Class of January 2011
Avenger of my liver
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 101
Class of January 2011
Heh! Just thought I'd jump on the ball and start this thread.
2010 was the first year that I spent BOTH Christmas Eve and NYE sober in over 20 years. The last time I was probably 17, still living at home. I'm heading in to 2011 on my 16th day and I'm hoping that I can make 2011 my first year sober since my teenage years.
2010 brought me: two breakups, with one resulting in me moving into my own place (thanks, Sumi) and the other finally wound down and resolved itself peacefully after three years of on and off. It brought me a year of language school which helped me wind down after a three year career of stress, hatred and anger and allowed me to find a church that helped me find new friends which in turn helped me find a perfect job.
2010 also taught me that if I can remain sober and turn my faith over to God, or higher power for the non-religious types, and focus on the little things day to day, then I can make it.
Most importantly, it taught me that everything happens for a reason and though you may not see it at the time, there's a lesson to be learned.
Peace and Happiness to all in the Year of the Rabbit. Let's help each other out, my SR brothers and sisters,
2010 was the first year that I spent BOTH Christmas Eve and NYE sober in over 20 years. The last time I was probably 17, still living at home. I'm heading in to 2011 on my 16th day and I'm hoping that I can make 2011 my first year sober since my teenage years.
2010 brought me: two breakups, with one resulting in me moving into my own place (thanks, Sumi) and the other finally wound down and resolved itself peacefully after three years of on and off. It brought me a year of language school which helped me wind down after a three year career of stress, hatred and anger and allowed me to find a church that helped me find new friends which in turn helped me find a perfect job.
2010 also taught me that if I can remain sober and turn my faith over to God, or higher power for the non-religious types, and focus on the little things day to day, then I can make it.
Most importantly, it taught me that everything happens for a reason and though you may not see it at the time, there's a lesson to be learned.
Peace and Happiness to all in the Year of the Rabbit. Let's help each other out, my SR brothers and sisters,
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NW Wisconson
Posts: 95
Joining in once more. I think at one point I was part of the October 2009 crew. It lasted for a few months but then 2010 saw a (yes greatly reduced....but....) decline downwards with fewer alcohol-free days. The usual story. We all know it
So, here I be. Still learning, but always willing to keep hopping that wagon in the hopes that in time I'll have mastered this thing called sobriety - while retaining sanity! Happy New Year to all.
So, here I be. Still learning, but always willing to keep hopping that wagon in the hopes that in time I'll have mastered this thing called sobriety - while retaining sanity! Happy New Year to all.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Mt
Posts: 298
yep
Just joined this AM. 2010 saw me drink daily toward the end of it. Many days lost in black outs. I never had any sober time during the year. I have been drinking for 30 years. 2 rehabs with little success: a month at most. I really feel no sense of confidence that this year will be any different. I do hate to thing of another year numb and sick and just not present in my own life.
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Hi Class of January members,
There is so much hope that you can do this!
Lushly, this time can be different if you make it so. What will you do differently this time? I was so very low physically, mentally and spiritually when I stopped drinking, I knew instictively that I had to change myself from the inside out.
There is so much hope that you can do this!
Lushly, this time can be different if you make it so. What will you do differently this time? I was so very low physically, mentally and spiritually when I stopped drinking, I knew instictively that I had to change myself from the inside out.
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: South Dakota, USA
Posts: 1,429
A perfect time to start the thread, good job. Hoping you all have a blessed 2011 and now is a great time to start a new, healthy, sober life. You all can do it. This whole thread is full of people who have done it, and continue to live sobriety on a daily basis. We are all here to help in any way that we can.
Here's to a sober year!
Here's to a sober year!
Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Azores
Posts: 72
hello,
you can sign me in also!
Happy newyear to everyone!
the end of 2010 was just bad, since september I've been drinking due to stress. My boyfriend is working abroad, came back for the holidays and proposed to me 2 weeks ago. Fantastic , yes? Bad news is I have been drinking beyond belief and he said last night he does not understand why all of a sudden I drink. We're together for 3y and he says he does not want it. I don't want it neither so I'm gonna have to work on it (again! November was good actually).
So here we go again!
I can be sober and positive- it just takes an efford for me.
you can sign me in also!
Happy newyear to everyone!
the end of 2010 was just bad, since september I've been drinking due to stress. My boyfriend is working abroad, came back for the holidays and proposed to me 2 weeks ago. Fantastic , yes? Bad news is I have been drinking beyond belief and he said last night he does not understand why all of a sudden I drink. We're together for 3y and he says he does not want it. I don't want it neither so I'm gonna have to work on it (again! November was good actually).
So here we go again!
I can be sober and positive- it just takes an efford for me.
Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1
I'm going to do it!
I just found this forum last night. I was reading in another forum about members beer drinking desires. One member from that forum posted a thread about desiring sobriety. I really felt I finally could now identify and connect my problem with someone else. Well another poster linked this forum, and I feel better already now that I have found you. Lets all have a great 2011 and make our lives better.
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Tampa
Posts: 178
Christmas/New Year 2010 were my first without alcohol in over 20 years also.
It's a good feeling to wake up this fine morning, knowing I've done it. My old life was the routine that incorporated alcohol and this new life in 2011 is one that opens every road of freedom to me 24/7, all 365 days.
You can say no more, or you can wait until the rape and abuse drives you to your knees, a hospital or jail, as I suspect it sadly take many to wake them up. It can be had! We are proof. It happens every single day. No sense in over complicating it.
It's a good feeling to wake up this fine morning, knowing I've done it. My old life was the routine that incorporated alcohol and this new life in 2011 is one that opens every road of freedom to me 24/7, all 365 days.
You can say no more, or you can wait until the rape and abuse drives you to your knees, a hospital or jail, as I suspect it sadly take many to wake them up. It can be had! We are proof. It happens every single day. No sense in over complicating it.
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 48
Hi
Hi, I just joined. I have been "lurking" as a guest the past fews days and I'm really impressed by the forum and posts and they've really helped. I stopped drinking on 27th December.
So please count me in to the Class of January!
So please count me in to the Class of January!
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