of sites have helped me at various times in my sobriety....Thanks for being there!!!!!

David D

CarolD

Wonderful!

Anna

Hi David,

That's a great post and I agree with you that we just need to take it day by day. That's the best we can do.

lostmdboy

Sobriety is definately a learning expierence. Way to go on 8 months.

Rowan

Well done!