so, it's the Thursday before Good Friday...
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so, it's the Thursday before Good Friday...
or it is here, in Australia...
on this day last year (not quite a year, due to the early Easter this year) I spent the day drunk (like I had the rest of the week, month and year before)...
I drank my supplies dry...thought I could fake it enough not to get picked up, or in any serious trouble - bussed it on down to the liquor store to get more...
*fell* out of the bus...ripped my forehead open...lay there on the pavement trying to get up...
eventually staggered to my feet....held a handkerchief to my head...and bought more beer.
Went home and got drunker.
Passed out - probably wet myself, vomited...I honestly don't remember...I did that more often than not.
I woke up in the dead of night and realised I didn't want to be the me I'd become.
And that was it. No bells or whistles. No explosions. Just a brief glimpse into my likely future. The sheer insanity of it all.
I'd been here before of course - countless times - but I realised I had to do something to make me move forward.
Something had to change. Doing it on my own sucked.
The next morning I came here.
result: best year of my life
Just had to get that out today
thanks
D
on this day last year (not quite a year, due to the early Easter this year) I spent the day drunk (like I had the rest of the week, month and year before)...
I drank my supplies dry...thought I could fake it enough not to get picked up, or in any serious trouble - bussed it on down to the liquor store to get more...
*fell* out of the bus...ripped my forehead open...lay there on the pavement trying to get up...
eventually staggered to my feet....held a handkerchief to my head...and bought more beer.
Went home and got drunker.
Passed out - probably wet myself, vomited...I honestly don't remember...I did that more often than not.
I woke up in the dead of night and realised I didn't want to be the me I'd become.
And that was it. No bells or whistles. No explosions. Just a brief glimpse into my likely future. The sheer insanity of it all.
I'd been here before of course - countless times - but I realised I had to do something to make me move forward.
Something had to change. Doing it on my own sucked.
The next morning I came here.
result: best year of my life
Just had to get that out today
thanks
D
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nice, ******{Dee}}}}
I'm glad to know you're my friend.
Thank you for helping me to stay sober.
and thanks for the many nights you've sat up with me
just hanging out.
I've truly enjoyed getting to know you.
*pause*
well.
for the most part.
any more.
:rof
go buy yerself a chocolate bunny or something!
I'm glad to know you're my friend.
Thank you for helping me to stay sober.
and thanks for the many nights you've sat up with me
just hanging out.
I've truly enjoyed getting to know you.
*pause*
well.
for the most part.
any more.
:rof
go buy yerself a chocolate bunny or something!
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Thank you for your story as well, Mick and congratulations to you!!!
Maybe you might think about moving or copying yourpost to a new thread to get the attention it deserves?
Maybe you might think about moving or copying yourpost to a new thread to get the attention it deserves?
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LOL thanks guys..
I guess I didn't make it clear enough I wasn't trying to be all self congratulatory...I just wanted to let people who were just starting out know that recovery is possible, no matter where you are on the road to hell...
I also wanted to make my appreciation known to all my friends here - some still here, some gone, none forgotten - who have helped me every day of the past year. Like Mick HK said, this place has had a helluva lot to do with me going from 24/7 drunk to where I am today...
All that modest stuff aside tho - congrats Mick - you're one of the posters I always look out for - you've always got something good to say, even if you do like Merle H
and I didn't mean to pre-empt 'our' birthday...me and Mick get another go in 2 weeks right ?
right?
LOL
D
I guess I didn't make it clear enough
I wasn't trying to be all self congratulatory...I just wanted to let people who were just starting out know that recovery is possible, no matter where you are on the road to hell...I also wanted to make my appreciation known to all my friends here - some still here, some gone, none forgotten - who have helped me every day of the past year. Like Mick HK said, this place has had a helluva lot to do with me going from 24/7 drunk to where I am today...
All that modest stuff aside tho - congrats Mick - you're one of the posters I always look out for - you've always got something good to say, even if you do like Merle H
and I didn't mean to pre-empt 'our' birthday...me and Mick get another go in 2 weeks right ?
right?
LOL
D
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Dee Congrats to you anyway!
I hear a lot of stories on here and I guess being a part of the SR Family even though I'm just a little "codie" and not a drinker it breaks my heart. As I battle with the alcoholism still in my family today-
I come here for ME and I hear stories like this one Dee and it makes me so proud of you and others (Mick) here in SR that have found the strength and power to overcome this horrible disease. I watch all of you battle it everyday I come here and it saddens me but also helps me in so many ways for my own recovery to know that it is possible to with the strength of our own to pull through this life and put ourselves on a journey that is leading us to a better life! (All of us weather we are alkies, codies, drug addicts whatever may have you) We have given each other support, gratitude, experience, strength and most of all HOPE to live a better life.
Dee you are a product of Inspiration on these boards and I'm so honored to be a part of this place and you. The love and care you put into these boards and into yourself is just truly amazing-
I'm proud of you Dee more than words can say! Happy Easter Idiot!
I hear a lot of stories on here and I guess being a part of the SR Family even though I'm just a little "codie" and not a drinker it breaks my heart. As I battle with the alcoholism still in my family today-
I come here for ME and I hear stories like this one Dee and it makes me so proud of you and others (Mick) here in SR that have found the strength and power to overcome this horrible disease. I watch all of you battle it everyday I come here and it saddens me but also helps me in so many ways for my own recovery to know that it is possible to with the strength of our own to pull through this life and put ourselves on a journey that is leading us to a better life! (All of us weather we are alkies, codies, drug addicts whatever may have you) We have given each other support, gratitude, experience, strength and most of all HOPE to live a better life.
Dee you are a product of Inspiration on these boards and I'm so honored to be a part of this place and you. The love and care you put into these boards and into yourself is just truly amazing-
I'm proud of you Dee more than words can say! Happy Easter Idiot!
me too!
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
or it is here, in Australia...
I drank my supplies dry...thought I could fake it enough not to get picked up, or in any serious trouble - bussed it on down to the liquor store to get more...
Passed out - probably wet myself, vomited...I honestly don't remember...I did that more often than not.
And that was it. No bells or whistles. No explosions. Just a brief glimpse into my likely future. The sheer insanity of it all.
D
I drank my supplies dry...thought I could fake it enough not to get picked up, or in any serious trouble - bussed it on down to the liquor store to get more...
Passed out - probably wet myself, vomited...I honestly don't remember...I did that more often than not.
And that was it. No bells or whistles. No explosions. Just a brief glimpse into my likely future. The sheer insanity of it all.
D
Thanks Dee, I relate to those sentences just like it was a second ago. Good to be in recovery with you.
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Well, if you had to fall and a bus had to be involved, rather off than under! I couldn't have made it this far without you. Thanks for being here and being my friend and sharing with us all.
Love ya, J
ps - I want a chocolate bunny too!
Love ya, J
ps - I want a chocolate bunny too!
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Originally Posted by barb dwyer
ok then.
go immediately and buy ME a chocolate rabbit.
go immediately and buy ME a chocolate rabbit.
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This is traditionally the season of Christian renewal...but, for us alcoholics, every day is a new beginning. String those days together, and they add up to weeks, months, years...hopefully, a whole lifetime of sober 24's.
Thanks to everyone here who proves to the still struggling Newcomers it can be done. Happy Springtime, too!
Thanks to everyone here who proves to the still struggling Newcomers it can be done. Happy Springtime, too!
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