Day 30!
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Day 30!
Many thanks to all at SR for helping me get to this milestone!
I feel great, have enjoyed my days so much more than I thought possible, and best of all -- I don't feel the daily, agonizing guilt of drinking/being absent to my family/ruining my self/wasting my life.
Yesterday, my 19 yr old daughter came home mid-afternooon and said she'd been in a minor fender-bender. This is the first time something like this has happened to her, and she was a bit rattled and sad. THANK GOD I wasn't drunk, as I would have been a little over a month ago! I was able to help her, take her to the body shop, make calls to insurance with her, etc. and most of all, BE A GOOD MOM!
I feel great, have enjoyed my days so much more than I thought possible, and best of all -- I don't feel the daily, agonizing guilt of drinking/being absent to my family/ruining my self/wasting my life.
Yesterday, my 19 yr old daughter came home mid-afternooon and said she'd been in a minor fender-bender. This is the first time something like this has happened to her, and she was a bit rattled and sad. THANK GOD I wasn't drunk, as I would have been a little over a month ago! I was able to help her, take her to the body shop, make calls to insurance with her, etc. and most of all, BE A GOOD MOM!
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Not drinking is already paying off for you. I have thought many times what I would do if my son/daughter/wife needed to be rushed to a hospital and i was drunk. Of course you would have to do it- but I might have killed someone in the process. Good for you.
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Congratulations on 30 days!!!!
It must have been an awesome feeling being there for your daughter! Congrats on that too. I am a week behind you in sobriety and just love those moments. My son came home from college last night at 8:30pm and I was sober and clear headed. I was able to sit down with him at the kitchen table and just talk to him for over an hour. What a gift that I would have missed if I was drunk.
Keep up the outstanding work....you are doing AWESOME!!!
It must have been an awesome feeling being there for your daughter! Congrats on that too. I am a week behind you in sobriety and just love those moments. My son came home from college last night at 8:30pm and I was sober and clear headed. I was able to sit down with him at the kitchen table and just talk to him for over an hour. What a gift that I would have missed if I was drunk.
Keep up the outstanding work....you are doing AWESOME!!!
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Congratulations on 30 days!!!! Being an attentive parent is one of the best things (if not the most important thing) to becoming sober....well, next to being extra-present for my animals! 
Best wishes to you and your family for a great Thanksgiving!!!
Best wishes to you and your family for a great Thanksgiving!!!
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That's awesome, congratulations!
Of the milestones I've reached so far, I think 30 was the one I was the most proud of because it was the hardest for me to get to. You should feel really proud of yourself, well done!
It is a blessing to be able to be there for the people in our lives now, absolutely.
Of the milestones I've reached so far, I think 30 was the one I was the most proud of because it was the hardest for me to get to. You should feel really proud of yourself, well done!
It is a blessing to be able to be there for the people in our lives now, absolutely.
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Originally Posted by SamanthaIam 
Many thanks to all at SR for helping me get to this milestone!
I feel great, have enjoyed my days so much more than I thought possible, and best of all -- I don't feel the daily, agonizing guilt of drinking/being absent to my family/ruining my self/wasting my life.
Yesterday, my 19 yr old daughter came home mid-afternooon and said she'd been in a minor fender-bender. This is the first time something like this has happened to her, and she was a bit rattled and sad. THANK GOD I wasn't drunk, as I would have been a little over a month ago! I was able to help her, take her to the body shop, make calls to insurance with her, etc. and most of all, BE A GOOD MOM!
I feel great, have enjoyed my days so much more than I thought possible, and best of all -- I don't feel the daily, agonizing guilt of drinking/being absent to my family/ruining my self/wasting my life.
Yesterday, my 19 yr old daughter came home mid-afternooon and said she'd been in a minor fender-bender. This is the first time something like this has happened to her, and she was a bit rattled and sad. THANK GOD I wasn't drunk, as I would have been a little over a month ago! I was able to help her, take her to the body shop, make calls to insurance with her, etc. and most of all, BE A GOOD MOM!
NICE!!!! Congrats Samantha- Hang in there!
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Originally Posted by SamanthaIam
Many thanks to all at SR for helping me get to this milestone!
I feel great, have enjoyed my days so much more than I thought possible, and best of all -- I don't feel the daily, agonizing guilt of drinking/being absent to my family/ruining my self/wasting my life.
Yesterday, my 19 yr old daughter came home mid-afternooon and said she'd been in a minor fender-bender. This is the first time something like this has happened to her, and she was a bit rattled and sad. THANK GOD I wasn't drunk, as I would have been a little over a month ago! I was able to help her, take her to the body shop, make calls to insurance with her, etc. and most of all, BE A GOOD MOM!
I feel great, have enjoyed my days so much more than I thought possible, and best of all -- I don't feel the daily, agonizing guilt of drinking/being absent to my family/ruining my self/wasting my life.
Yesterday, my 19 yr old daughter came home mid-afternooon and said she'd been in a minor fender-bender. This is the first time something like this has happened to her, and she was a bit rattled and sad. THANK GOD I wasn't drunk, as I would have been a little over a month ago! I was able to help her, take her to the body shop, make calls to insurance with her, etc. and most of all, BE A GOOD MOM!
NICE!!!! Congrats Samantha- Hang in there!
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