I made 6 months!!
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I made 6 months!!
Yesterday was my 6 month birthday and I want to extend a super-big thank you to everyone on SR! This site has been an instrumental part of my recovery, giving me another place to be accountable and offering constant support, advice and community.
A meeting today and dinner tonight to celebrate!
A meeting today and dinner tonight to celebrate!
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Awesome! Really proud of you. Just remember that this is a one day at a time thing. As we are successful, we can sometimes start telling ourselves that "well, maybe I over-reacted and don't really have a problem". Watch out for these little voices of alcoholism.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work.
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Originally Posted by Missy7 
Good for you! I wonder if you might like to tell us how life is really different now. Any losses? What (other than the obvious health and sanity) have you gained?
- I talk WITH my husband now, not at him, I don't pick fights anymore and I remember our conversations
- I show up to work on time and ready to work, I have motivation
- I make healthier choices with food, I work out. For longer than a day. That's a minor miracle for me.
- Last night at the restaurant, when I ate 1/4 of my dessert and took the rest to go, the waiter said, "you have such self-control." I've never heard that sentence directed at me before!
- My moods are much more regular, and when I get upset, it subsides a lot more quickly. I realize I'm thinking and working through my feelings instead of acting impulsively on every single one.
- There is an amazing and indescribable feeling when you are finally just flat out honest with people, when the shame is gone and you're just in the moment
- I feel like I can do anything
- I finish projects I start and books I read
- I watch a lot less TV and do a lot more stuff
- I have more friends now
- I have a relationship with my higher power again
I truly can't think of any losses. I still see all my old friends, they're all normies. I've had to cut down on face time with my mom because she's a huge trigger for me, but it's not like I don't ever see her and now I enjoy that time instead of dreading it. Sometimes when we're having a nice dinner I think I'm missing out by not having any wine, but that feeling dies out quickly when I see how obnoxious it makes us. Plus I'm bright-eyed and bushy-tailed the next morning, and he's...not. :rotfxko
OK so it was a little lengthy, but there's just so much!! This really is a gift!
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