ANGELINA243

11 months today!!!

flutter

Congrats!! That's so awesome. I'm so very proud of you! Any words of wisdom on what helped get you here?

James13

Great for you! Congratulations. I find this very inspiring.

I wish you the best in your ongoing journey.

Much love.

stone

Congrats Angelina!

allport

Amazing, you should be so proud of yourself.

BKP

That is awesome keep up the hard struggle for you and others.

grateful2b

OMG Angie!!!
Congrats on 11 months..One more month to go until the big one!

readyforhelp

Good for you! You're amazing!

kevsober

congrats. today is my first day to try and get sober (after 100's of attempts

coffeenut

Yay! I hope you'll share a bit of your story!

Congrats!

least

Yes, we DO recover! Congrats on 11 months!

ANGELINA243

Acceptance of my disease was key to my sobriety. I have had a problem for many years...but didn't want to accept what I had become. After repeated attempts/failures on trying to get/maintain sobriety on my own, or trying to go back out there..just "one more time" because I just knew things would be different this time...and still ending up defeated in the end (as previous attempts had previously shown me.)

I had to "surrender to win" and quit trying to fight alcohol on my own. It is way too powerful for me to deal with. I went to a meeting and asked for help. I got a sponsor and starting working some steps. I quit hanging out in old hangouts (bars) and had to let go of some friends (bar buddies).

Today I have hope...although at one time I felt hopeless. The people here at SR had a tremendous impact/influence on my sobriety. Lots of support/friends I made here. No matter what happens, I know I don't have to drink today. Recovery is a choice for me today. Once I pick up that drink--I lose the ability to choose, along with everything else I have gained back by staying sober....including respect/trust of my family which I wouldn't trade now for anything.

Sn0man

Awesome!! Keep it up! You're a great big shining pillar of hope for a lot of people!!

Aysha

Awesome!! Your moving right along. Be proud!!

ANGELINA243

Welcome to SR! Glad you are here!

Dean62

Amazing how time fly's. Fastest 11 months of your life right? I hope you don't mind me saying this but I'm not surprised at all. You have been an example to me of how this sobriety stuff works.

Thank you for all that you have done.

Rowan

I've seen so many changes in you Ang, since you first joined us here. I'm very proud of you and I'm glad you are here to share your recovery journey.

bodey29

Congrats Angelina. It's success stories like yours that give me and others hope that it CAN be done. Here's to 11 more...

doorknob

Sweeet!! Go Angelina!!!!

Rouxballs

Way to go--keep it up and make it 12 months.