30 Days Today!
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Join Date: May 2010
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30 Days Today!
I am truly amazed that today I have been 30 days sober. I am in awe of how much better I feel. And I continue to feel better with each day that passes.
In the first five months of this year, my drinking brought me to new, unfathomable lows. I lost a job, went to jail for a night, publicly embarrassed by myself on more than one occasion and said and did horrible things to friends and family. I became a blackout drinker who can't remember hours at a time where I called people, texted people and roamed the streets looking for trouble which I inevitably found every time. I went to detox and hospitals many times. When I came out, I drank again. I was obsessed on every level and simply could not stop, nor did I want to.
Thirty days ago, I was suicidal. I could not see that there was any reason to go on and my problems seemed insurmountable. But something told me not to drink. I finally wanted to not drink more than I wanted to do it. So I logged on here and began reading your posts and posting myself. Each day, I started to feel better.
Today, I woke up refreshed after a great night's sleep. I didn't have to look in my phone to see who I called. I didn't have to throw up or have a drink to settle my nerves. I am not filled with that overwhelming anxiety and sense of impending doom. I'm optimistic and smiling. I've begun to face my consequences and I'm doing it sober. The last 30 days have been a miracle. I am so grateful that I don't want to drink today. I am going to keep it going, one day at a time. This is SO much easier than drinking and causing more pain and confusion.
I could not have done it without SR and all of the people here that have encouraged me and shared their experience, strength and hope. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I'm just getting started but the road seems a lot less difficult to navigate today.
Have a great sober weekend everybody!!!
Steven
In the first five months of this year, my drinking brought me to new, unfathomable lows. I lost a job, went to jail for a night, publicly embarrassed by myself on more than one occasion and said and did horrible things to friends and family. I became a blackout drinker who can't remember hours at a time where I called people, texted people and roamed the streets looking for trouble which I inevitably found every time. I went to detox and hospitals many times. When I came out, I drank again. I was obsessed on every level and simply could not stop, nor did I want to.
Thirty days ago, I was suicidal. I could not see that there was any reason to go on and my problems seemed insurmountable. But something told me not to drink. I finally wanted to not drink more than I wanted to do it. So I logged on here and began reading your posts and posting myself. Each day, I started to feel better.
Today, I woke up refreshed after a great night's sleep. I didn't have to look in my phone to see who I called. I didn't have to throw up or have a drink to settle my nerves. I am not filled with that overwhelming anxiety and sense of impending doom. I'm optimistic and smiling. I've begun to face my consequences and I'm doing it sober. The last 30 days have been a miracle. I am so grateful that I don't want to drink today. I am going to keep it going, one day at a time. This is SO much easier than drinking and causing more pain and confusion.
I could not have done it without SR and all of the people here that have encouraged me and shared their experience, strength and hope. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I'm just getting started but the road seems a lot less difficult to navigate today.
Have a great sober weekend everybody!!!
Steven
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
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Thirty days is wonderful! 
I love to read posts like yours cause it always fills me with hope for newcomers and renewed awe at how much better I feel by staying sober one day at a time.
I love to read posts like yours cause it always fills me with hope for newcomers and renewed awe at how much better I feel by staying sober one day at a time. Wandering Student of Life
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: MSP MN
Posts: 126
Yay Steve!!!! 
Isn't it a wonderful feeling? Log it into your brain with strong connections so that when you're feeling low, down, tempted, etc, you can basically "hit a button" and be flooded with memories of how awesome it felt to reach even just 30 days
All the best, blessed be!
WW
Isn't it a wonderful feeling? Log it into your brain with strong connections so that when you're feeling low, down, tempted, etc, you can basically "hit a button" and be flooded with memories of how awesome it felt to reach even just 30 days
All the best, blessed be!
WW
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