I'm starting to feel like a person of value again
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I'm starting to feel like a person of value again
A friend called me tonight, upset, anxious, in need of support and I was there sober and responsive. I don't know if I was any help, but I was there--SOBER and reasonably SANE. So many times in the past I wouldn't even answer the phone at night because I was a million miles away from my self or I would spout gibberish. Finally people just stopped calling. Through my drinking I lost the respect of others and my self-respect. It is slowly returning one day at a time, I couldn't ask for more. December 17 will be 210 daze, not always easy or comfortable but every minute was always worth it.
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." Louisa May Alcott
"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship." Louisa May Alcott
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Originally Posted by MycoolFitz 
I was a million miles away from my self [/B]
I am only 207 days and it is only recently that I am realising that this is what normality is. I think it took six months for just the basics of sleep and emotions to get into gear.
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"I was a million miles away from my self" This is really an eye-opening statement for me because it rings so true.
Wow, this is an inspiring post. Thanks for sharing and congrats on your sobriety.
Wow, this is an inspiring post. Thanks for sharing and congrats on your sobriety.
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Hi Mycoolfizz,
The only time I liked talking on the phone is when I had a drink in hand and would put it on speaker phone so I could make trips back and forth to the fridge to replenish my glass.
You are sounding so happy with your life. Good to hear. How is puppy and girlfriend?
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The only time I liked talking on the phone is when I had a drink in hand and would put it on speaker phone so I could make trips back and forth to the fridge to replenish my glass.
You are sounding so happy with your life. Good to hear. How is puppy and girlfriend?
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Since I began participating in this forum in August, I always thought that there was something very cool about you. Your last two posts have proved me right. Reading this post is so very encouraging.....it looks like you are winning the battle. Alcohol = hell; sobriety = a chance at a good life. Thanks for the positivity! 
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Thank you all for your kind and supportive words. I don't think I would have made it this far without the life raft of SR. I was the Titanic, seemily unsinkable, until I hit the iceburg and sank. I try to keep my posts positive and productive because after 45 years of substance abuse and alcoholism, positive and hopeful is where I have to be. As it's the holiday season I think of the line from The Christmas Carol where scrooge says something like, I haven't missed it, there's still time to change, I'm not the man I used to be. I'll keep sobriety in my heart and live it every day. And Tiny AA Tim replies, Higher Power bless us everyone.
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Posts like this are one of the big reasons that I keep coming back. It reminds me that it will keep getting better. Congratulations to MycoolFitz for passing 200 and to all of us out here rocking the holidays sober!
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Georgio, I'm not from the area, but it looks like there's one tomorrow at noon:
Friday AA meetings in the Greater Birmingham Area
Others might be closer to you. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
Friday AA meetings in the Greater Birmingham Area
Others might be closer to you. Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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